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Bryophytes

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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 group of lower plants, including mosses, liverworts and lichens. Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
  • A liverwort (Hepaticae species) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • 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.
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    A group of lower plants, including mosses, liverworts and lichens. Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.

    | Date: 1853 [1854] | Reference: 23779i
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    A group of mosses, in eight separate clumps. Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.

    | Date: 1853 [1854] | Reference: 23780i
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    A liverwort (Hepaticae species) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

    | Date: 1 Aug 1830 | Reference: 24155i
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    A moss (Bryum calcareum): single plants showing the growth cycle and a patch of moss on stone. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1794.

    Sowerby, James, 1757-1822. | Date: [1794] | Reference: 24952i
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    Contributions to the bryology and hepaticology of North America / by William S. Sullivant.

    Sullivant, William Starling, 1803-1873. | Date: 1846
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