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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 31

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[page]29.[/page] The areas between the stomata are large and infolded to form flask shaped receptacles. PL. VIII. fig. 7. d.d. in which the antheridia are formed. Each sac contains but a single erect atitheridium. This is a short stalked oval shaped body, formed from the subdivision of a single cell, and hence morphologically a trichome. At the base of the short stalk three or four papillae, (paraphyses) are usually found. The wall of the antheridium consists of a single layer of chlorophyll-bearing cells, PL.VIII. fig. 2.a. as does the short stalk. The special sperm cells fill up the central portion of the antheridium, and are nearly rectangular in outline, and arranged in transverse rows. They were form-