. 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. Figure 87. Pnllavicinia Lyellii (After Sullivant.) Plant; part of thallus with involucre, perianth and ca- lyptra; part of perianth cut away to show young calyp- tra; capsule closed and open; antheridium enclosed in a leaf; elater and spores. in swampy places and on PALLAVICINIA. p. Lyellii S. F. Gray {Steetsia of authors) has a flat creeping thallus, J4 to nearly ^ inch wide, sometimes reaching four inches in length, with margin somewhat sinuate,
. 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. Figure 87. Pnllavicinia Lyellii (After Sullivant.) Plant; part of thallus with involucre, perianth and ca- lyptra; part of perianth cut away to show young calyp- tra; capsule closed and open; antheridium enclosed in a leaf; elater and spores. in swampy places and on PALLAVICINIA. p. Lyellii S. F. Gray {Steetsia of authors) has a flat creeping thallus, J4 to nearly ^ inch wide, sometimes reaching four inches in length, with margin somewhat sinuate, but not lobed. The thallus is very thin, almost transparent when dry, with a very con- spicuous midrib and is simple, or not more than twice branched in the larg- est plants. The capsules are cylindric with a fringed perianth surrounded by short involucral bracts. The spores are ripe in April. It is widely distributed east of the Rocky Moun- tains, but is probably more abundant southwards; growing among mosses moist rocks and 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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