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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 40

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38. Conocephalus Conicus. Pl. X. On a hillside facing the north and at the foot of which flows the river, a large bed of Conocephalus conicus has formed, and there its broad shining fronds covering the earth like a plaited carpet are always to be seen, With the first warm rays the small cone like fruit caps make their appearance above the edges and at the apical notches of the fronds. The peduncles on which the fruit caps are borne grow until about the end of April when they are fully two inches tall. Then the spores ripen and are shed on the