The past few decades have seen a great wealth of secondary compounds being extracted from the bryophytes. Riccia is a cosmopolitan genus being represented by about 36 species in India. The present study is an attempt to analyse the phytochemical constituents of Riccia billardieri. Soxhlet extraction followed by qualitative and quantitative analyses has revealed about ten groups of secondary compounds in varying quantities. Glycosides, alkaloids, saponins, reducing sugars, flavonoids, phenols, terpenoids and coumarins were detected.