T-réa -ü ^ z/y /y ).
7 7
JU N G E RM A N N IA SCALAR IS .
(TA B . L X I .)
JuNGEEMimiii. c a n le r e p e n te , s im p lic e ; fo liis ro tn n ijo tis , c o n c a v is , in te g r is e n ia r g in a t is q n e ;
s tip u lis IstÈ s u b u la ti s : f r u c tu t e rm m a l i ; c a ly c e p e ric hæ tio ir am e tso .
Mrtgernmnnia scalaris. S oH E iO iE , Samml. h r . p . 4 . H o e em a n n , Germ. I I. p . 89.4 R o t h .
Germ. i n . p . 3 7 4 .9
Jungermannia lanceolata. E n g l. Bot. t. 6 0 5 .
H a b . A b u n d a n t , u p o n a lo am y s o il , in w o o d s , b a r r e n w a s t e s , a n d h e d g e -b a n k s .
P l a n t g r o w in g in p a tc h e s , c o v e r in g a c o n s id e ra b le s u r f a c e o f g r o u n d ; th e in d iv id u a ls g e n e r a lly
d e n s e ly c row d ed .
S o o t c o n s is tin g o f sm a ll, w h it is h b u n d le s o f fib re s , o r ig in a t in g f rom th e low e r su r fa c e o f
t h e s tem , a n d n e a r th e b a s e o f th e s tip u le s .
Stems f rom a q u a i'te r to h a lf a n in c h , o r som e tim e s m o r e , in le n g th , s im p le , o r r a r e ly
p r o d u c in g in n o v a tio n s , filifo rm , r a th e r w id e in p r o p o rtio n to th e ir le n g th , f lex u o s e , d is tin c tly
c e llu la r , o f a p a le g r e e n c o lo r.
Leaves m o r e o r le s s c lo se ly p la c e d in a d i s tic h o u s m a n n e r , p a t e n t a n d h o r iz o n ta l, ( f. f . 4 .1 0 )
o r e r e c t ( f . 7 ) : th e y v a ry in le n g th f rom a q u a r te r to h a lf a l in e , th e sm a lle r o n e s b e in g
f o u n d in g e n e r a l n e a r th e b a s e , a n d a t th e e x t r em ity ; th e y a r e o f a ro u n d is h f ig u r e ,
c o n c a v e a b o v e , a t th e b a s e s em i- am p le x ic a u l , fo r th e m o s t p a r t h a v in g th e m a rg in e n t i r e :
b u t , in s om e in d iv id u a ls , th e w h o le (f. 8 ) , in o th e rs , a f ew o n ly , p la c e d h e re a n d th e r e ,
w i th o u t a n y k in d o f r e g u la r i ty , > r e em a r g in a te a t th e ir a p ice s. T h e i r color a cco rd s w ith
t h a t o f th e s tem : th e cellules a r e sm a ll, r o u n d ish , s om e tim e s o b tu s e ly q u a d r a n g u la r a t
th e m a rg in , b u t n o t s tr ik in g l y la r g e r th a n in th e d isk o f th e leaf.
Stipules ( f. f. 9 . 1 2 ) sm a li, o f a w id e ly s u b u la te s h a p e , a g r e e in g in color a n d texture w i th
t h e le av e s .
Perigonial leaves ( f. 5 ) s c a r c e ly d if f e r in g f rom th e r e s t, e x c e p t in h a v in g a sw o lle n base.,
a n il th e low e r m a r g i n a li t tle in c u rv e d o n th e u p p e r s id e o f th e s tem .