H E P A T I C M . 



This department has been so little studied that I have not been induced 

 to give any particular arrangement. On some future occasion, when 

 our list has reached something like what we may reasonably hope for, 

 I will adopt some modern classification. 



With the e.Kception of a few plants that have been seen wliile looldng 

 for mosses, scarcely any of our local botanists have paid attention 

 to this great family. Most of the species are of my own finding, and 

 my observations have not extended over a period of more than six 

 months. 



Genus I.— RICCIA. 



1. R. CHRYSTALLINA. Liiiu. (Chrystalliue R.) Smith's E.B., T. 2546. 



Fields about Gill Moss ; Botanic, and otlier gardens. About Fair- 

 field generally plentiful. — W. H. 



2. R. FLUiTANS. Linn. (Floating R.) E. B. T. 252. 



In some pits, in an unpaved road, leading from Hale village to the 

 railway station, Hale Wood. — W. H. 



Genus II.— ANTHOCEROS. 



A. I'UNCTATUs. Linn. (Dotted A.) E. B., T. 1537. 



By the side of a long lane leading from Wallasey, in the direction 

 of Leasowe. — IF. H. 



Genus UL— MARCHANTIA. 



1. M. POLYMORPiiA. Linn. (Broad-leaved M.) E. B., T. 219. 



Wet places common. By the side of a pit near the tunnel at 

 Walton, very luxuriant and fruiting. — H. F. 



2. M. coNicA. Linn. (Conical M.) Lin. Spe. Plan. 1604. 



In situations similar to the last, common. 

 ;3. M. HEMisPHERicA. Linn. E. B., T. 503. 



Plentiful on the south side of tlie railway cutting, Olive Mount. A 



rocky lane near I.ark Hill, ^Vest Derby. — W. H. lu a quarry "t 



Olive Mount. 



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