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Papa, 13. HEPATICiE Pl.celLfoL
XII. 326. PAPA. Tapa.
Monoicous or dioicous, Male. Anthers spherical, solitary;
pedicells very short, deeply imbedded in the upper
face of the mid-rib. Fem. Calyx on the upper face of
the mid-rib, rather cylindrical; mouth rather dilated, cut,
toothed; calyptra exserted ; capsule spherical, 4-valved,
valves streaked lengthways and across, bent back ; elaters
long, pencilshape, in tufts, attached to the base of the capsule
; helices double, much twisted ; seeds irregular. Thallus
rather membranaceous, scarcely mid-ribbed.
Papa eplphylla. Overleaf papa.
Thallus oblong, slightly ribbed, rather membranaceous,
cut here and there, edge not cut, or sinuated ; fruit from
near the tips.
Lichenastrum capitulis lotnndatis, e foliorum medio enascentibiis, Rail
Syn. 110,3.
Jungermannia epiphylla, Lin. S. P. 1602; Engl. Bot. 771; Hooker
Jung. 47.
In wet shady places ; spring and autumn.
(3. longifolia. Thallus long, simple, or with a few shoots.
Jungermannia endivitefoiia, Dickson Crypt. 4, 19.
Jiing«rmannia epipiiilla 13, Lamarcke Encycl, Bot. 3,286.
y.furcigera. Thallus with narrow-forked shoots at the
tips, twigs forked.
XIII. 327. BLASIvi. Micheli. Blasius.
Dioicous. Male. Aiithers elliptical, sessile, 2 or 3, imbedded
in the upper face of the mid-rib, covered by the
cuticle. Fem. Calyx from the upper part of the mid-rib,
oblong, lanceolate, enclosed in the thallus ; mouth acute
calyptra enclosed ; capsule ovate globular, 4-valved ; valves
ovate, streaked lengthways and across ; elaters long ; helices
double, closely twisted ; seeds girt with a pellucid border
budsP spherical, gelatinous, enclosed in an ovate receptacle,
placed on the upper face of the mid-rib, and ending in a
long cylindrical tube. — Thallus branched, beneath with
tufted scales.
Blasia pusilla. Dwarf blasius.
Thallus oblong, ribbed, lobed, branched ; beneath scaly,
scales toothed.
Mnium liclienis facie, DiUen BIusc. 237.
Blasia pusilla lichenis pyxidati facie, Micheli N. G. P. 14, 7.
Engl. Bot. 1328.
Blasia pusilla, Lin. S. P. 1605 ,
Jungermannia Blasia, Hooker Jung. 82, 83, and 84.
On moist sandy alpine heaths ; spring.