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Fig- 59- Cirriphyllum Boscii • 4-3; branch X 5; leaves and capsule 10. 



The Spoon-leaved Moss \Cirriphyllutn Boscii (Schwaegr.j 

 Grout] is one of the Beaked Mosses that is easy to recognize 

 when in its normal condition. It grows in fields among the grass 

 and on the ground in woods. Its leaves are very concave, being 

 shaped much like the bowl of a spoon with a long twisted point 

 added. The leaves are very regularly imbricated, making the 

 branches turgid and very markedly julaceous, so that they look 

 like little glossy yellow-green catkins. Although it gets as far 

 north as southern Vermont, it is much more abundant southwards. 

 It fruits sparingly, the capsules maturing in autumn. 



