RM2ANCEGB–The encyclopdia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . From Strasburgers Text-book of Bo-tany. Fig. 7.—Blasia pusilla.(X 2.) The margin of thethallus bears leaf-like lobes.r, Rhizoids; s, sporogonium. tection is afforded by a tubular perianth, which corresponds to acoherent whorl of leaves and grows up independently of fertiHzation.The perianth serves also to enclose and protect the sporogoniumduring its development. In a number of forms belonging to differentgroups the end of the stem on whicb the sporogonium is borne grows. Fig. 8.—Chiloscyphus polya
RMPG3J2C–. Mosses with a hand-lens; a non-technical handbook of the more common and more easily recognized mosses of the north-eastern United States. Mosses. 102 MOSSES WITH A HAND-LENS BLASIA. B. pusiLLA L. is one of the most common of the Thalloid Scale Mosses having a distinct midrib; the midrib is not, however, quite so conspicuous as some of the books indicate. It grows fiat on the ground when the plants are few and scattered, but when crowded they become ascending and grow in thick curly tufts like miniature lettuce. The plants are dark green, or even purple, with very distinct almost leaflike lo
RMRDYAWJ–. Plant life, considered with special references to form and function. Plant physiology. Fig. 64. Fi .65. Fig. 64.—Part of a plant of Blasia pusilla. The flaltfned lobed thallus is the gametophyte; the stalked capsules (one youni<, one bursted) are two sporophytes attached to it. Magnified 4 diam.—After Schiffner. Fig. 65.—Gametophyte and sporophyte of Fossombronia cristata. The thallus is so deeply lobed thai the divisions are usually called leaves. Magnified 15 diam.— After Schiffner.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanc
RMRDYAWE–. Plant life, considered with special references to form and function. Plant physiology. Fig. 64. Fi .65. Fig. 64.—Part of a plant of Blasia pusilla. The flaltfned lobed thallus is the gametophyte; the stalked capsules (one youni<, one bursted) are two sporophytes attached to it. Magnified 4 diam.—After Schiffner. Fig. 65.—Gametophyte and sporophyte of Fossombronia cristata. The thallus is so deeply lobed thai the divisions are usually called leaves. Magnified 15 diam.— After Schiffner.. Fig. 6''^.—A, a gametophyte of Noteroclada^ with a sporophyte attached. Natural size. /->', a part of
RMRDJD5T–. Mosses with a hand-lens; a non-technical handbook of the more common and more easily recognized mosses of the north-eastern United States. Mosses. 102 MOSSES WITH A HAND-LENS BLASIA. B. pusiLLA L. is one of the most common of the Thalloid Scale Mosses having a distinct midrib; the midrib is not, however, quite so conspicuous as some of the books indicate. It grows fiat on the ground when the plants are few and scattered, but when crowded they become ascending and grow in thick curly tufts like miniature lettuce. The plants are dark green, or even purple, with very distinct almost leaflike lo