Tíh. CJiXìlL
JUNGERMANNIA COABITA.
Jungermannia caule repente vage ramoso, foliis distichis
horizontalibus ovato-quadratis, apice bidentatis,
stipulis iis coadunatis 5-6-dentatis, calyce ex parte inferiore
caulis, obovata basi attenuata, ore 4-dentato.
(Tab. CXXIII.)
Hab. In sinu Dusky bay dicto in Nova Zeelandia. JD. Men zies,
1791.
Caules 3-poIlicares, repentes, vage ramosi, ramis subattenuatis.
Folia fusca, opposita, disticha, horizontalia, ovato-quadrata,
apice bidentata, dentibus longis acutis, margine inferiore de-
currente, superiore cum stipulis subquadratis, 5 - vel 6-denta-
tis coadunato. Substantia foliorum stipularumque mollis,
areolis rotundatis grandiusculis reticulata. Calyx subcarnosus,
nigro-fuscu-s, ex inferiore parte caulis, basi attenuata et squa-
mis parvis instructa, ore 4-dentato, dentibus obtusis.
This remarkable plant has certainly much resemblance to the
J . connata of Swartz, which like this has the superior margin of
the leaf united with the stipules, so that each pair of leaves with
their stipules appear, especially from behind, like one perfoliate
leaf. In Swartz’s plant, however, which is much smaller, the
stipules are only bidentate, and the fructification is very different.
Fig. 1, plants, nat. size. Fig. 2, portion of a fructified stem,
superior side. Fig. 3, inferior side of a portion cf the stem and
leaves. Fig, 4, leaves and stipules. Fig. 5, calyx.—magn.