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JU N G E RM A N N IA C O R D IFO L IA .
(TAB. X X X II.)
J uK G m « » » » !* , caule ere c to, fieKumo. dichotomo : foliis ere c tis, concavis, cordatis, circum v o lu tis:
f ru c tu tc rm iu a li axillariquoi calycibus oblongo-ovatis, su b p lic a tis ; ore min u to , denticulato.
H a s Highland Mountains o f Scotland, ib many moist situa tions.—Mr. Woods finds i t in
I re la n d , and Mr. LyeU, a t Isla and Catlaw. in Angus-shire. (Calyces were discovered,
w ith swollen germens, on th e th irty -firs t o f August, by Mr, LyeU.)
PiAST groiving in ra th e r dense tu tls , conspicuous from th e ir black appearance, one o r two inches
*” a very tew m in u te , simple fibres, proceeding almost wholly from th e base o f th e plant.
Stems va ry in g from one to two and even th re e inches in h e ig h t, flexible, waved, cellular,
always e re c t and filiform, sometimes simple, b u t more frequently branched m an
in eg u la rly d ich o tom o u s m a n n e r, w ith blanches o t unc e rta in len g th , simple, o r a t most
p roduc ing one or two young la te ra l sh o o ts , th e ir cohr a d irty g ie e n o r brown.
Leaves bifa rious, ra th e r distantly placed, from ha lf a line to a line o r more in le n g th , th e
lower and th e te rm in a l ones generally th e sm a lle st: all of th em e re c t, o r e re c to -p a ten t,
loosely imbricated, cordlform, concave, with th e ir ma rgins embra c ing th e stem so as
e n tire ly to conceal i t ; th e ir te ilure is exU'emely th in , membranous and subdiaphauous ,
th e eellales o t a roundish figure , th e ir color a ve iy da rk olive o r almost black g re e a ,
v a rying in some s itua tioos, to a deep pui-ple towa.ds th e extrem ity o f Ihe p lan t The
leaves on th e imovations exactly resemble th e re st iu figure, b u t are much smaller and
have th e ir m a rg in s more in volute and move closely em bra c ing th e s tem , th e ap.cto,
however, a re a little pa ten t, so th a t the se young shoots a t first s ig h t have som ew ta t le
appearance o f - .S’erlaiori«. In d iying, th e leaves become much crisped, and do n ot
recover in w a te r w ith o u t imicli difficulty.
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