Family GEORGIACEAE 



A FAMILY containing only two genera, one of. which 

 is common. 



38. GEORGIA Ehrh. (Georg-i-a) 



A small genus, one species of which is found in al- 

 most every locality. Named in honor of King George 

 III of England. 



Georgia pellucida (L.) Rabenh. (Tetraphis pellucida 

 Hedw.) is found most frequently on decaying logs 

 and old stumps and sometimes on the 

 ground in the woods; fruit abundant. 



Plants crowded thickly together; brown- 

 ish-green above, reddish-brown below; 

 matted together at the base. Mixed with 

 the fertile plants are usually stems with 

 Georgia peUucida ^ cup-like cluster of leaves at the tip 

 Leaf, peristome, containing brood bodies feemmae), which 



and cup-hke clus- ^. ^^ ^ ' 



ter of leaves en- are Sometimes large enough to be seen 

 ^^^sed. ^j|-jj a, hand-lens. 



Stems erect, slender, about /4 inch long, sometimes 

 branched. 



Leaves of two kinds, those of the fertile plants erect, short, 

 hair-like, or a little broader, rarely too small to show outline; 

 those of the gemmae-bearing stems broader, more spreading, 

 and arranged in a cup-like cluster at the tip of the stem. 



Seta /^-^ inch long; yellowish- or reddish-brown. 



