26 fHUSGI BEEPATlCr. 



BLASIA. (Mich.) Linn. 



1. B. CAPSULA M !>\ FRONDE IMMERSA, OVATO-OBLK 



Unn. \i\ ruBO hi ants', persistence. Frondibus or- 



QLARIBUS, AUT CONGESTIS LAETE. IMMO SPLEXDENTER, 

 TIRIDIBUS; VEXOSO-Rll in I.ATIS, DI-VEL TRICHOTOMIS, 



apice capsuliferis. i?. v. * Coll. Europ. JVeber. p 114. 

 Schwgr. p 36 Dr. Torrey sent it. Roth. Fl. Germ. III. 



p. 426, 428. 



On exsiccated spots of mill-dams. My specimens agree 

 so perfectly with European ones, that I have no doubts. 

 When not in full fructification, it may be recognised by 

 the black male spots on the under side, A very handsome 

 figure of it in Hoffman's Flora Dcutschlands. 2 part. 



7. RICCIA. (Mich.) Linn. 



N. B. The fructifications of this genus arc but little 

 understood ; but the species can be readily distinguished 

 notwithstanding. 



§ 1. R. TERRESTRIS, FRONDE PUNCTATA. LACINIIS LATIORIB1 S, 



.Linn. v. x. Coll. Europ. Weber, p. 115. Schwgr. p. 37+- 



Muhl. Cal. n. 1. 



Occasionally occurs on clay and earth. 



Lutescens. § 2- R« TERRESTRIS, MAJUSCULA, ORBICULATA AC CONFJ.T EN.-. 



Nobis. Frondibus di-vel triciiotomis apice turgidis, inflexis 



emarginato bifidis. lobis margine liberis, medio 

 nervo, superne impresso, inferne convexo, radicu- 

 loso : Substantia porosa, constans ex tuberculis in- 

 TUS granulis minutis REPLETIS. V V. * \ 



Found in abundance in an exsiccated swamp on the 

 ground, forming large yellow patches of two inches in 

 diameter. The lower surface puts forth numerous radi- 

 cles, besides those on the middle nerv. In Spring. 



3. R. fluitans ; fronde dichotoma, oecordata, radio u- 

 Linn. lis serratis. JVeber, p. \17. Schwgr. p. 38. Jluhl.Cut. 



n. 2. JK'ew-York Cat. n. 2. 



I have seen no American specimen. 



4. R. FLUITANS, FRONDE DICHOTOMA, LACINIIS LIN] 



elonoatis. v. s. Coll. Europ. Jfeber, p. 117. Schwg. 

 p. 38. Muhl. Cat. 11. 9. 



Sent me from Cherokee Country. Not found here. 



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