MUSCI HEPATIlL li 



I. « U IT', IMPLr.Di: KEPENTK, si'BPi \ \ ;'iO. FoLIIS Dilates 

 BI8TICHI8, OBTVUSf IftTBGBIB, AlKH l l,\i: l.ono AL- Wthtr 

 TKBO CLVVITO, ALTEKO MI.MMO AUT NTLLO. STIIT- 

 LI8 MAJOBIBU8, Hli'llll*. tBBRATlB, PKU-ERTIM (\ 

 LICIHIS. CALYX TRIGOBI -\ TKIF1DUS, LAKVIS. X\ V. 



('■!'. i.urop. Weker, pu CI. ScJiwg, p. 14. Tumarisci 



of many, for instance Hooker Fasc. 1. t. 6. •MuhL Cat. 



n. 15?* N. York Cat n. 10? 



More common on trees. A \ht handsome elegantly 

 green variety ocean in large tufts, on rocks. Micfaaux 

 Tamarisi':. p. 279. The color varies much; often almost 

 black. 



§7. I. CAULIBUS BEPENTIBUS, FILIFORMIBCS, VAGE Strpglhfciia. 

 PIKMATI8, BREVIUSCULIS. FOLIIS IMBRICATIS, AU- Dick " 

 BJCULATIS, LOBIS INAKQUALIBUS ; SUPERIORIBUS MA- 

 JORIBUS, BASI SUBTU5 VEXTRICOSIS : I NT ERIORIBUS 

 :IINUTIS. STIPULIS HOTUNDATIS, ACUTE ET PRO- 



funde bifidis. v. v. Coll. Europ. * Dick?* Fasc. IV. 

 p. 19. Hooker, Fasc. XI. t. 52. Weber, p. 121. 



Common among mosses on wet rocks — very elegantly, 

 but irregularly pinnate, brittle, and of a beautiful green 

 color. I have not found it in fructification. 



B. FOLIIS NO* AUR1CULATIS. 



A. Integris: 



1. STIPULIS BIFIDIS VEL BILOB1S. 



I. CAULE AESCENDENTE, SUBRAMOSO. FoLIIS etT - rdlfunrn 

 BROTUNDIS, INTEGERRIMIS OBTUSIS STIPULIS OBTUSIS, Ehrhar 

 BIFIDIS, LACIMIS ACUTIS, EVANIDIS. V. V. Coll. EtL- 



,). * Jf'cber. p. 28. Seine g. p. 16. 



In wet sphagrous places, creeping about,* sometimes 

 floating in the water. 



My Salem specimens have been pronounced to belong 

 :o this species by several excellent European botanists; 

 and agree perfectly with European specimens received 

 from Dr. S pre n gel : but the stipules are so indistinct, that 

 { should otherwise have hesitated, and conceived this to 

 belong to another subdivision of the genus. 



.'. I. EOI.IIS IZIBRICATIS, STJBROTUNDIS, INTECERRI- Trichoma*** 

 ; STIPULIS SUBROTUNDIS BILOBIS, LOBIS OBTU- I> 



. r. s. fr. Pennsylvania. Coll. Europ. Jl'cber. p. 28. 

 Schrwgr. p. 16. Mulil. Cut. n. 6. 



On moist earth in woods. I have not yet found this 

 species here n+ Salem. It keeps close to the earth. 



