Mosses and Lichens 



Name, J. G. Hedwig showed his appreciation of its beauty 

 when he called it splendent. 



Plant (gametophyte).ln loose tufts, rigid, pale olive-green; 

 stems glitterjng, 4 to 8 inches high, increasing by annual arched 

 branches, or by rigid, upright branches; 

 branches once or twice feather-branched. 



Leaves. Stem-leaves, at the base, distant, 

 small and scale-like; above, loosely overlap- 

 ping, slightly concave, broadly oval-long, often 

 narrowed into a long wavy point; vein (costa) 



Stem-leaf. 



Apex. 



Perigonial leaf 

 with paraphysis 

 and antheridium. 

 H. splendens. 



Branch-leaves. 



faintly double; margin finely toothed; branch-leaves smaller, 

 oval-oblong, shorter pointed. 



Leaves at the base of the pedicel (perichcetial leaves). Narrowly 

 pointed, sub-erect or recurved at the apex. 



Leaf-like organs (paraphyllia) . Numerous, large, varied in 

 form. 



Habit of flowering. Male and female flowers on different 

 plants, (dioicous). 



Veil (calyptra). Thin, transparent, pointed, split on one side, 

 large and persistent. 



Spore-case. Egg-shaped, horizontal by a curve of the pedicel 

 under the base. 



Pedicel (seta). Curved under the spore-case, about one inch 

 high, smooth. 



Lid (operculum). Large and beaked. 



Teeth (peristome). Double, as in the genus Hypnum. 



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