No. II.] THE BRYOPHYTES OF CONNECTICUT. 39 



2. Aquatic, or rooting on wet mud; epiderr.is persistent 



4^<^>*, 7 5-- «?c^( V^c^X. V- »• 'S) R. fluitans 



Terrestrial; epidermis eventually breaking down R. SuUivantii 



Ricciella crystallina (L.) Warnst. Riccia crystallina L. 



On mud, often growing on margins of ponds. Autumn. 

 New Haven: Oxford (1898), Harger. 



Connecticut west to Oregon and south to the West Indies 

 and Cahfornia ; Europe ; Asia. 



Ref. Evans, 26, 207; 28, 170. 



Ricciella fluitans (L.) A. Br. Riccia fluitans L. 



Floating in ponds or slow streams or rooting in mud. 

 Autumn. Litchfield: Goshen, Underwood. Hartford: 

 Berlin, Coleman; Southington, Andrews. Windham : Plain- 

 field, Sheldon. Fairfield: Bethel, Underwood; Danbury, 

 Nichols. New- Haven : Branford, Evans; Hamden, O. D. 

 Allen; New Haven (1868), Eaton; North Branford, Evans; 

 Southbury, Harger. 



New England and Ontario, west to British Columbia and 

 south into tropical America ; Europe ; Asia ; Africa ; New 

 Zealand. 



Exsic. Underwood & Cook, Hep. Amer, No. 11 (as 

 Riccia fluitans). 



Ref. Eaton, 15, 68. Evans, 28, 170. " 



Ricciella SuUivantii (Aust.) Evans. Riccia SuUivantii . 



AuSt. \_>»$ . VK'L«Jtj-v«iJ-XA.ci»AX<K U.c<xi.«4j. Q>.^- ^^\^1G ^\^.o^^ |mJw^4c«-V^. j 



Cultivated fields and margins of ponds. Autumn. Hart- 

 ford: East Hartford, Weatherby; Hartford, Harger. Fair- 

 field : Danbury, Nichols. New Haven : East Haven, Evans; 

 MilfOrd, Miss Lorens; New Haven, O. D. Allen; Orange 

 (1876), Eaton; Oxford, Harger. Middlesex: Middlefield, 

 Evans. j^-U. d- ^^- U 1 \ Z'\o'\. kc«^»*^, Vf-h 



New England to Virginia and west to Ohio. ^'^^'^ '^a!!^^ ^ 



Ref. Eaton, 15, 68. Evans, 28, 170; 33, 56. ' 



Ricciccarpus Corda 

 Ricciocarpus natans (L.) Corda. Riccia natans L. 

 Floating in ponds or growing on mud. May and June. 



