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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 21

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19. [illegable] on the primary stems and the [stirite?] on the ....vations. The antheridia are numerous, oblong, the paraphyse? are numerous, very long, enlarged at the apex. The capsule is unsymetrical more terminal on one side than the other, drooping and [lyriform?] The [ archisponium?] and the [outer?] cac is an air space. The capsule opens by throwing off the operculum which is [plano-connex?] and slightly [apiculate?]. Annulus large. Peristomes of sixteen teeth - lanceo- late and articulate one with the other.
 
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