HEPATICAE. WIII. ANTIIOCEROTKAE. 



U 



gemmas et propagula varia, propagatio per 

 florcs sexti distinctos. Flokks masccli (an- 

 therldia) u t r i c u i i membraiiacei , humore 

 mttcilagiiioso , saepe in gramila eoagulescente 

 repleti, sessiles v. stipitati, in frondosis saepe 

 frondi immersi, vel iu discum coilecti , et 

 margine foliaceo ciueti; in foiiosis axillares, 

 bracteis stipati. Flohks kkmlyki solitarii vel 

 plttres, plerumque iu receptacuium capituli- 

 forme pedunculatmn collecti, involucro com- 

 muiii, partfalibasque efoliis in orbem coilectis, 

 et varie saepius inter se connatis eiucti , inter- 

 duni filis artictilatis Quarapktfsibus ) mixti. 

 Gkioikn primmn intra bracteam niemhra- 

 iiaeeam , caiyptratim connatam (epiffOnium , 

 vulypfm) in processmu stvlifonnem, saepius 

 apice stlgmatoideo terminatmn , liberuui , ra- 

 rissime nudmn , tandem in pedicello plus mi- 

 nus longo , interdum brevissimo, elevatum, ca- 

 lyptram apice irregulariter rumpens , pedi- 

 cello basi calyptrae parte inleriore persi- 

 stente vaginato. Sporaxua capsttiaeformia, 

 cava, v. rarissime eolumella perctirsa, plus 

 niiiius complete bi - quadrivalvia , interdmn 

 dentibus debiscentia, vel vertice irregulariter 

 fatiscentia. Spobak numerosissiinae , liberae, 

 e spermodermi simplici et nucleo ho- 

 BlOgeneo compositae, saepissime eellulis elon- 

 gatis, intus spiraliter striafs, sporangii parieti 

 interiori adnatis (elateribus) mixtae, 



Hepaticae per totum terrarum orbem 

 innumeris formis dispcrsae, in humidis iimbro- 

 sis potissimum vigunt, infimae aquis innatant; 

 frondosae prioris regionis uiemores, L i- 

 ehenes in mentem revocare videntur. 



Diagno$i* inter Hepaticas et Mu $- 

 co $ po$iCa eat in calyptra apice v. latere 

 rupta, nec basi circum circa suluta; in de- 

 fectu cayinutae pedicellum xporangii cint/en- 

 tis) in sporanyio exoperculuto , et in sports 

 elateribus saepius mi.vti$. 



Ortlo JLVSf. Ktceiace&e* 



Plantulak annuae, frondosae , hygrobiae 

 v. natantes. Flokks masculi ( antheridia ) 

 frondi immersi. Florks fkminki sparsi, exin- 

 volucrati, imdi vel cahptrati, Spoka.xgia mem- 

 branacea, immersa , sessilia v. breviter pedi- 

 cellata, irregulariter fatiscentia, velrumpentia. 



Spokae absque elateribus. In aquis stay- 



nantibus et ad terram argillosam humidam 

 per totum orbem ob$eroatae^ raris$ime tamen 

 fructificant. 



454. Klvcla MlCHEL. A n t h e r i d i a 

 frondi imraereia, cudpidilnirf e\ertis, rcmotis, uni- 



calvptra iiullii. Snnraagiuui stylu persistente 

 superatum. 



Riceia Michet. nov. gen. 107. extl. sp. Liua. gen. n. 

 1666. Bisclioff in V. A. N. C. XVII. S. 1037. 



a) LICHENOIDKS Bisch. Fructus in tVonrtia paginasu- 



periore protuberautes , demuni pcoruiupeutes. Frondis 



evolutio L-enti-itiiga. (Micl.el. nov. gen. t. 57. f. 5. 6.8. 



BischofF op. cit. t.7i.f.l—4.~) 



bf RJCCIELLAE A. Braun. Fructus in froitdis p.-iginn 



>, de 



Fron 



rfis evoiutio centrifuga. 

 RiccietU A. Brauo in Flora i8Si. II. 7S7. (Michel. 

 >, gen. t.4.f.6. Bischoff o P . cit. t.70.f.5.} 

 c) HEMISEUMATA Bisch. Fcuctui immersi, taudem 



Jungerm. 103. ejrcl. 



