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Fegatella cónica, Corda.
Fronds prostrate, several times forked,
ye llowish-g re en. Midrib prominent beneath.
Male receptacle sessile. Female receptacle
stalked, conical, with the margins cut into six
v e r y short lobes. Involuc res green, two-
valved. C a ly x four-toothed. T h e bruised
fronds are fragrant, resembling bergamot.
Marchantía cónica, Linn. Sp. 1604; Eng.
Bot. t. 504; Hook. Br. FI. V. 103. Fegatella
cónica, T a y l . Linn. Trans . X V I I . , 382; Cooke
Hep. f. 190 ; Car r , and Pears . Exs. 57, 58.
Sides of ponds and shady banks. (Fr. March.)
Fronds procumbent, 3 to 5 inches long, several
times dichotomous, segments oblong, obtuse, margins
scarcely waved or crenate,
colour uniform yellowish - green,
rather fleshy than membranaceous.
Midrib scarcely distinguishable on
the upper surface, but by a longitudinal
depression, prominent beneath,
thickly covered with fibrous
radicles, amongst which, on each
.side the midrib, a few membranous
oblique scales ; occasionally similar
scales overlap the margin of the
innovations at the end. These
scales unequally bilobed at their
anterior margin. Dioicous. Male
receptacle sessile, arising from the
192.
midrib. Female receptacle pedunculate, peduncle
succulent, inserted in a concave disc, receptacle
conical, inclining to ovate, obtuse at the
apex, margins deflexed, and cut into about six
short emarginate lobes (fig. 192). Involucres green,
bivalved. Calyx quadrifid, enclosing one ovate
capsule, which is partially exserted, and cut into
several revolute segments. Flaters bispiral.
G e n u s 4 7 . TARGIONIA, Mkkeli.
Dist inct female receptacle none. Involuc re
spr ing ing from beneath the apex of the frond,
two-valved, one fruited. Pistillidia three to
four, of which one is perfected. Perianth
none. C a lyp t ra thin, persistent, invest ing
the capsule, at length vanishing at the apex.
Capsule shor t ly pedicellate, torn, or frustulate.
Elaters two or three spired. Male receptacle
lateral, discoid, papillose, seated on a proper
innovation from the ventral rib.
Tapgionia hypophylla, Linn.
Fronds forming large patches, over lapping
and flat, v e r y deep green, purplish at the
edges, oblong, with numerous radicles on the
under surface. Frui t or iginat ing from the
underside of the frond, near the extremi ty
(fig. 193). Capsule nev er elevated beyond the
g lobose calyx, split t ing into several unequal
segments.
Targionia hypophylla, Linn. Sp. 160 4 ; Eng.