. 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. IQ2 MOSSES WITH A HAND-LENS close Gemmae, bud-like bodies, cap- able of reproducing the plant. Sometimes borne in special heads, sometimes on the surface of the leaves. (Fig. i6.) Gciniuifcroiis or gemmiparous, bearing gemmae. Gibbous (capsule), more tumid or swollen on one side than on the other. (Fig. 17.) Glaucous, originally applied to plants covered with a bluish white bloom, but also applied to mosses that have that color. Gregarious, growin
. 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. IQ2 MOSSES WITH A HAND-LENS close Gemmae, bud-like bodies, cap- able of reproducing the plant. Sometimes borne in special heads, sometimes on the surface of the leaves. (Fig. i6.) Gciniuifcroiis or gemmiparous, bearing gemmae. Gibbous (capsule), more tumid or swollen on one side than on the other. (Fig. 17.) Glaucous, originally applied to plants covered with a bluish white bloom, but also applied to mosses that have that color. Gregarious, growing near to- gether or clustered, but not in tufts or mats. Gymnoslomous, without a peristome. Habitat, the place in which a plant grows; often used in a general way to designate the kind of place usually oc- cupied by a plant. Hamate or hamulose, curved like a hook; more sharply and abruptly curved than in falcate and circinate. Hctcromallous (leaves or branches), turned in different directions. Homomallous, turned in the same direction. Hygroscopic, readily absorbing water and there- by altered in form or direction. Hygrometric is sometimes used with a similar meaning. Hypophysis, a swelling of the seta immediately -under the capsule. (Fig. 10.) Imbricated, closely overlapping each other like the tiles of a roof. (Fig. 18.) Immersed, covered up; of the capsule when the perichaetial leaves project beyond it. Incubous. of the leaves of Hepatics, having the upper margin overlapping the lower margin of the leaf next above. (See Porella and Radula.). 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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