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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.

Three mosses (Neckera species) with anatomical detail and five carrion eater beetles (Necydalis species). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1818.

A moss (Bryum calcareum): single plants showing the growth cycle and a patch of moss on stone. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1794.

A group of mosses, in eight separate clumps. Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.

A Japanese plant (biyakudan), possibly a moss. Watercolour by S. Kawano.

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

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

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].

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.

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Bryophyta

Images from the collections

Images referencing Bryophyta

Works from the collections

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

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

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

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].

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.

Bryophyta

Images from the collections

Images referencing Bryophyta

Works from the collections

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

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

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

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].

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.

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