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2. Aquatic, or rooting on wet mud; epiderr.is persistent 
R. fluitans 
Terrestrial; epidermis eventually breaking down R. Sullivantii 
Ricciella crystallina (L.) Warnst. Riccia crystallina L. 
On mud, often growing on margins of ponds. Autumn. 
New Haven: Oxford (1898), Harger. 
Connecticut west to Oregon and south to the West Indies 
and California; Europe; Asia. 
Rer. Evans, 26, 207 ;, 28, 170. 
Ricciella fluitans (L.) A. Br. Riccia fluitans L. 
Floating in ponds or slow streams or rooting in mud. 
Autumn. LitcHFiELD: Goshen, Underwood. HartrorpD: 
Berlin, Coleman; Southington, Andrews. WinDHAm: Plain- 
field, Sheldon. Fairrietp: Bethel, Underwood; Danbury, 
Nichols. New Haven: Branford, Evans; Hamden, O. D. 
Allen; New Haven (1868), Eaton; North Branford, Evans; 
Southbury, Harger. 
New England and Ontario, west to British Columbia and 
south into tropical America; Europe; Asia; Africa; New 
Zealand. - 
Exsic. Underwood & Cook, Hep. Amer. No. 11 (as 
Riccia fluitans). 
Rer. Eaton, 15, 68. Evans, 28, 170. 
Ricciella Sullivantii (Aust.) Evans. Riccia Sullivantii 
Aust. 
Cultivated fields and margins of ponds. Autumn. Harr- 
ForD: East Hartford, Weatherby; Hartford, Harger. Fatr- 
FIELD: Danbury, Nichols. New Haven: East Haven, Evans; 
Milford, Miss Lorenz; New Haven, O. D. Allen; Orange 
(1876), Eaton; Oxford, Harger. MuIppLesex: Middlefield, 
Evans. 
New England to Virginia and west to Ohio. 
Rer. Eaton, 15, 68. Evans, 28, 170; 33, 56. 
Ricciocarpus Corda 
Ricciocarpus natans (L.) Corda. Riccia natans L. 
Floating in ponds or growing on mud. May and June. 
