Figs. 304-308. Fossombronia incurva Lindb. 304. OM micrograph of a plant with mature caulocalyx and ruptured sporophyte capsule; scale bar = 100 µm. 305. SEM micrograph of an antheridium (an), showing the ellipsoidal shape and its subtending scale (sc); scale bar = 10 µm. 306. SEM micrograph of plant with two caulocalyces, note the incurved mouth (arrow); scale bar = 100 µm. 307. OM micrograph of a leaf; scale bar = 100 µm. 308. OM micrograph of the subapical leaf cells; scale bar = 100 µm. Figs. 304 - 308 from the lectotype of F. incurva, Lindberg s.n (H-SOL!)
Figs. 309-314. Fossombronia incurva Lindb. 309. OM micrograph comparing the obovoidal to shortly ellipsoidal capsule of F. incurva (left) to the spheroidal capsule of F. fleischeri (right); scale bar = 1 mm. 310. SEM micrograph of the mature capsule of F. incurva; scale bar = 100 µm. 311. OM micrograph of the capsule wall; scale bar = 100 µm. 312. OM micrograph of an elater and spores; scale bar = 10 µm. 313. SEM micrograph of the reticulate distal spore wall; scale bar = 10 µm. 314. SEM micrograph of the proximal spore wall; scale bar = 10 µm. Fig. 309 (left) from the lectotype of F. incurva, Lindberg s.n (H-SOL); (right) from the lectotype of F. fleischeri, Osterwald s.n. (FH). Figs. 310 - 314 from the lectotype of F. incurva, Lindberg s.n (H-SOL).
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