n;
JU N G K RM A N N IA T U R N E R I.
(TAB. X X IX .)
J u n g e rm a n n ia , surculo procumbente, flexuoso, ste lla tim ramoso: foliis la tè ovatis, acute
b ip a rtitis ; s egm entis subconduplicatis, spinuloso-denta tis; f iu c tu te rm in a li; calycibus lineari-
oblongis, lo n g itu d in a litè r plic a tis; ore denticulato.
Hab. Shady ban k o f a m o u n ta in -riv u ie t ne a r Bantry. Miss H utchins.— ( i t hears fru it most
pleutifully ab o u t th e beg in n in g o f March.)
T h is i-are P la n t is found grow in g in small, pale, yellow-green patches, o f one o r two inches in
diameter.
T h e Roots, which consist o f min u te , whitish, simple fibres, descend from th e u n d e r side o f
th e p la n t, in various places, b u t chiefly from its c en tre , an d immediately below th e
in se rtio n o f th e calyx (f. 8.)
A s ingle individual scarcely exceeds th re e o r four lines in len g th . The surculi are
procum bent, divided from a c en tre , with branches extremely slencier, filiform, flexuose,
mostly simple, b u t, sometimes, again iireg u la rly divided. T h e ir color a vei y lig h t g re en ;
th e ir substance diaphanous, filled w ith somewhat ovate ceUules, placed a t a distance from
each other.
Leaves (f. f. 3, 4. 5) a rran g ed a t very reg u la r intervals and somewhat closely, in two rows,
p a te n t, ab o u t tlie tw e n tie th o f a line in le n g th , o r a little less towards th e exti'eniity o f
th e b a rren shoots, th o u g h th e reverse is th e case w ith those leaves th a t approach th e
calyx : each is, a t its base, semiamplexicaul, o f a lato-ovate figure, divided from th e ajiex,
for ab o u t one h a lf o f its len g th , by an a cute sinus, into two ovate or ianceolate siiarp
and ahnost conduplicate s egments, which, a t th e ir margins, are remarkably and elegantly
fringed w ith ra th e r la rge spiniform te e th o f unequal size. T h e color of tlie leaves is an
extremely pale yellow-green; th e cellules ai'e o vate, and, as in th e surculus, placed
d is tantly, y e t in reg u la r lo n g itu d in a l series.