CRYPTOGAMIA. 
times theanner eaves become gradually smaller, and those 
_ Nearest to the:flowers so very minute, that without a mi- 
croscope it is mot possible to dissect them away so as to 
expose the flower. Thus pl. xiv. f. 19. exhibits.a plant of 
the Brrumpyriforme, (a) contains the male, (2) the fe- 
male flo 20. shews the female flower laid bare to 
us Hem removed, other stil] smaller scales 
EHDY He Vewine tea aes y 
e, are to be considered as the Involu- 
flowers, surrounding and embracing 
: olucrums, like those’in many other 
ts, often grow larger as the capsule ad-~ 
. Pl, xiv, £217. Assmall plant of the 
1m, with the lower leaves taken away, to 
ike the male floret. fa.) 
Bryum pulvinatum 
PS 
‘ female anda male: tof the Bry u pyriforme. 
mgerd, 20. The female floret inclosed within its innermost 
leaves, § ie 9M = 
‘f.21, The same, with 
x 
xe 4 
all but aa of sad leaves removed. 
, are almost universally cylindrical, and 
crooked, but in the SruaGNum palustre 
drogynum, they are egg-shaped and more 
s to explode in 
sides the Anthers ne Involu 
: we BL some very. delicate succulent bodies, of 
various shapes. . In the PoLyrRICHUM commune ac iets 
‘es “: 
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