The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States / Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee

by Asa Gray

8. Herberta. Underleaves large. Perianth fusiform on an elongated branch.

12. Cephalozia. Underleaves mostly wanting; perianth mostly triangular on a short branch.

[+][+][+] Leaves incubous, mostly plane or depressed.

9. Bazzania. Leaves mostly 2–3-toothed. Perianth fusiform on a short branch.

14. Kantia. Leaves mostly entire. Perianth fleshy, pendulous, subterranean.

[+][+][+][+] Leaves succubous or transverse.

[++] Underleaves entire or nearly so.

13. Odontoschisma. Involucral leaves numerous, small, incised, those of the stem rounded or retuse.

21. Mylia. Involucral leaves 2, connate at base. Large.

22. Harpanthus. Involucral leaves few, smaller than the semi-vertical emarginate stem-leaves. Small.