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Jungermannia.]
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HEPATICJE.
mouth toothed. Hook. Br. Jung. t. 49. E. Bot. t. 2565.
Lindenb. Syn. Hepat. p. 40.
Moist boggy ground. First found at Holt and Edgefield, Norfolk, by
Rev. R. B.Francis. In Suffolk. New Forest, Hants, C Lyell, Esq.
Delamere forest, Cheshire, Mr. Wilson. About Bantry, Ireland, Miss
Hut chins. Fr. Spr. and Sum.— Stems among the most minute of the
stipulated species: leaves of a purplish tinge; those of the pericJuBiium
often united, so as to form an outer perianth. (Wils.)
52. J. barbdta, Sehreb. (tootked Jungermannid); stem procumbent
nearly simple, leaves rotundato- quadrate tri-quadrifid, stipules
lanceolate acutely bifid or bipartite and laciniated, fruit
terminal, perianth ovate, the mouth contracted toothed. Schreb.
Spirit. Fl. Lips. p. 107. Hook. Br. Jung. t. 70. Hobs. Br.
Mosses, v. 2. n. 83. J. quinquedentata, J (ads. Artgl. p. 511.
Linn. Sp. PL p. 1598. E. Bot. t. 2517. Lindenb. Syn. Hepat.
p. 45 Bill. Muse. t. 71./ 22, 23.-/3. minor; stem ascending:
elongated at the extremity, upper leaves closely imbricated
and secund gemmiferous. Hooh. Br. Jung. I. c.
Rocks, woods and heathy places, abundant ; especially in alpine districts.—
/J. in similar situations. Fr. Apr.—Perhaps the var. £. ought
rather to be considered as the gemmiferous state of the plant, than as a
var. The stipules are often obsolete in the lower part of the stem.
53. J. albescens, Hook, (small pale Jungermannid); stem creeping
branched, leaves very concave almost hemispherical emargi-
nate, stipules ovato-lanceolate obtuse, fruit terminal on Bhort
branches, perianth ohlongo- ovate, the mouth toothed. Hook.
Br. Jung. t. 82, and Suppl. t. 4. Hobs. Br. Mosses, v. 2. n. 81.
Lindenb. Syn. Hepat. p. 38.
Rocky place on the summit of Ben Nevis, Scotland. Fr. .
Of this small, but very distinct species, I have Been fructification only
on Swiss specimens, gathered at a great elevation on the Grimsel.
Ce/our pale green : cellules large.
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54. J. reptansj Linn, (creeping Jungermannid)', stem cre< .i