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It has also been observed in _Trichostomum rigidulum_ and _Hypnum triquetrum_.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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Betuloidea, Hydrangea, Hypnum rufescens, scolopendrioid as well as below:
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Schimper [54] cites the following species as subject to this anomaly: -- _Buxbaumia indusiata_, _Leskea sericea_, _Hypnum lutescens_,
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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The delicate branchlets of the beautiful fern moss are recompense for a day's search, and the bright yellow-green Schreber's Hypnum, with its red stems, is a rich rug for reluctant feet.
Some Winter Days in Iowa Frederick John Lazell 1905
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The mosses in flower in some spots; the handsome Hypnum splendens with its red stems, and some of the other feather mosses, Hypnum crista-castrensis, etc.
Rural Hours 1887
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Louis Figuier's, about the particular species, Hypnum: --
Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers John Ruskin 1859
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And, secondly, -- If this immortality belongs to the Hypnum only?
Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers John Ruskin 1859
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Of the nearly 100 species of Hypnum, 20 or so are indigenous to North America.
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Sheet moss refers to any of the variety of Hypnum plants forming dense mats in many areas the world over.
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Often used by florists during constructing flower arrangements; Hypnum is a Bryophyte found the world over in moist areas, some are aquatic.
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