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PLcelLfol. 13. HEPATIC/E. 321. Cyathophora. 683
VII. 321. CYATHOPHORA. Cupbearer.
Dioicous. Male .... Fem. Receptacle of the capsules
hemispherical; calyx 0', calyptra tubular; capsules globu-
lar, tip 4 or 5-toothed, many-valved, valves linear ; receptacle
of the buds orbicular, flattish. Pedicells from beneath
the lobes of the thallus.
Cyathophora angusl'ifolia. Narrrow-leaved cupbearer.
Receptacle of the capsules hemispherical, 4-lobed; cap-
sules 4- ; thallus membranaceous, semi-pellucid ; edge sinuated.
Marchantia androgyna, Lin. S. P. 1605.
On damp places.
VIII. 322. STAUROPHORA. Esenbeck. Crossbearer.
Monoicous. Male .... Fem. Receptacle of the capsules
-i-cut, crosslike; calyx 0? capsules ovate, 4-valved, valves
spreading; receptacles of the buds crescentlike, flattish.
Peduncle of the fruit from the upper face of the thallus,
surrounded by a tubular perithecium.
Staurophora pulchella. * Pretty crossbearer.
Thallus oblong, forked, light green, opake, veinless.
Lichen sive Hepatica lunulata, s7rt(pvK?-.6Ka^7ro;, Rail Sijn. ed. 2 ; 41, 6.
Lichen pileatuj parvus, capitulo criicis instar se expandente, BiUen in
Rail Syn. US, 2.
Maiciiantia cruciata, Lin. S. P. 1604.
Stauropliora pulchella, Esenh. in Berl. Mag.
On shady places and garden walks ; perennial ; June to
October.
E. JuNGERMANNiDE^. Male. Anther round, sessile, or
globular, pedicelled, axillary. Female solitary : calyx tubular,
single, double, sometimes 0; capsules pedicelled,
4-valved, very rarely valveless and bursting irregularly;
elatprs tubular ; helices single or double ; buds oblong,
scattered. Thallus frondose or leafy; areoles not ending
in a pore.
IX. 323. RICCARDIUS. Riccardi.
Male. Anthers spherical, on the upper face of
the thallus, imbedded in it, or surrounded by a perithecium.
Fem. from near the edge of the lower face ; calyx
single, bellshape, very short; mouth expanded, lobed,