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JUNGERMANNIA FALCATA.
Jungermannia caule subrepente, ramis erectis attenuatis
insigniter falcatis, foliis erectis bifariis appressis
rotundatis denticulatis, calyce laterali ex inferna parte
caulis oblonga carnosa, basi squamosa, seta longissima.
(T ab . LXXXIX.)
H a b . In sinu Dusky bay dicto, apud Novam Zeelandiam.
X>. Menzies, 1791.
Canlis procumbens, rigidus, nigro-fuscus, nudus. Rami erecti,
flexuosi, rigidi, attenuati, dichotome divisi, versus apieem prae-
cipue insigniter incurvati. Folia luride viridia, subnitida, bifariam
imbricata, erecta, subopposita, cauli appressa, rotundata,
plana, ad apicem denticulata, superiora sensim minora, atque
magis ovata. Calyx lateralis, ex inferna parte caulis, oblongus,
carnosus, minute tuberculatus, basi attenuatus, squamosus.
Se/a 3-4-pollicaris. Capsula ovata.
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The remarkable falciform branches of this plant and the great
length of the fruitstalk, together with the insertion of the calyx
and its texture, will at once distinguish this from every other
known species. The leaves approach nearest to those of J . asplenioides,
as does the general habit of the p lan t; but the fructification,
which is very remarkable, bears a greater resemblance to
that of J, Sphagni,
Fig. I, plant, nat. size. Fig. 2, portion of branch and leaves,
Fig, 3, leaf. Fig. 4, terminal leaf. Fig. 5, calyx.—?»a^«.