Mosses and Lichens 



Name. The specific name, is from the Latin curvum, bent, 

 d folium, a leaf. 

 Plant (gametopliyte). Large, stems, 3 to 4 inches long, 



prostrate with but few 



branches, these feather- 



branchlets compressed, 



unequal, and short 



Perigonial leaf. 



Spore-case, dry. 



Spore -case with lid. 



H. curvtfolium. 



Veil 



Perigonium. 



Leaves. Crowded, in two rows, each leaf overlapping the 

 one in front, scythe-shaped concave and turned to 

 one side; base, eared; apex gradually long taper- 

 pointed; margin slightly serrate; vein absent or 

 slightly evident at the base, cells above pale, narrow, 

 linear and worm-like; cells of the base and angles, 

 shorter, broader, and golden-yellow. 



Branch-leaves. 



Leaves at base of pedicel. 



H. curvijolium 

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