12U EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 
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PELLIA ion te gua with lower _— of the pedicel; capsule; an elater; he of 
the same ; and two antheridia, of P. ss nies after Hooke 
BLASIA. — Pants 9 (et rae, md conteeoi ‘ pape of a oo sig the ee 
le frond two antheridia ; 
a a gemmiparous frond with ‘ats receptacles; a vertical ection of one nite the recepta- 
; three gem- 
m8; four spores and three el: ; two spores, and pértion © of an elater ; ; Ra de- 
hiseing ; vertical section of ey Zee in the la of the ae showing the 
and the calyptra in a young state, of B. pusilla, D Hoo 
METZGERIA. — Plants (fertile, male, and gemm’ Fak ae = plant aun the his- 
pid calyx with the Geciobed eat eral ecuetiey ethene, mcomah pee bed 
the oe parca mag ae cose ; f 
two elaters, of M. fureata, Nees: after Hooker. 
» ANEURA. — Plant (portions of male and female) ; a vertical section of the fleshy calyptra, 
with the base of the pedicel ; a portion of the frond, with two elongated deflexed male 
P 
receptacles; one of these les cut transversely, showing the imbedded anthe- 
ridia; valves of the capsule bearded by tufts rth esa 3 three spores ; one elater, and 
portion of the same, of sessilis, Spren, 
serene dehiscing, with ead rig 
‘0 leaves and d 
m howing 
be ? 
nid sera two — of leaves, with the | da 
igastrium 
an 
* GEOCALYX.— Plant; part of the ste! th tha i 
the calyptra 
tria; portion of the stem, eit one amp four valves of the capsule; two 
elaters ; three s ‘cian Ne 
GRIMALDIA. ( 
mg of). male and female; end of a frond showing the pales 
and lower part of the peduncle; end of a frond with two male disks ; one of the disks 
cut vertically, showing the imbedded an cteenecieaner: a fertile receptacle ; a vertical sec- 
tion of the same; capsule dehiscin Srdisabbeithe ties th two elaters, and two 
spores, of G. bar won, Bisch ; after Bisc f 
with involucral leaves perianth and calyp- 
tra; a pair of leaves with — in theis dorsal bases ; heridium ; portion 
of the stem, with a leaf and an amphigastrium ; a ioe em en vival three 
spores and two elaters, of C. sca Hook. § Wi 
* PLEURANTHE —Plant; the same enlarged ; a portion of the stem, with a pair of leaves 
; capsule with its four valves; five spores; 
three elaters, and part of an elater, of P. olivacea, Tayl. 
. — — Plant ; portion of the stem, with its leaves — _— perianth ; same, with 
ne leaf having with three pairs of leaves 
} cross-section near 
the mouth of the perianth ; three spores and an po gy i : hiserohsta: Nees. 
_ JUNGERMANNIA. — = portion of the stem with pairs of leaves ; h with in- 
volucral leaves shana an involueral leaf; heaped eapsule with valves 
Sibi: sides hs. wa ves spreading; an elater 0 sporules, of J, connivens, 
Dicks : Hooker. 
| GYMNOMITRIUM irs.of | the same witn 
lero nr a th pe, Fe pedicel, 0 apn yptra with base of the pedi- 
g | cso leaves, of G. concinna 
tam, Corda: after Hooker. 
