PLcell. fol. 13. HEPATICiE. 317. Sphserocarpus. 681 
III. 317. SPHSEROCARPUS Micheli. Ball-fruit. 
Calyx on the upper surface of the frond, topshape, 
2-valved ; tip truncated, perforated. 
Sphcerocarpus Michelii. Micheli’ s hall-fruit. 
Thallus nearly orbicular; fruit crowded together. 
Sphserocarpus terrestris minima, Micheli N. Gen. PI. 4, 1. 
Sphaerocarpus terrestris, Eng. Hot. 299. 
Targionia Sphserocarpus, Lin. S. P. 1603. 
In clover fields on sandy loams. 
C. Anthoceride^. Male. Anthers sunk in the thallus. 
Fein, solitary; calyx tubular, 1 -leafed, tip cut; capsule pe- 
dicelled, linear, 2-valved ; seeds and elaters numerous, en- 
tangled together; origomes cupshape, sunk. — Frondose. 
IV. 318. ANTHOCEROS. Micheli. Flower-horn . 
Calyx tubular ; capsule linear, 2-valved. 
1 . Anthoceros punctatus . Dotted flower-horn. 
Thallus undivided, sinuated, edge waved. 
Lichenastrum gramineum pediculo et capitulo oblongo, bifurco, Dillen 
in Rail Syn. 109, 1 . 
Anthoceros punctatus, Lin. S. P. 1606 ; Engl. Bot. 1537. 
On moist sandy heaths ; perennial ; August to April. 
2. Anthoceros Icevis. Smooth flower-horn . 
Thallus undivided, flat, edge scarcely waved. 
Anthoceros lsevis, Lin. S. P. 1606 ; Engl. Bot. 1538. 
On damp shady places. 
3. Anthoceros multifidus. Many-cut flower-horn. 
Thallus bipinnately cut, lobes linear. 
Anthoceros multifidus, Dickson Crypt. 3, 13. 
On damp shady places. 
D. March anti adeje. Male. Anther oblong, imbedded 
in a flat, sessile or peduncled fleshy disk. Female. Re- 
ceptacle peduncled, peltate ; ( fructification under the recep- 
tacle; calyx tubular, 1 -leaf or 0; capsule slightly pedicelled, 
4 to 8-valved or toothed ; seeds globular ; elaters narrow at 
each end ; helices double ; huds lenticular, variously en- 
closed in origomes. — Plants frondose, networked, areoles 
ending in a pore at the top. 
