HEPATICE. (LIVERWORTS.) ~ (91) 691 
herent with the perianth. Calyptra pear-shaped, rupturing early. Capsule glo- 
bose, irregularly 4-valved. laters short, containing two or three Are fibres. 
- Antheridia naked, borne on the back of the stem, which is prostrate, and 
either simple or forked, with somewhat quadrate 3-5 -lobed dutttite flaccid 
leaves. (A personal name. 
1. FE. pusilla, Nees. Stem 6-10" long, thick ; ona conspicuous, 
— Moist places on the ground: mostly Southern. (Tab. VII.) (Eu.) 
19. GEOCALYX, Nees.. (Tab. VIL.) 
Perianth none. Involucre oblong, saccate, truncate, fleshy, attached by one 
side of its mouth to the stem, pendent. yptra membranaccous, partly con- 
nate with the involucre. Capsule oblong. Elaters with two spiral fibres. An- 
theridia on = lateral visto in the axils of small perigonial jeaves. 
(Name formed of yéa, the earth, and x ddvé, flower-cup; from the fructification 
becoming subterranean. ) 
1. G. gravéolens, Nee Leaves ovate-quadrate, 2-toothed (light- 
stir amphigastria oval- Pais 2-cleft to the middle; perianth subterra- 
n the ground, rotten logs, &e. (Tab. VII.) ) 
20. CHILOSCYPHUS, Corda. (Tab, VIL) 
Fructification terminal upon a short lateral branch. Involucral leaves 2-6, 
different from and smaller than the stem-leaves. Perianth usually short, deeply 
2-3- globose, or somewhat club-shaped, slightly chartaceous, 
often longer than the perianth, rupturing irregularl ex. Capsul 
Elaters with two spiral fibres. Perigonial leaves like the ca’ ine, concealing an- 
theridia in their saccate dorsal bases. Stem-leaves were on the back of the 
stem; rootlets proceeding only from the base of the deeply 2-cleft amphigastria. 
(Name formed of xiAds, herbage, and oxvdos, cup; in allusion to the herba- 
ceous calyptra 6 
1. C. polyamthos, Corda. Stems procumbent; leaves ovate-quadrate ; 
involucral ah 2, Sy My cere perianth 3-lobed, the lobes short ail 
nearly entire. — Rocks, 
9. C. ascéndens, Hook. & Wils. Stems prostrate; leaves ascending, 
ee a slightly emarginate; involucral leaves 2, two-cleft ; perianth 
2~3-lobed ; the lobes long and irregularly lacerate-toothed. (C. labiatus, 
Taylor.) —On rotten logs, &e.—A large species, with pale-green foliage. 
(Tab. VIL.) 
3. C. Drumm 6ndii, Tay!. (in Lond. Jour. Bot. 1846.) Densely ceespi- 
tose; stems branching, prostrate (the Semaine ones RMN attenuated) ; ; 
leaves erect-patent, oblong, 2-cleft ; te, connate 
the adjacent pair of leaves; perianth oie. Statice, thd aa subcompressed 
at the mouth, come at the ventral base, greens on short naked branches ; 
volucral leaves 3 - 4, laciniate, scalelike: a small species.— “Bark of trees, 
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