MOSSES WITH A HAND-LENS 



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subitlalum 



FIGURE 10. Pleuridium subulatum (From Bry. Eur.) 

 i. Plant natural size. 3. Basal part of stem with leaves. 4, 5, and 6 

 are leaves from different parts of the stem. 



PLEURIDIUM. 



Pleuridium and Bruchia are both exceptions to most of the 

 statements made above, as they are degenerate members of the 

 family. 



P. SUBULATUM (L.) Rabenh. Down among the tufts of grass 

 in dry and sandy fields in early spring, one can find soft silky 

 tufts of green containing innumerable little green spheres like 



