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A brief description of nine species of Hepaticae found in the vicinity of Iowa City by Mary F. Linder, 1886

A brief description of nine species of Hepaticae found in the vicinity of Iowa City by Mary F. Linder, 1886, Page 5

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3. algae. Their relation to the cormophytic type is evident. They are closely related to the mosses in their methods of growth and reproduction, and were early associated with them to form a sub-class known as "Pellular Acrogens," but which is now known as the "Bryophyta," a word derived from the Greek words "bruon", moss, and "phuton," plant, and signifying the mosses and their allies. They vary greatly in general appearance, structure, and habitat. The plant-body varies in different species from a true thallus to a leafy axis. When leaves are present they are usually two ranked, either opposite or alternate with sometimes a row of rudimentary leaves called Amphigastra on the ventral side, and consist of a single layer