Pl. cell. fol. 13. HEPATIC. 317. Sphzrocarpus. 681 
Ill. 317.SPHAEROCARPUS Micheli. Ball-fruit. 
Calyx on the upper surface of the frond, topshape, 
2-valved ; tip truncated, perforated. 
Spherocarpus Michelii. Michel's ball-fruit. 
Thallus nearly orbicular; fruit crowded together. 
Spherocarpus terrestris minima, Micheli N. Gen. Pl. 4,1. 
Sphzrocarpus terrestris, Eng. But. 299. 
Targionia Sphzrocarpus, Lin. 8S. P. 1603. 
In clover fields on sandy loams. 
C. ANTHOCERIDER. Male. Anthers sunk in the thallus. 
Fem. solitary; calyx tubular, 1-leafed, tip cut; capsule pe- 
dicelled, linear, 2-valved; seeds and elaters numerous, en- 
tangled together; orzgomes cupshape, sunk.—Frondose. 
IV. 318. ANTHOCEROS. Micheli. Flower-horn. 
Calyx tubular; capsule linear, 2-valved. 
1. Anthoceros punctatus. Dotted flower-horn. 
Thallus undivided, sinuated, edge waved. 
Lichenastrum gramineum pediculo et capitulo oblongo, bifurco, Dillen 
in Raii Syn. 109, 1. 
Anthoceros punctatus, Lin. S. P. 1606; Engl. Bot. 1537. 
On moist sandy heaths; perennial; August to April. 
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2. Anthoceros levis. Smooth flower-horn. 
Thallus undivided, flat, edge scarcely waved. 
Anthoceros levis, Lin. S. P. 1606; Engl, Bot. 1538. 
On damp shady places. 
3. Anthoceros multifidus. Many-cut flower-horn. 
Thallus bipinnately cut, lobes linear. 
Anthoceros multifidus, Dickson Crypt. 3,13. 
On damp shady places. 
D. MarcHantiaDpE®. Male. Anther oblong, imbedded 
in a flat, sessile or peduncled fleshy disk. Female. Re- 
ceptacle peduncled, peltate; fructification under the recep- 
tacle; calyx tubular, 1-leaf or 0; capsule slightly pedicelled, 
4 to 8-valved or toothed; seeds globular; elaters narrow at 
each end; helices double; buds lenticular, variously en- 
closed in origomes.—Plants frondose, networked, areoles 
ending in a pore at the top. 
