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2. L. minor Nees. Stems diffusely branching; leaves 

 pale green, oval, suLquadrate, somewhat rigid, the sinus lunate 

 the teeth equal, acute; amphigastria one-third the size of the 

 leaves, deeply bifid, the laciniae lanceolate-acuminate, entire; 

 inner involucre trigonal-plicate; involucral leaves mostly uni- 

 form. 



Hah. — On roots of trees in woods. (Eii.) 

 Bib.—'iyn. Hep. p. 160; Hep. Europ. p. 84. 

 Exsic. — Hep. Bor.-Amer. No. 65b. 



3. L. Macouni Aust. Stems very short, prostrate, as- 

 cending at the apex, densely radiculose; leaves somewhat erect, 

 ovate subquadrate, retuse or emarginate, l)ilobed or often en- 

 tire, the margin slightly repand, the sinus and lobes obtuse; 

 amphigastria light pink, deeply bifid, the sinus ])road, obtuse, 

 the laciniae spreading incurved, setaceous, often formed of a 

 single series of cells; inner involucre subobovate, slightly tri- 

 gonal; involucral leaves suboblong, somewhat repand at the 

 margin, unequally 2-4-repand-dentate at the apex. 



Hah. — On logs, among other Hepatictc, Ontario (Macoun), Little 

 Falls, N. Y. (Austin). 



Bib.— Fro. Phil. Acad. 1869, p. 223. 

 Exsic. — Hep. Bor.-Amer. No. 66. 



** Divisions of cmi'phigastria sonietrhaf dcufdie. 

 f Amphigastria large. 



4. L. heterophylla Nees. Stems short, creeping or 

 ascending, much branched; leaves ovate-subquadrate, entire, 

 retuse and bidentate on the same stem; amphigastria large, 

 2-cleft, the lacinise slightly dentate. (Ji(iigerina)iia hetero- 

 pliijlJa Schrad.) 



Hah. — On the ground and old logs, etc. in woods and swamps; very 

 common. (Eu.) 



i?i6.— Syn. Hep. p. 164 ; Hep. Europ. p. 86. 



Delin.—Bvii. Jung. t. 31 ; Ekart, t. VII, f. 54 ; Sulliv. Mosses U. S. t. 

 VII. 



Exsic. — Hep. Bor.-Amer. No. 64. 



ff Amphigastria of mediinit size. 



