T a h . I X im .
B R IT ISH JUNGERMANNIÆ. ( J . cuneifolia.J
JU N G E RM A N N IA C U N E IFO L IA .
(TAB. L X IV .)
J u n g e rm a n n ia , caule repente , simplice: foliis subdistantibus, cuneiformibus, integerrimis, vel
apice obtusissimb em a rg in a tis : stipulis minutis, ovatis, a cutis, bifidis.
H ab . Found grow in g parasitically upon Jungermannia Tamarisci, ne a r Bantry, b y
Miss Hutchins.
P la n t so m inute as to resemble th e filaments of a Conferva, ra th e r than the stems of a J u n g e r m
an n ia ; g rowing loosely clustered.
Roots consisting o f a few small fibres, which proceed in tu f ts from the unde r side o f the
stem , and always a t th e base o f a stipule.
Stems extremely slender, filiform, rarely exceeding ha lf an inch in length, generally much
smaller, and, as fa r as I have had th e o pportunity o f observing, undivided, o f a brownish
color; when dry exceedingly frag ile ; ceWwies small and oblong.
Leaves (f. f, 4. 5, 6) , thro u g h o u t th e whole length of th e p lant ra th e r distantly placed,
scarcely th e e ig h th o f a line lo n g , pa tent o r e re c t, o f an exactly cuneiform fig u re ; the
base d e cu rren t; the apex entire , or c u t into a wide, b u t very shallow n o tc h ; th e ma rgin
evei-y where destitute o f teeth o r serratures. T h e cellules a re ro u n d ish : the texture, when
dry, b r ittle ; th e color, in all the specimens th a t I have seen, a dull reddish olii'e or
brown.
Stipules (f. f. 5. 7 ) one to each p a ir o f leaves, ra th e r closely appressed to the unde r side
o f th e stem, small, o f an ovate form, divided for more th an h a lf its len g th , by an acute
sinus, into two sharp segments. I ts color and texture th e same as in the leaves.
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