Family WEBERACEAE 

 A FAMILY containing only one genus. 



36. WEBERA Ehrh. (We-ber-a) 



A small genus, only one species of which is found in 

 North America. Named after Weber, a botanist of 

 Gottingen, Germany. 



Webera sessilis (Schmid.) Lindb. {Diphyscium Joli- 

 osum Mohr) is found on moist, shaded earth, sometimes 

 by roadsides ; not uncommon. 



Plants growing close together, only those hearing fruit 

 conspicuous; brownish ; freely fruiting. 



Stems so very short that the capsules appear 

 to grow directly on the ground. 



Leaves on the stem too small to be seen; 

 those surrounding the capsule long, hair- 



Weherasessilis^ /iy^.; brownish. 



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 ing the plants. 



Capsule erect or oblique, egg-shaped, with narrow end 

 pointed; light brown, growing close to the ground appar- 

 ently without a seta (sessile) ; mature in summer. 



Operculum cone-shaped. 



Range, Nova Scotia to Ontario, south to Alabama; 

 Europe; Asia; Madeira Islands. 



One has carefully to search moist, barren ground in 

 order to find Webera sessilis, as there is nothing con- 



