SOUTH AFRICAN llEPATIC.li. 447 



147. P. asplenioides (Linn.) Dum.= Jung, asplciiioidcs 



Lin II. 



148. P. corymbulosa Pears. 



149. L\ crispulo-candata G. 



150. 1'. heterostipa St. 



151. 1*. liottscheana Ldbg. = Jung, re panda Schw (of 



Sprcngcl). 



152. P. javanica N. & Al. = Jung, javanica Swartz. 

 156. P. sarmentosa Lehmn. 



154. P. mascarena G. 



155. P. natalensis Pears. 



156. P. sarmentosa Lehni. 



157. 1'. spinulosa (Dicks) Dum. ^ Jung, spimilosa 



Dicks. 



§ 3. Leaves cc^ncave, 2-lol)ed, transversely inserted. 



Genus 45. Anastrophylluni. Leaves ovate-])ointed. shorth- 

 and unequally 2-lol)ed, transversely inserted, the base decurrent 

 on the upper side of stem. Folioles usually absent. Perianth 

 terete, ])licate upward ; mouth ciliate. 



158. A. sp. 



Genus 46. Marsupella. Stems sulj-ercct with rhizcjids 

 near the base onlw Leaves equally 2-lobed, transversely 

 inserted, complicate-concave, Folioles absent. Inflorescence 

 terminal ; involucral leaves large, connate below^ and also \Aith 

 the perianth, which is immersed lielow, free above, making an 

 erect marsupium. 



159. AL auritus (Nees), == Jung, aurita LcJiui.; Sarco- 



scYphus auritus Nees. 



Order IV. ANTHOCEROTALES. 



Plants thalloid, with smooth rhizoids, and with one large 

 chloroplast in each cell. Antheridia sunk in the tipper surface 

 of the thallus, ultimately bursting free. Sporogonium with a 

 bulbous foot, a sheath, and a long sessile capsule, bursting from 

 the top downward into two valves, with a central columella 

 between. Spores matttring in succession from apex downward, 

 and having sterile cells intermixed. 



Family 16. Anthocerotace.^. Characters of order. 

 Always on moist soil. 



Genus 47. Anthoceros. Thallus often flabellate, usually 

 without distinct midrib. Ga])si!le linear, 2-vaived. the valve- 

 surface having stomata. 



160. A. crispulus (Mont) Douin =-- A. pu.nctafus var 



crispulus Mont. 



161. A. punctatus Linn. 



162. A. minutus Mitt. 



163. A. sp. 



