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Hedwig observes that all the female florets have: o 
ble calyx, or a Cup = a oss veh In shape and struc 
ture he says th resemble the p Mosses, bi 
that he wate Gilad: te anal thresde's heh Pistil-like 
substances are however found, accompanying both th 
rmen and the ripened capsule; but not in all the species. 
The Capsule, like those of the pre 
inclosed in a Veil, to which the style adheres 5 
is not as in ther, loosened - at ~“ attachment> anid: pals 
along with the growing Capsule, it tears open in two, 
Shestatitirs:giechay Seal ben a fore been. sometimes 
gai as a petal. 1: » oh 
_ All. these Mosses agree in ripening their 
These seeds proved upon trial to ep ther 
il ERMAN’NIA naniotiene “lk bears its ma 
barren flowers, which are of a-reddish brown ¢¢ 
summit or extremity of the Stem, in one 
female florets at the extremity of another plant. 
Ply xiv. male plant of its natural siz 
fat. wering summit of the male plan 
f. 33. The germen of the female plant, with its 
and 3 pistil-like bodies at its base, taken im the 
ail ctiet of the plant. r otengs tale 
_ JUNGERMANNIA asplenioides. ‘The extremity of 
the male plant forms a beautiful tiled, two-rowed Ins 
crum of Jeafits, very concave at the base _ within | 
_ which are found 2 or 3 stamens of a milky 
~ also ina yx or perichtetium, at : 
f. 35. A 8 Jant of its natural size. one 
f. 36. The tiled leaves at the extremity « of 
which includes the anthers. 
“eg taken out of the Perichestinm << iee 
a An anther open at the end, after: head 
f. 39. A female plant of its natural sizes 