I I ;i Hu! 



col. 30. 



Raft 



f.3. Bisclioff op.cit. t.71.f.5.6.) 



455. ^lolineroeftrpus MlCflEL. An- 

 therirtia gtobosa, per trondis substuntimu sparsa, 

 miiti^it. Flores t e ui i n e i superfidales, «alyp- 

 tr a pyrifurmi , apice perltirata. S p » r a u g; i u m 

 brevissime pettireUatam, etylo deeiduo. 



S p li i» e r o c a r p ii s Michel. nov. gen. 4. t. 3. Schwei.i. 

 in Journ. Acad. pkiladelph. III. 361. f.l. Bischoff in N. A. 

 JV.C.XIII.39S. t.44.XVII. 2. 1036. 



456. Oxymltn*a BISCH. Antheritlia 

 iinmersa, cuspidiltus cxsertis lineaiu iiiuuargina- 

 tam conetituentibu». Florei feminei supcrficia- 

 Leg, r.alyp-tra uyramittata, btsuaa. Sporangium 

 sessile, stylo persiatcute superatmn. 



x v in i t e ■ a Bischotf in Lindenb. * ynopt. 12 i. 12S. iV. ./. 

 iV. C. XVII. 1037. t. 70. f d. 3. R u p p i .. i a Corda non Unn. 

 Ricciao sp. Micliel. /. ■',?. /'. 2. Raddi /"/* Opuic. scientif. 

 di Bologn. II. 3S0. t. 1*. f. 3. 



459. < 4»r«iitia Ji iDi). Antheridia im- 

 niersa , cuapidibua evscrti»* lineam utriin(iie rri.- 

 stato - marginataiu eonstituentiuus. Flores femi- 

 ne i suporficiales , t: a ly p t r a ^lolioia, clausa. 

 Sporangium brevissilne pedicetlatuin, ttylo 

 dcciduo. 



Corsinia Raddi i* Opnsc. scientif. di ltotogna II. 

 354. t.15 f.l. Bisihoff in X. A.y. C. XVII. 1037. t.70.f.t. 

 Giintheria Treviran. in Jahrb. der Gewachsk. Ilt. 157. 

 c. ic. Biissocarpus Bischolf in Lindenb. synopt. U3. 

 Ricciae ip. Acui. 



45». Hedvwlrkia HOtfD. A n t h e r i d i a 

 iuperfirialiii , eutcrvatiui utriculii iucinliranaceis, 

 palcis (leiisissiiue cinctis inclu^a. Flurei feiui- 

 n e i stjpcrficiales , scssilps , sin^uli in vol u cr ii 

 e pulcis plurimis conflato ciueti, calyptra utilla. 

 Sporaugium scssile , i t y I o pcrsislcnle *iiipe 

 ratuiu. Genus dubium. 



Sedgwiikia Bowdicli Madeira 35. c. ic. BUchoiT th 



X. A. N C. XVII. 1079. t. 10. j.A. A i t o n i a Forst. Gen. 147. 



omment. ti&tting. IX. i'i. Iluppiiiia Limi. Amoen. Aca. 



m.X. /.Ii. f.S. Comiula laucl!»ia Nees et BUcboff 



Flora 1830. II. 401. 



Ordo XF/I/. Anthitcerotewe. 



Pi-antak anniiaL 1 , frondosae vel tbliatae, 

 frondc cnervi v. ntTvosa, snborbictilata, lobata, 

 radirantc. Flobks masculi (antheritUa) trondi 

 iiuiiiersi, demuih emergentes. Klobks fkmim-:i 

 parsi, exinvoluerati , calyptratl. ^porangiiim 

 petlicelliituin , uni-bivarve , columella eentrall. 

 Sporab ela te r i b u s mixtae An t h o eer o- 



e coluiuellae cetitralis jiraesentia ab oinni- 

 Inis Ilepaticis distinctissiinae , in Ilmoiifl et 

 stiper arborum truncos totius terrarum orbU 

 renerinntiir. 



45». Anlliorero* MICiiEL. Aather, 

 d ia aggregata, primuiu iuiuiersa, dcinde cuin recep- 



