Hepaticce of North America. 71 



a lateral branch, obovate-clavate. (L. serpyllifolia Sulliv. 

 Muse. Alleghan. No. 272, L. cavifolia Aust. Hep. Bor.-Amer. 

 No. 97.) 



Hab. On trees, near Charleston, S. C. (Sullivant), La. (Drummond), 

 Catskill Mts., N. Y. (P. T. Owe), Belleville, Ont. (Macoun). 

 Bib.IAnd. Hep. Hibern. p. 488. 

 Exsic. Muse. Alleghan. No. 272; Hep. Bor.-Amer. No. 97. 



9. L. Austin! Lind. Stems straightish, subsimple; 

 leaves subimbricate, oblique, obovate-rotund, erect-patent, the 

 margin sub-repand, the areolation rather small diminishing 

 toward the margin, the lobe somewhat hooded, one-toothed; 

 amphigastria 2-3 times the width of the stem, bifid with a nar- 

 row sinus, the laciniae semi-ovate, somewhat acute; sporogony 

 phase unknown. (L. Sullivantice Aust. which name is preoc- 

 cupied as L. Sullivanti Gottsche is described, 1863, Mex. Lev. 

 p. 196.) 



Hab. Roots of trees and on the ground ; So. States (Sullivant), La. 

 (Featherman). 



Sib.Torrey Bull. Ill, 15. 

 Exsic. Hep. Bor.-Amer. No. 96. 



10. L. cucullata Nees. Stems filiform, rather pin- 

 nately branching, flaccid; leaves oblong -ovate, distant, the 

 lower margin inflexed - hooded ; amphigastria distant, oval, 

 much smaller than the leaves; inner involucre terminal on 

 short branches, obovate, rather compressed, obtusely keeled 

 beneath, convex above and bicarinate toward the apex; plant 

 minute, light green. (L. lucens Tayl.) 



Hab. On moist rocks, Alleghany Mts. (Sullivant). 



Eib.Syn. Hep. p. 389, 767. 



Exsic. Muse. Allegnan. No. 274; Hep. Bor.-Amer. No. 98. 



11. L. Caroliniana Aust. Stems 2 4 mm. long, rather 

 flaccid; leaves somewhat fuscous, rotund, convex, squarrose- 

 patent, subvertical, rather dense, the apex , strongly decurved, 

 the lobe small, subinflated; amphigastria rotund; inner invo- 

 lucre pyriform, subcompressed, 5-angled, the angles naked; 

 male spikes large, terminal and lateral. 



Hab. With Frullania Kunzei from Mobile, Ala. (Snllivant). 

 Bib. Rot. Bulletin (now Bot. Gazette), I, 36. 



