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JUNGERMANNIA DENSIFOLIA.
Jungermannia caule erecto subsimplici, foliis dense bi*
fariam imbricatis ciliatis conduplicatis profunde bilo*
bis, segmentis æqnalibus oblongis. ( T a b . XXXVI.)
H a b . Staten Land Americæ meridionalis. Z). Menzies, 1787.
Caulis 3-4-pollicarls, erectus, strictus, plerumque simplex. Folia
exacte disticha, dense bifariam imbricata, horizontalia,
oblonga, arete conduplicata, fusco-viridia, pulcherrime cibata,
profunde biloba, lobis vel potius segmentis oblongis, undulatis,
subtortis. Sulstantia mollis, reticulata, areolis parvis rotun-
datls.
There is a striking peculiarity in this plant from the regularly"
distichous, horizontal, and conduplicate foliage; circumstances in
some degree belonging also to J. albicans, to which this plant in
natural habit is allied. Here, however, the leaves have their
lobes and segments equal in length, and their whole margins
most beautifully ciliated.
It is probable that the fructification of this plant will be found
to resemble that of J . albicans ;—unfortunately, there is no appearance
of any in Mr, Menzies’s specimens.
Fig. 1, plant nat. size. Fig. 2, portion of stem with the leaves.
Fig. 3, leaf. Fig. 4, portion of ditto,—magn.
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