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JUNGERMANNIA RAMOSISSIMA.
Jungermannia caule'erecto elongato subfastigiatim ramoso,
foliis arcte imbricatis bifariis disticbis ovato-ro-
tundatis spinuloso-dentatis, calyce terminali urceolato,
ore compresso ciliato-spinoso, seta brevi. (T ab .
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H a b . In sinu Dusky bay dicto, apud Novam Zeelandiam.
D . Menzies, 1791.
Cajihs palmaris et ultra, erectus, flexuosus, gracilis, subfastigiatim
ramosus, rarius dichotomus. Folia arcte imbricata, disticha,
subopposita, oblique patula, planiuscula, ovato-rotundata,
spmuloso-dentata. Calyx terminalis, urceolatus, basi ventricosus,
apice compressus, ore ciliato-dentato. Seta calyce duplo
longior. Capsula ovata, 4-valvis.
Although the leaves and fructification of J . ramosissima re .
semble very much, at first sight, those of J. conjugata, yet they
differ not only in their direction, but essentially in their never
being connate. To J , spinulosa it is even more nearly allied : the
foliage however is very dissimilar, the plant is vastly more
branched, and there is a peculiar elegance of character arising
from the regularity in the size and direction of the leaves which
is wholly wanting iu the former.
Fig. 1, plant, nat. size. Fig. 2, portion of a branch and
leaves. Fig. 3, leaves. Fig. 4, calyx and perichætial leaves.
Fig. 5, calyx.—magn.
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