Handbook of British Hepaticae : containing descriptions and figures of the indigenous species of Marchantia, Jungermannia, Riccia and Anthoceros . 70, 171). HANDBOOK OF BRITISH HEPATIC/E. 249 Genus 36. PELLIA, Raddi. Involucre cup-shaped, mouth torn into none. Calyptra four-valved, valvesnaked, rounded. Elaters central, persistent,double, enclosed.—Raddi. Jung. Etrus. p. 49(1820). Plants frondose, without leaves, fronds withoutribs. Pellia epiphylla, Linn. Frond oblong, sinuate, lobate, thick ; invo-lucre included ; calyptra exserted. Fruit pro-duced from the upper surface of th
Handbook of British Hepaticae : containing descriptions and figures of the indigenous species of Marchantia, Jungermannia, Riccia and Anthoceros . 70, 171). HANDBOOK OF BRITISH HEPATIC/E. 249 Genus 36. PELLIA, Raddi. Involucre cup-shaped, mouth torn into none. Calyptra four-valved, valvesnaked, rounded. Elaters central, persistent,double, enclosed.—Raddi. Jung. Etrus. p. 49(1820). Plants frondose, without leaves, fronds withoutribs. Pellia epiphylla, Linn. Frond oblong, sinuate, lobate, thick ; invo-lucre included ; calyptra exserted. Fruit pro-duced from the upper surface of the nervenear the extremity. Jungermannia epiphylla, Linn. Sp. 1602 ;Hook. Br. Jung t. 47. Pellia epiphylla,Corda Opiz. 654; Dumort. Hep. Eur. 145;Gott. and Rabh. Exs. 31, 1:9, 120, 179, 274,357 ; Cooke Hep. f. 171 ; Carr. and 200, 201, 202, 203. var. j3 endiviwfolia Dicks. Fronds elon-gate, broadly linear, fruit terminal and lateral. Jungermannia endiviwfolia, Dicks. Crypt. IV.,p. 19. In* shady wet places. (Fr. Aut. and Spr.) Growing generally in large patches, some feet 25° HANDBOOK OK BRITISH HEPATIC^. broad. Fronds I or 2 to. 172 4 inches long, oblong,narrowest at base,simple or once ortwice divided ir-regularly, by shortlateral segments, margin waved, en- tire, or only cutinto a few shortunequal lobes,which are flat orcurved, sometimesinnovant. Thewhole plant has awide and con-spicuous deep bursting through the frond, tubular, some-what plicate, mouth a little expanded, and irregu-larly toothed. Calyptra ovate, becoming oblong,in length twice or thrice exceeding the pale greyish brown, four-valved. Elatersbispiral, attached to the inner base of the capsulein tufts (fig 172). Pellia calycina, Mack. Dichotomous, segments elongated, broad!}-linear, palmatifid, rib stout, distinct ; involucreexserted, cup-shaped, calyptra included. Jungermannia epiphylla var. y furcigera,Hook. Br. Jung. t. 47, f. 18. Jungermanniacalycina, Mack
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