How to Know the Mosses a Popular Guide to the Mosses of the Northeastern United
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Or with a few branches. Leaves relatively short and broad, arranged in only two rows on opposite sides of stem; lying flat when moist, but becom- ing crisped when dry; most of the upper half double; bright to dark green. Seta terminal or lateral, ]i'i inch long; reddish. Capsule cylindrical, erect or inclined; reddish-brown; maturing from summer to winter. 98 HOW TO KNOW THE MOSSES Operculum conical or short-beaked, not easily seen. Range, throughout North America; Europe; Asia; Africa. The lea...ves of Fissldens differ from those of other mosses in having a double part that clasps the stem. In the larger plants it can usually be seen with the un- aided eye when the plants are held to the light. It is the lower part of the upper side of the leaf and will look thicker and darker than the rest of the leaf. The conspicuous characteristic of Fissidens is the flattened appearance of the plants, due to the leaves ar- ranged in only two rows, one on either side of the stem. Only one other moss described in this book has this arrangement of leaves, Distichium (p.
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