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likewise occasionally marked with darkish spots 

 (fig. 198). 



GENUS 49- SPRffiROCARPUS, Mich. 



Involucre none. Perianth pear-shaped, 

 smooth, pierced at the apex, aggregated on 

 the surface of the frond. Calyptra crowned 

 with a deciduous style. Sporangium at 

 length nearly free, globose, indehiscent ; 

 spores destitute of elaters. 



Sphserocarpus terrestris, Mich. 



Fronds growing singly, or in patches 

 J to J inch in length, flat, margin slightly 

 lobed, thin, of a pale-green colour, adhering, 

 by the underside, by means of numerous 

 radicles, upper surface bearing the pear- 

 shaped follicles. 



Sphcerocarpus terrestris, Mich. Nova. Gen. 4, 

 t. 3; Dill. Muse. 536, t. 78, f. 17 ; Eng. Bot. 

 t. 299 ; Hook. Muse. Britt. 215 ; Eng. Fl. V., 

 i., p. 99; Carr. and Pears. Exs. No. 215; 

 Linden. Mon. 496, t. xxxvi., fig. I. Sphce- 

 rocarpus Michelii, Bell. Act. Taur. V., 258 ; 

 Cooke Hep. f. 195. 



On the ground, especially clover fields. 



Fronds growing singly, or collected in patches, on 

 the ground, i to J inch long, plane, slightly waved, 

 margin variously lobed, lobes short and rounded, 



