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MOSSES WITH A HAND-LENS 



Figure 53. a, Hypnum crista-castrensis X i. b, H. hnponens X i- 

 c. Portion of branch o£ H, crista-castrensis X 10. e, Capsules X 10. d, 

 Capsules of H. imponens X 10. 



easily recognized mosses of this group are the Plume Moss 

 and the Pinnate Hypnum. 



H. CRISTA-CASTRENSIS L., the Plume Moss, is common on 

 decayed wood and stumps in cool moist woods in New England 

 and New York, and probably throughout our range. A few 

 starved specimens have been collected on Long Island. To be 

 appreciated this moss should be seen in the cool moist recesses 

 of the primeval mountain forests, where it covers the fallen and 

 decaying trunks of huge trees with ample robes of richest tex- 

 ture. The shoots are ascending and as regularly pinnate as any 

 feather, even to the triangular apex of the shoot. Its color is a 



