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Excerpt from Manual of the Mosses of Western Pennsylvania So far as it has been possible to do so the descriptions of the various species have been drawn up from specimens col lected in the region covered by the Manual. Where speci mens of species reported as occurring in the region or thought likely to be eventually discovered in the region have not been available for description, the description has been in part com piled and in part drawn up from specimens from other regions. It has been the aim to represent by original drawings, com pletely and in considerable detail every species of which speci mens collected in the region of the Manual have been available. In the list of specimens, which, in the Manual, follows the description of each species, the particular specimen figured has been so indicated and the fact that the specimen has been thus figured has been recorded on the pocket containing the speci men in the Herbarium of the Carnegie Museum. All drawingsare the work of the author alone, and, with the exception of a few of the larger habit sketches, all drawings have been first traced by means of the camera luc - ida, thus insuring a reason able degree oi accuracy in the relative position, shape, and size of the various structures figured. The drawings of most of the dissections have been made from permanent glycerine jelly mica-covered slides which are to be found in the Her barium in the proper pocket with the specimen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ABBREVIATIONSAND SIGNS USED IN THE MANUAL cm., Centimeter, equals the one-hundredth part of a meter, er about two-fifths of an inch. mm., Millimeter, equals one-tenth of a centimeter. D.A.B., D. A. Burnett. G.K.J., Grace K. Jennings (Mrs. O. E. Jennings). J.A.S., Dr. John A. Shafer. mm., Millimeter, equals about one twenty-fifth of an inch. O.E.J., O. E. Jennings. - The short clash used between figures or between words denotes either an intermediate state or a variation from one to the other extreme. chapter{Section 4ANALYTICAL KEY TO THE GENERA OF MOSSES OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA Order l.?SPHAGNALES Whitish mosses with fasciculate branches, mostly bog plants; leaf-cells of two kinds, ? large hyaline ones separated by narrow chloro- phyllose ones; ecostate; operculate but with no peristome. Sphagnum, p. 3 Order II.?ANDRBAEALES Dark colored or blackish alpine or subalpine plants growing in cushions on granitic or slaty rocks; either costate or ecostate; leaf-cells small and quite opaque; capsule dehiscing by four longitudinal slits, the valves remaining united at the apex. Andrcaea, p. 46 Order III.?BRYALES Leaves various but not sphagnoid, costate or ecostate; capsule dehiscing irregularly or, more often, by a deciduous operculum, often furnished with a peristome, never four-valved as in Andreaea, plants largely green I. I. Sporophyte borne at the apex of the main stem, sometimes appearing lateral by the growth of a branch A. Acrocarpi, p, 48 I. Sporophyte borne at the apex of a short lateral branch B. Pleurocarpi, ste p. 16 A. ACROCARPI 1. Capsule non-operculate 2. 1. Capsule operculate 10. 2. Green protonema persistent; plants fruiting in autumn Ephemerum, p. 127 2. Green protonema not persistent, plants fr..
Excerpt from Handbook of Mosses: With an Account of Their Structure, Classification, Geographical Distribution, and Habitats For the sake of those who would wish to commence the study, but lack the knowledge how to begin, when and where to seek their plants, and how to distinguish them when found, these hints have been written, and I shall endeavour, as clearly as I can, to supply a few elementary lessons in moss collecting, etc. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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