Mosses and Lichens 



Spore -case. 

 A. rostratus. 



Veil. 



Name. The specific name rostratus, beaked, refers to the lid. 

 Plant (gametopbyte) . Primary stems brittle and bearing 

 numerous thread-like branches, forming dense tufts. 



Leaves. Dense, overlapping as shingles, lance- 

 shaped ; apex long-pointed ; vein solid, vanishing 

 below the apex ; base oval. 



Leaves at tie base of the pedicel (peri- 

 cbcetial leaves). Long, white and thin; 

 apex of the inner leaves narrowed into a 

 thread-like, reflexed point as 

 long as the leaf-blade. 



Habit of flowering. Male ;tnd 

 female flowers on separate plants 

 (dioicous). 



Veil (calyptrd). Split up one 

 side. 



Spore-case. Red-brown, 

 oval-oblong. 



Pedicel (seta). Short. 

 Lid (operculum). Long-beaked. 



Teeth (peristome). The segments of the inner membrane 

 about as long as the teeth, keeled, dirty-yellow, with cilia 

 between, solitary, rudimentary or none. 

 Spores. Mature in Fall. 



Distribution. North America, Europe and Asia. 

 Anomodon attenuatus, Hueben. 



Habit and babitat. In loose wide tufts on roots of trees and 

 on rocks along streams ; common. 



Name. The specific name 

 attenuatus, slender, refers to 

 the branches. 



Plants (gametopbyte). 

 Irregularly branched and intri- 

 cate, the branches short and 

 rather obtuse; i to 2 inches 

 high, or elongated and whip- 

 like with minute leaves. 



Leaves. Spreading or 

 turned to one side ; oblong lance-shaped from a widely oval 

 base ; apex acute with a tiny sharp point ; base narrow at the 



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A. attenuatus. Perichastial leaves. 



