HEPATICE. (LIVERWORTS.) (01 
$3. PTILIDIUM, Nees. Frixcep Scare-Moss. (Tab. 22.) 
Fractification terminal on short branches. Invyolucral leaves 2-4, four-cleft. 
erianth terete, obovate; the mouth connivent, plaited, tae Ca me 
pear-shaped, coriaceous. Capsule ovate. Elaters et spiral fibre: To- 
florescence dicecious. Antheridia covered by c ara Inet vitiga 
leaves. Stem-leaves Congenital: each lobe divided. Amphigastria 4- 
5-lobed. (Name a diminutive of wridov, a downy tit from the cut-fringed 
ciliare, Nees. Stems crowded, somewhat pinnate ; leaves (4-cleft) 
and amphigastria both lacerately ciliate, the fringe long and setaceous. — Rotten 
nom in woods. (Tab. 22.) (Eu.) 
34. SENDTNERA, Endl. (Tab. 22.) 
Fructification terminal. Involucral leaves numerous, incised, free or connate 
at the base, Perianth tubular, deeply many-cleft. Calyptra chartaceous. 
sule globular. Elaters free, with two spiral fibres. Antheridia upon proper 
branches in the axils of ventricose perigonial leaves. Stem-leaves 2~5-cleft or 
entire. Amphigastria 2-many-cleft. (Named for O. Sendiner, a German bot- 
anist.) 
1. 8. eee Nees. Stems erect, nearly simple, mee elongated ; 
rien and amphigastria almost alike, oblong, curved and o' e-sided, 2-cleft to 
me the ae ieaecal ate. —- High auk rerenzs gid, reddish- 
(Tab. 22.) (Eu) 
35. TRICHOCOLEA, Nees. Downy Scate-Moss. (Tab. VIL) 
Fructification situated in a fork. Tavolacral leaves numerous, coalescent into 
ree. ridia 
on the upper side of the stem in the axil of leaves. Leaves palmately divided ; 
the divisions ce Amphigastria present. (Name composed of 6pig, hair, 
and koleds. ; from the hairy involucre.) 
1. T. To eR Nees. Stems forked, 2-3-pinnately branched ; 
divisions of the 4-5-divided leaves capillary-many-cleft; amphigastria seta- 
ceously many-cleft. — Moist places, in large patches. — Foliage pale green, soft- . 
hairy. (Tab. 22.) (Eu.) 
36. MASTIGOBRYUM, Nees. Great Scare-Moss. 
(Tab. 22.) 
Fructification terminal, on short proper branches, arising from the axils of the 
amphigastria. Involucral leaves small, narrow, acutely ages at the apex. 
Periaath elongated, 3-angular, the mouth 3-toothed. C embranaceons. 
Capsule globose. Elaters with two spiral ese Ante on a shor branches 
axils Fae Ger + < alone x line Stem- 
