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The mosses of Iowa City and vicinity by Annette Slotterbec, 1888

The Mosses of Iowa City and Vicinity by Annette Slotterbec, 1888, Page 16

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14. The costa is very large and stout extending the full length of the leaf but not beyond. The f....ins are dioicious, solitary and terminal. Capsule ovate-oblong, striated by deep furrows when dry, some-what nod- ding, extremely short necked. In color, dark red and shinning. When old and dry quadrate or penta- gonal. Operculum deeply con- ical and slightly Beaked. Teeth bifid or cleft into two equal [illegible] segments, linnear-lanceolate Annulus large. Plant [illegible] almost every where in both dry and wet regions. Extremely variable.
 
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