MOSSES WITH A HAND-LfiNS 



A. APicuLATus B. & S., the 

 Common Anomodon, and A. 

 minor (P. Beauv.) Puern., 

 the B'.unt-leaved Anomodon, 

 resemb'e each other so closely 

 that it is not easy to distinguish 

 them without a compound 

 microscope. Both have simple 

 blunt branches and grow al- 

 most exclusively on trees. 



A. ATTENUATus (Schreb.) 

 Hueben,, the Slender Anomo- 

 don, grows freely on rocks as 

 well as trees ; its branches are 

 slender and tapering, and freely 

 branched. It almost never fruits. 

 A. ROSTRATUS (Hedw.) 

 Schimp. grows in dense mats 

 like a very coarse velvet. It is 

 found in wet places particularly 

 at the foot of trees in swamps, 

 growing on the ground rather 

 than the tree. It is also common 

 at the base of wet cliffs and on wet rocks where a little soil has 

 collected. The leaves are 

 different from those of 

 any of the other species 

 and are easily recog- 

 nized when mounted, by 

 the shape and the hair- 

 like apex. The spores 

 are ripe in late autumn. 



Figure 48. a, Anomodon ai>i- 

 culatus X -2- b, Capsules X 10. 

 c, Leaf X 10. d, Branch of A. 

 attenuatus, moist, X ^. 



THELIA. 



ThELIA HIETELtA 



(Hedw.) Sulliv., the 

 Common Thelia, is very 

 common in the southern 

 and coastwise portion of 



Thelia hirtella X 4; leaves 



