Ceratodon purpureus

Maier, Eva & Price, Michelle J., 2014, Georg Bojung “ Scato ” Lantzius-Beninga and his contributions on the anatomy of moss capsules: a transliteration from the original German texts, Boissiera 67, pp. 1-79 : 35-36

Ceratodon purpureus .

The structure of the capsule reveals an affinity with Trichostomum , also the annulus and the peristome. Differences to note are that in the central and the upper parts of the peristome the outer half of the teeth are weaker and terete, whilst the inner ones are stronger and appearing flattened, that means

[original page 575] that the membrane thickening of the peristome cells itself is not so strong as that of the neighbouring cells (compare Tab. LXVI. Fig. 40 . pp and tt).

Figures

Fig. 40. Part of a transverse section of Ceratodon purpureus, cut in the middle of the peri- stome, magnification x 170.