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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 9

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-ceptacles, or in depressions in the upper surface of the thallus or upon this sides or ends of the stems and are often protected by peculiarly modified leaves which form a kind of [?] called the [?] .The origin and development of these various organs will be explained in describing the various species following. The capsule or [spore?][case?] is often enveloped by a persistent [calyptra?].The capsules ripens before rupturing the calyptra and opens by two to four valves or bursts irregularly . The [columella?] is wanting except in antho[?]. The [claters?] are hydroscopic cells found in the capsules and aid in [dehiscence?] and in distributing the spores except in the [?]