Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885 · Philadelphia : Blakiston · leaf 474
-sule are mature, so as to give them free exit; and the mouth thuslaid open is surrounded by a beautiful toothed fringe, which istermed the peristome. This fringe, as seen in its original undis-turbed position (Fig. 221), is a beautiful object for the BinocularMicroscope ; it is very hygometric,… … Month of capsule of Funaria, showing the Double Peristome of Peristome in situ. FontinaUs antipyretica. of peristome, spread ont and detached, illustrating the varietieswhich it exhibits in different genera of Mosses;—varieties whoseexistence and readiness of recognition render them characters…
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