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JU N G E RM A N N IA F IN G U IS .
(TA B. X LV I.)
J u n g e rm a n n ia , f ro n d e o b lo n g à , d e c um b e n te , e n e r v i, c a rn o s à , s u p r à p la n iu s c u là , s u b tiis tum id à .
h ic illlc d iv is à , m a r g in e s in u a tà ; fi-u ctu e x in f e r io r e p a r t e p r o p e m a rg in em e g re d ie n te j c a ly c ib u s
b re v is s im is ; o re d ila ta to , f im b r ia to ; c a ly p tr à e x s e r tà , o b lo n g o - c y l in d ra c e â , læ v i.
Jungermannia pinguis. L i n n . Sp. P l. n . p. 1 6 0 2 . Syst. Nat. i i . p. 706. Fl. Suec. p . 40 3 .
S c o p . Carn. I I. p . 3 5 1 . L e e r s , Heré. p . 2 5 2 . S c h r a n k . B a ra r, i i . p . 5 0 1 . W e i s , Plant.
Crypt. p. 1 0 7 . W e e e r , Spicil. Fl. Goet. p. 1 5 8 . W i l l d . Ber. p . 3 4 3 . O e d e r , Enum.
P L FL D a n . p. 4 3 . V i l l a r s , iv . p. 9 2 6 . R o t h , Germ. i i i . p . 4 1 1 . H o f fm a n n , Germ.
I I. p . 9 1 . S c h m i d e l , Icônes, p. 13 6 . t. 3 5 . R e l h . Cant. p . 4 4 0 . H u d s . Angl. p. 517-
L i g h t f . Scot. n . p . 7 8 9 . L a m a r c k , Encycl. Bot. i i i . p . 2 8 6 . W i t h . p . 8 5 1 . Engl.
Bot. I II . t. 1 8 5 .
Marsilea media pinguis, pallide virens, fioribus majoribus nigricantibus, ad foliorum latera
egredientibus. M i c h e l i , N ov. Gen. p. 5 . t. 4 . / . 2 .
Lichenastrum capitulis oblongis, ju x ta fo liorum divisuras enascentibus. D il l . Musc. t. 74.
f . 4 2 . (e x c l.fig . R. s . K ./
J u n g e rm a n n ia fr o n d e fo l i o s â , la c e ra , e x la te r e fio r ife r â . H a l l . R e lv . ii i . p . 6 3 . n. 1 8 8 4 .
jS. a n g u s t io r ; f ro n d e e lo n g a tà , su b liu e a i'i, s im p lic e v e l su b p iim a tim ram o s à .
H ab. E xtremely moist and generally shaded places in marshes ; sometimes also, though
n o t frequently, g rowing un d e r the wa te r in shallow rivulets and s tagnant pools.— S is
found plentifully a t Herringfleet, by Mr. Turner, among ( onfervæ and othe r iupiatic
plants, in pools o f water.— (The fructification, both male and female, seems to be not
uncommon d u rin g most o f the summer montlis.)
P l a n t u s u a lly g r o w in g in lo o se a n d s ti-a g g lin g p a tc h e s , s om e tim e s , h ow e v e r, c om p a c t a n d clu .ste red .
Roots, a f ew m in u t e f ib r e s , s c a tt e r e d a b o u t v a rio u s p a r t s o f th e u n d e r s id e o f tlie p la n t.
Some specimens I have observed to be q u ite destitute o f ttiem.
Fronds f rom o n e to tw o , a n d e v e n th r e e in c h e s lo n g in th e var. fi , p r o c um b e n t a n d o f te n
im b r ic a t in g e a c h o th e r , som e tim e s n e a r ly e r e c t , o f a n o b lo n g fig u r e , naiTOwest a t th e