MOSSES WITH A HAND-LENS 



Figure 55. Hypnum Schreberi X J^. 



late autumn or winter, but remain in fairly 

 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. The usual habitat of the 

 Long-capsuled Brachythecium is on moist 

 ledges and rocks. 



H. SchrEbEei 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. I^eaves ot g^^ conspicuous, and withal so large, that every 



Hypnum Schreberi. ^^^^ ^^^.^^^ .^ ^^ ^^^^ ^j^^^ ^^ ^^^^^_ 



(From Bry Eur.) 



