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Concept

Bryophyta

Images

  • Two different mosses in five clumps, of which three have slender stalked sporophytes. Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
  • A fern, a moss, a fungus and an alga: all with anatomical details. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • A group of lower plants, including mosses, liverworts and lichens. Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
  • A moss with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • Six types of haircap moss (Polytrichum species). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1825.

Catalogue

    • Books

    The structure & development of the mosses & ferns (Archegoniatae) / by Douglas Houghton Campbell.

    Campbell, Douglas Houghton, 1859-1953. | Date: 1895
    • Books

    Hépatiques, mousses et muscinées des livres de simples (1554-1644) de Rembert Dodoens / Jean Louis de Sloover.

    Sloover, Jean Louis de. | Date: 1997
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A moss with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

    | Date: 1 July 1830 | Reference: 24055i
    • Books
    • Online

    Thèse pour le doctorat en médecine : présentée et soutenue le 28 août 1839, / par Virgile-Ennemond Savigny, de Rochefort ... I. Du traitement des affections tuberculeuses en général. ... [etc].

    Savigny, Virgile-Ennemond. | Date: 1839
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    A handy-book to the collection and preparation of freshwater and marine algae, diatoms, desmids, fungi, lichens, mosses and other of the lower crytogamia with instructions for the formation of an herbarium / translated and edited by the Rev. W.W. Spicer.

    Nave, Johann, 1831-1864. | Date: 1867
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