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128 HEPATIC^. [Jungermannia.
J. Lyellii, Hook. Br. Jung. t. 77. Lindenb. Syn. Hepat. p. 96.
Diplomitrion, Corda.—(3. larger, scales of the anthers lax scarcelytoothed.
J. Hibernica, Hook. Br. Jung. t. 78. Lindenb. Syn.
Hepat. p. 95.
First found in boggy plains in the New Forest, Hampshire, and at
Drumly Airy, a waterfall on the Noran, Angusshire, by C. Lyell, Esq.
Near Bantry, Ireland, Miss Hutchins. Near the bridge at Aberffraw,
growing in small radiated tufts, soon covered (before the capsule is ripe)
by the drifted sand of the sea-shore, Air. Wilson.— jS. Lough Bray, near
Dublin, Dr. Taylor. Catlaw, Angusshire, C. Lyell, Esq. Fr. Spr.
At the suggestion of Mr. Wilson, 1 readily unite the J. Hibernica of the
British Jungermannia; with J. Lyellii. I had laid some stress upon the
relative length of the calyptra and inner perianth, but 1 am now inclined
to believe it is a fallacious character, and that none better can be
found (and those certainly liable to vary) than the difference in the size
of the plants, and in the scales of the midrib on the underside which
conceal the anthers.
Obs. There being already a J. affinis, of Nees Von Esenbeck, the
plant which bears that name at p. 1 1 1, n. 18. of this volume should be
altered to J. turbinata, Wilson in E. JBot. Suppl. ined.
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