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JUNGERMANNIA SCOLOPENDRA.
Jungermannia caule erecto pinnatim ramoso, ramis de-
fiexis attenuatis, foliis undique imbricatis oblongis
bifidis, segmentis bifidis, calyce laterali foliáceo.
(Tab. XL.)
H a b . In sinu Dusky Bay dicto, iu N ova Zeelandia. f l . Menzies,
1791.
Caulis digitalis vel palmaris, erectus, flexuosus, pinnatim ramosus,
ramis numerosis, deflexis, attenuatis, flageliiformibus,
apice subnudis, non raro radicaiitibus. Folia undique imbricata,
iu ramis trifaria, oblonga, scariosa, rigida, flavo-fusca,
oblongo-punctata, bifida, segmentis paululum divaricatis, ite-
runi bifidis, laciniis acuminatis, subdiaphauis. Calyces laterales,
in axillas pinnnriiin, obovati, quadrifidi, foliis parvis,
cauliiiorum similibus, obsiti. Seta vix calyce longior. Capsula
parva, valvis ovatis, fuscis.
This singular plant no one will hesitate to pronounce as nearly
allied to J . jiiniperina of Swartz. It has the same rigid texture
and dotted appearance in the foliage, and the calyx is equally covered
by leaves. Here, however, the ramification is very peculiar,
being closely pinnate with deflexed branches, and has given
rise to the specific name. The iructification too is axillary, and
the leaves, which are only bifid in juniperina, have their segments
again divided in J . Scnlopendra,
Fig. 1, plants nat. size. Fig. 2, calyx dissected, showing the
fruitstalk and capsule. Fig. 3, leaf.—magn.
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