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garden stoves, etc.; frond thin, nearly plane, yellowish-green, 

 segments obtuse. 



ANTHOCEEOS, Linn. (Anthoceros.) 



Generic Character. — Capsule pedunculated, linear, two-valved, 

 with a central columella, to which the seeds are attached, and 

 arising from a tubular perianth. — Named "Hornflower" from 

 the appearance of its capsule. 



1. Anthoceros punctatus, Linn. Frond obovato-oblong, 

 flattish, and cut at the margin ; in substance, between fleshy 

 and membranaceous, dark green, and paler at the margin ; 

 cellules of the frond distinct, oblong ; destitute of midrib ; 

 male fructifications sj)herical, shortly pedicellate, yellowish- 

 orange, enclosed in cup-shaped, deeply-laciniate receptacles ; 

 female fructifications arising from conical tubercles (the pe- 

 rianths) of the colour of the stem, from whence proceeds a 

 linear, subulate, slightly-curved capsule, which bui'sts at the 

 extremity into two narrow linear valves. In the centre is 

 a filament or columella, to which are attached many round- 

 ish, opaque, brown seeds, or rather capsules, as each contains 

 three or four smaller bodies. 



