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HANDBOOK OF MOSSES. 



Aulacomnion palustre is closely allied to the last, is fond 

 of boggy or marshy places, and is usually abundant where 

 it does occur ; rarely, however, found in fruit. This species 

 grows in large yellow tufts; the stems are coated by 

 numerous reddish rootlets, and hence are much matted 

 together; the leaves are crowded, spreading when moist, 

 much twisted when dry, somewhat lance-shaped, roughened 

 with minute projections on the surface, and toothed at the 



FIG. 28. Mnium subglobosum. i, plant natural size. 2, capsule ; a, conico-ros- 

 trate lid. 3, leaf ; 3 a, marginal leaf-cells (border) ; 3 b, areolation. 4, synoicous 

 inflorescence. 



tips ; leaf-cells roundish ; the capsules are very rarely 

 formed, but not unfrequently little green stalks are produced, 

 which bear at their tips minute balls of gemmse-like bodies, 

 by which the plant is perpetuated (fig. 2, 2 e). 



Hypnum cuspidatum is a very frequent inhabitant of 

 marshes and other damp places, and usually fruits abund- 

 antly. This species grows in tall greenish or reddish-brown 

 tufts; the stems are often four inches to six inches long 



