Hepaticae
  苔類
  He·pat·i·ca n.; pl. Hepaticae
  1. Bot. A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup.
  2. bot. Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepaticae; -- called also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticae, in the Supplement.
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  Hepaticae
       n : liverworts: comprises orders Anthocerotales;
           Jungermanniales; Marchantiales; Sphaerocarpales [syn: Hepaticopsida,
            class Hepaticopsida, class Hepaticae]