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JUNGERMANNIA FIMBRIATA.
Jungermannia caule elongato erecto subsimplicl squa-*
moso, foliis densissime imbricatis disticbis squarroso-
recurvis bifidis, segmentis ovatis cuspidatis ciliato-spinosis,
stipulis bifidis segmentis lanceolatis recurvis
ciliato-spinosis, calyce terminali oblongo plicato.
(T a b . LXXIX.)
J. fimbriata. Rich. M S S .
Hab. In Insula Borboniæ. Vrof. Richard.
Caulis 3-4-pollicaris, erectus, flexuosus, rigidus, squamosus,
squamis parvis angustis laciniatis, simplex vel prope apicem
per innovationem divisus. Folia fusco-lutescentia, densissime
imbricata, disticha, squarrosa, semiamplexicaulia, undulata,
late ovata, bifida, segmentis æqualibus plerumque recurvis,
cuspidato-acuminatis, marginibus recurvis elegantissime ciliato
spinosis. Sulstantia compacta, reticulis minutis. S tipuloe
magnæ, ovatæ, bifidæ, segmentis recurvis cuspidato-acu-
minatis, marginibus recurvis, ciliato-spinosis. Calyx terminalis,
vel per innovationem caulis lateralis, oblongus, plicatus.
This and the immediately preceding species of Jungermannia
{J. squarrosa), though coming from very different parts of the
world and from totally different climates, have nevertheless a
very great affinity with each other in the mode of growth, colour,
the scaly stalk, the texture, and the general form and direction of
the leaves and stipules. The principal points of distinction between
them will be found to be the much smaller size of J .J lm -
Iriata, and its having the leaves and stipules narrower and
more deeply cleft, with their segments recurved and their margins
most beautifully ciliated.
Fig. I, plants, nat. size. Fig. 2, portion of the stem vvith
leaves and stipules, upper side. Fig. 3, stipule on the stem.
Fig. 4, leaf. Fig. 5, stipule removed from the stem. Fig, 6. cauline
scales.—magn.
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