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FIGURE 47. Anomodon rostratus (From Bry. Eur.). 



Plant natural size. 



sending out the crowded branches that compose the "pile " of 

 the mat. The Anomodons are nearly all rather coarse mosses 

 with the sporophyte arising from the branches. The capsules are 

 conic-cylindrical, straight, and erect. 



Some species of Leskea grow in similar situations and have 

 a very similar sporophyte, but the Leskeas are much smaller, do not 

 produce such dense mats, and the sporophyte arises from the stem. 



There are three species of Anomodon growing on trees as 

 described above. The Common Anomodon, the Blunt-leaved 

 Anomodon, and the Slender Anomodon. 



