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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 58

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[page]56[/page] Lophosolea heterophylla, [Nus?]. is a small pale green species found growing on moist rich soil among mosses and on decayed logs. The stems are about one inch long, branching and ascending and cespilose. The leaves are sub-quadrate and variable in outline, spreading horizontally and slightly decurrent on the dorsal side of the stem. The margins are entire and bidentate on the same stem. PL.XIX. 2. The amphigastria are large, two cleft, the segments slightly dentate. The cells of the leaves and amphigastria contain masses of granular chlorophyll bearing