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Identifier: reportsofexplora04unit_0 (find matches)
Title: Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean
Year: 1855 (1850s)
Authors: United States. War Dept Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Subjects: Pacific railroads Discoveries in geography Natural history Indians of North America
Publisher: Washington : A.O.P. Nicholson, printer (etc.)
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: California State Library Califa/LSTA Grant

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No. 5. DESCRIPTION OF -THE MOSSES AND LIVERWORTS. BY W. S. SULLIVANT. MUSCI.weissiej:. Gymnostomum calcareum, Nees & Hornsch. ; Bryol. Europ. Gymnost. monogr., p. 6, t. 3 and A :var. perpusilla, foliis erectis ovato-lanceolatis margine crenulatis, capsula pyriformi-ovali. Onclayey soil, near San Francisco. G. curvirostrum, Hedw.; Bryol. Europ. Gymnost. monogr., p. 8, t. 7 and 8. Wet rocks,Lerouxs springs, base of San Francisco mountain, Mogollan range. Weissia viridula, Brid.; Bryol. Europ. Weis. monogr., p. 5, t. 2 and 3. Various places onthe ground. W. cirrhata, Hedw.; Bryol. Europ. Weis. monogr., p. 9, t. 6. On the prostrate trunk of aWellingtonia mammoth tree grove. DICRANEJ2. Ceratodon purpureds, Brid.; Bryol. Europ. Cerat. monogr., p. 5, t. 1 ; var. xanthopus.Near San Francisco ; appears to differ Irom the normal form in nothing but the pale yellowpedicels. A large Campylopus (?) was found growing with Weissia cirrhata, but not in a fit state fordetermination. FESSIDENTEjE.

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