702 (102) HEPATIC. (LIVERWORTS.) 
leaves usually 3-toothed at the apex. Stems flagelliferous (whence the name, 
from pdomté, a rt or lash, and Bpvoy, Moss). 
. M. trilobatum, Nees. Leaves ovate, —— gibbous at the dor- 
ey base, b set ne morsel 3- an. at the apex; amphigastria 4—6-toothed, 
ward. Stems aes 5 long ; i rat firm, varying from olive-green to brown- 
i te (Tab. VIIL) (Eu. 
. M. tridenticulatum, Lindenb. Scarcely distinct from the pre- 
cng described as having oblong, obtuse, shorter, less oblique, and less con. 
e leaves, with minute and often clleclabe teeth : its habitat (swamps of the 
icieaies States) is different. 
3. Mi. defléxum, — cwecsinte ovate | or ovate-oblong, the dorsal mar- 
gin arched, the narrow apex 2 —3-t amphigastria 2-cleft, crenate 
or entire. — Rocky ahr — Varia e; much sianites than the last, fragile, of a 
dark brownish hue . denudatum and M. ambiguum, G. L. §- N. Synop. 
Hepat., are saoBebly pia of this species. (Eu.) 
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37. LEPIDOZIA, Nees. Creurixe Scate-Moss. (Tab. VIII.) 
Fructification terminal, on short proper branches arising from the under side 
of the stem. Involucral leaves numerous, small, broad, 2-4-toothed at the 
4-toothed or 4-parted. Amphigastria present. (Name from Aemdda, to cover 
ith scales ; in allusion to the scale-like foliage.) 
réptans, Nees. Stems creeping, pinnately compound or decom- 
seuit: leaves decurved, quadrate, acutely 3-4-toothed; amphigastria 3-4- 
left. — Hilly districts, on the ground. (Tab. VIII) (Eu.) 
38. CALYPOGEIA, Raddi. (Tab. VIL) 
3 aa oP Ae aehcesp 3 oblong, saccate, truncate, fleshy, hairy, attached 
by uth to the stem, ee Calyptra membranaceous, partly 
connate with the involeere: Capsule oblong, twisted; the valves narrow an 
contorted. laters with two spiral fibres. Antheridia on short lateral capitate 
branches, one in each of the scale-like perigonial leaves. Stem-leaves entire or 
2-toothed. Amphigastria 2-cleft. (Name compounded of xddvé, flower-cup, 
tnd, under, and yata, the ground; from the position of the fructification.) 
+ Trichémanis, Corda. Leaves roundish-ovate, obtuse, spread- 
ing, jabeicaad | perianths imbedded in the soil.— Moist or springy places, on 
the ground. — Foliage delicate, pale glaucous-green. (Tab. VIIL) (Eu.) 
