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JU N G E RM A N N IA S PH A G N I.
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J u n g e rm a n n ia , c a u le p r o c u m b e n te , s im p lic iu s c u lo : ( e lo n g a tio n ib u s g em m if e r ia so lum m o d ò
s t i p u l a t i s i ) ; fo liis o r b ic u l a r ib u s ; f r u c t u i n r am i s p r o p r iis t e rm i n a l i ; c a ly c ib u s o b lo n g is , u t r in q u e
a t t e n u a t i s ; o r e c o n t r a c t o , d e n tic u l a to . .
.Jungermannia Sphagni. D ic k s . Crypt. Fasc. I . p. 6 . t. 1. / . 1 0 . H o f fm . Germ. ii. p. 88 .
R o t h , Germ. i i i . p. 3 7 5 . L am a e c k , Encycl. i ii. p. 2 8 0 . W i t h . i i i . p. 8 5 4 . L in n . Sy$t.
Nat. ed. Gmel. ii. p. 1 3 4 8 . Engl. Bot. t. 2 4 7 0 .
I-Iab. Marshy places, particu la rly am o n g Sphagnum latifolium and capillifolium.— Near
Crov.lon. Mr. D ic h s o n .-H o ll Bogs. Rev. R. B . Frorecis.—Belton, n e a r Yarmouth.
Mr '. Turner.— Near Belfast, Ire land. Mr. Templeton.— Bogè, on mounta ins, ne a r Bantry.
Miss Hutchins.— N ew Fore st, Hampshire, m o s t a b u n d a n t; (be a rin g gemm® in October
an d November, a n d young fructification towards th e end o f th e la tte r m onth.) Mr. Lyell.
This remarkable P l a n t gi’ows d th e r in loosely entangled patches-of some Inches in d iame te r, or
more s trag g lin g , when a tta ch ed to th e stems o f S phagnum.
Roots o f two kinds (f. 4) ; small radicles, such as are common to almost all th e species of
th e genus, consisting o f min u te , w hitish, simple, and pellucid fibres, proceed tolerably
abundantly from nearly th e whole len g th o f th e p la n t; b u t, among these, a t u n c e rta in
distances, descend radicles o f a much la rg e r size, and from two to th re e lines long,
o f a whitish color, ra th e r opaque, th o u g h I c an n o t perceive th a t they have any o f th e
c e llu la r te x tu r e ; sometimes simple, b u t m o r e , frequently divided by th re e o r four small
la te ra l and descending shoots.
Stems from two to four inches in len g th , pro cum b en t upon th e substance th a t affords them
n o urishment, and consequently e re c t w ith rega rd to th e horizon, when they a re a ttached
to th e u p r ig h t plants o f Sphagnum ( t f. 2. S ), filiform, flexuose, simple, o r only
pi-oducing he re and th e re sh o rt innovations, which resemble Ihe main stems, and are
o f a yellowish-gTeen color, while tlia t o f th e p rinc ipa l stems is pale yellow-brown.