Hardwicke's science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature . ious species of Sphagnum,which grow in boggy places, perform an importantpart in the formation of turfy soil. These aquaticmosses grow very rapidly, so as in a very short timeto occupy the whole of the pools which theyinhabit. The genus Phascum are very minutespecies, found plentifully in fallow fields, but thelarge family of Hypnums are the most conspicuous,and often elegant plants, commonly seen on treetrunks, old walls, &c. The mosses can be gatheredall the year round, although t
Hardwicke's science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature . ious species of Sphagnum,which grow in boggy places, perform an importantpart in the formation of turfy soil. These aquaticmosses grow very rapidly, so as in a very short timeto occupy the whole of the pools which theyinhabit. The genus Phascum are very minutespecies, found plentifully in fallow fields, but thelarge family of Hypnums are the most conspicuous,and often elegant plants, commonly seen on treetrunks, old walls, &c. The mosses can be gatheredall the year round, although they vary in their periodof flowering ; for example, the Funaria is always ingood condition for examination ; on the other hand,the Phascum blossoms in early summer, and is ripein the autumn, but the Hypnum, in many instances,takes twelve months to form the mature capsule, ortheca. 84 HARDWICKES SCIENCE-GOSSIP. The specimen selected for examination is theFimaria hygromctrica, L. First make a section of thestem (Fig. 48), and compare with any vascularcryptogam, such as the fern ; it will be seen to differ. Fig. 48.—Transverse section of stem. Fig. 49.—Leaf with Antheridia. (|| \W
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