THE PLANT WORLD 



THE SW()K1> MOSS. 



jj^ood friends, Mr. and Mrs. Rudkin. to ^o up the river again the next 

 day with me. After diligently searching we found seventeen capsules 

 in perfect condition, all with the lids on and some with the calyptra 

 and its long delicate awn still unharmed. We wrapped each one care- 

 fully in tissue paper. I at once sent a specimen to Dr. J. S. New- 

 berry at Columbia College, and he wrote to Lesquereux telling him 

 that the fruit of this rare moss had been found at last. After I had 

 figured and described it I sent him also a specimen. He wrote to 



EXPLANATION OF FIGURES. 



I. — Plant natural size, showing habit of growth hanging from sandstone rocks. 



2. — Three plants enlarged, showing male and female plants and capsule. 



3. — Two lower leaves. 4. — Two upper leaves, showing long, slender apex. 



5. — Blunt apex of lower leaf. 



0. — Acute apex enlarged. 



7. — Tapering, serrate ti]) of leaf from apex of stem. 



8. — Ba.se of leaf, showing cells. 



9. — Cros.s-section, showing dorsal lamina projecting from the back of the vein. 

 10. — Cross-section of one of the lower leaves. 



J I. — Mature capsule showing part of lid persistent to the columella, and calyp- 

 tra with the long slender awn. 

 J 2. — Tvid enlarged. 73. — Capsule with lid on. 



