MOSSES WJTH A HAND-LENS 



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FIGURE 55. Hypnum Schrel 



or winter, but remain in__jfairrj 

 good condition until the next summer. 



BRACHYTHECIUM OXYCLADON (Brid.)J. & 

 S., the Long-capsuled Brachythecium, some- 

 times grows on decaying wood and then is 

 scarcely to be distinguished from the Common 

 Hypnum with certainty unless the leaves be 

 examined with a high-power lens, when they 

 will be seen to have a strong midrib, and no 

 enlarged cells at basal angles. The capsules 

 are usually much darker than those of the 



Common Hypnum. "^T^ ngnal ^abitaf ryf tVif^ 



Long-capsuled Brachythecium 



H. SCHREBERI Willd., Schreber's Hypnum, 

 is the bright yellow-green moss that forms 

 dense deep cushions by almost every moist 

 shaded roadside in inland country regions. It 

 is abundant in moist pastures and open woods, 

 and sometimes makes its most luxuriant 

 growth in a sphagnum bog. It is so common, 

 FIG. 56. Leaves ot so , consp i CUOUSj an d withal so large, that every 



Hypnum Schreben. , , . . . 



(From Bry Eur ) one must nave noticed it at some time or other. 



