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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 25

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[page]23[/page] of fruit: On the dorsal surface of some of the fronds, and usually on the median line, PL.IV. fig. 1., peculiar cup-shasped receptacles containing bright green lenticular bodies are produced. A vertical section through a young cup, PL. VI. fig. 1. shows that it is contracted near the base, and rather abruptly expanded cup-shaped above. The margin of the cup is nearly transparent and minutely denticulate fringed. The base of the cup is occupied by one celled club-shaped papillae, PL.VI. fig b. Among the one celled papillae, isolated two-celled papillae are found, the upper cell of which undergoes division and subdivision until a large mass is formed. It then becomes flattened and assumes a