866 
~CRYPTOGAMIA. HEPATIC, Marchantia. 
have a glaucous hue which instantly announces them to the eye 
accustomed to observe them. Mr. Woopwarp. 
Spherocarpos terrestris. E. ia Bras 4 Heyden and 
Norwich. Mr. Bryanr. Very common on our cloverfields in 
autumn, on sandy lollits eo vith "Ricca glauca, the first year 
of the clover. Mr. Woopw.] 
MARCHAN’TIA. Male: Calyx  salver-shaped : 
anthers numerous, imbedded in its disk. 
Fem. Calyx target-shaped, flowering on the 
under side : capsules opening at the top: 
seeds fixed to elastic fibres. 
. For a more particular account of the Barts of fructifica- 
Ozs 
- tion, see vol. 1. pe 300, and 388. 
polymor‘pha, M, Leaf bluntly lobed : calyx of the female flowers 
ft. 
mostly 10-cle 
Schmid. 29. 1,.to 30-Hedaw. theor. 24. 197, to 131, fructifica- 
tion-E. het, 210—Dill, 76. 6. E. F~Mich. 1. 1 and 3- 
Lon. i. 219. 2-Fuchs. 473, (misprinted 476) Trag. 523 
Mazth. 1\038—Lob. obs, 646. 1. ic. ii. 246. 1-Dod. 473+ 
2-Ger. em. 1505. 3—Ger. 1376-—Marth. a. C. B. egg 
Gars. 300. 
A yellowish substance resembling a lock of wool roceeds 
from the capsules, appearing to move within them-w ilst the 
ed is falling out. Linx. From 3 to 5 inches long, 1 broad, 
bh a egy lobed ; dark green, shining.” F ctor oe in the 
s of the 8, 1 to 3 inches — Caps. reenish _ 
on into 8 or 10 segments. On the uppe = warluce We 
and there observe certain ae Faryad cal cups, on 
pedicles, with a wide and scolloped margin, Wets. hich in- 
close about 4 little bodies, very finely serrated at the a 
Po.uicu.- In Sipe somewhat resembling an oak leaf ; 
reticulated. Dit 
n wet Sliced both shady and open. On wet shady walks, 
and on the sides of wells and con P. June— Aug. 
Var. 2. Plant smaller; not shinin 
Dill. 77. 7-Mich. 1. 2—Lob. obs. ae right hand fig. —Lab- 
it. 240—F, B: iii. 758: 2. 
Leaves smaller and ee than in 1; fine green, not shin- 
ing, not reticulated ; densely compacted one upon another, Dit 
On the north side of walls, and stones, and in ahany areas 
- behind houses, Dix. July Sas 
