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Fegatella conica, Cor da. 



Fronds prostrate, several times forked, 

 yellowish-green. Midrib prominent beneath. 

 Male receptacle sessile. Female receptacle 

 stalked, conical, with the margins cut into six 

 very short lobes. Involucres green, two- 

 valved. Calyx four-toothed. The bruised 

 fronds are fragrant, resembling bergamot. 



Marchantia conica^ Linn. Sp. 1604; Eng. 

 Bot. t. 504; Hook. Br. Fl. V. 103. Fegatella 

 conica, Tayl. Linn. Trans. XVIL, 382 ; Cooke 

 Hep. f. 190 ; Carr. and Pears. Exs. 57, 58. 



Sides of ponds and shady banks. (Fr. March.) 



Fronds procumbent, 3 to 5 inches long, several 

 times dichotomous, segments oblong, obtuse, mar- 

 gins scarcely waved or crenate, 

 colour uniform yellowish - green, 

 rather fleshy than membranaceous. 

 Midrib scarcely distinguishable on 

 the upper surface, but by a longitu- 

 dinal depression, prominent be- 

 neath, thickly covered with fibrous 

 radicles, amongst which, on each 

 side the midrib, a few membranous 

 oblique scales ; occasionally similar 

 scales overlap the margin of the 

 innovations at the end. These 

 scales unequally bilobed at their 

 anterior margin. Dioicous. Male 

 receptacle sessile, arising from the 

 midrib. Female receptacle pedunculate, peduncle 



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