. Mosses with a hand-lens; a non-technical handbook of the more common and more easily recognized mosses of the north-eastern United States. Mosses. 52 MOSSES WITH A HAND-LENS HEDWIGIA is named for Hedwig, one of the best bryologists of the eigh- teenth century. H. ALBICANS (Web.) Lindb. {H. ciliata Ehrh.) is our only species. It is common on boulders, ledges, stone walls, and dry exposed places. The plants vary a great deal in size, but in general have much longer stems and branches than their relatives, besides being much the most common of all the family. The lower part of the plant is brow
. Mosses with a hand-lens; a non-technical handbook of the more common and more easily recognized mosses of the north-eastern United States. Mosses. 52 MOSSES WITH A HAND-LENS HEDWIGIA is named for Hedwig, one of the best bryologists of the eigh- teenth century. H. ALBICANS (Web.) Lindb. {H. ciliata Ehrh.) is our only species. It is common on boulders, ledges, stone walls, and dry exposed places. The plants vary a great deal in size, but in general have much longer stems and branches than their relatives, besides being much the most common of all the family. The lower part of the plant is brown or black, the upper green, with a tinge of gray due to the colorless tips of the leaves. The perichstial leaves are ciliate along their up- per margins as shown in the cut. There is no costa in any of the leaves, and no peris- tome, both of which charac- ters are rare in this family. The capsules are en- tirely concealed KjsgMggSoffiffi^SgS*^^^^ in the longer f|fg|f8oS||°og°oSS%asfe'S?i'"»"i more slender 1 . • 1 FiGURR 22. perichsetial , , „ ^ . • ,,.. ji .1^ ^^ ^^^ 4^- Apices of leaves of Hedivigia almcans. leaves, and the ^^^ ^p^^^ ^f perichxtial leaf. (From Bry. Eur.).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Grout, Abel Joel, 1867-. New York, The Author and The O. T. Louis Company
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