MOSSES WITH A HAND-LENS 



Fig. 9. 



In some species of Fissidens the border is of a different color, 

 but with little difference in cell structure. 



Bracts, a term applied to the leaves surrounding the repro- 

 ductive organs. Those surrounding the antheridia are called per- 

 igonial bracts or leaves, and those surrounding the archegonia 

 and base of seta are called perich^tial. 

 Brood bodies. See propagula. 



Bulbil, a minute bulb or bulb-sliaped body, usually 

 produced for asexual reproduction. 



Cacspitosc, forming matted tufts or cushions ; e. g., 

 Leucobryrtm. 



Calyptra, the thin veil or hood covering the mouth 

 of the capsule. (Figs, g and 22.) 



In the Hepatics the capsule breaks through the 

 top of the calyptra, leaving it at the base of the seta instead of 

 on top of the capsule. (See Marchantia.) 

 Campanulate, bell-shaped. , 



Canaliculate, channeled. Applied to leaves with margins in- 

 curved, so as to give them a channel-like form ; e. g., the upper 

 part of the leaves of Dicranum fuscesccns. A more complete in- 

 rolling until the margins meet would make the leaf tubulose. 

 Canesccnt, rather hoary. 

 Capitulum, a rounded head. 



Capsule, the enlarged distal end of the sporophyte ; it con- 

 tains the spores, and is some- 

 times known as the sporan- 

 gium. (Figs. 6, 8, ID and 17.) 

 Carinate, keeled like a boat ; 

 e. g., segments of inner peris- 

 tome in Fig. 27. 



Ccnnioiis (capsule), droop- 

 ing or nodding, somewhat in- 

 clined as opposed to erect. (Fig. 10.) 



Chlorophyll, the green coloring matter in plants. 

 Cilia, hair-like threads of the endostome, alter- 

 nating with the segments. (Fig. 11 c, and 27 d.) 



Circinatc, curved into a circle, resembling 

 Fig. 2, but still more incurved, so that the apex 

 is nearly or quite bent around to the leaf base; 

 e. g., leaves of Hypnum uncinatum. 



