JU N G E RM A N N IA C O C H L EA R IFO RM IS .
(TA B . L X V I I I .)
J u n g e rm a n n ia , caule p rocumbente, subsimplice : foliis a rc tè imbricatis, convexis, ovato-rotundatis j
a p ic e bifidis serratisque j basi subtùs auricu la tà ; auriculà m ag n à , oblongà, ovatà, inflatà.
Jungermannia cochleariformis. W e is , PI. Crypt. p . 1 2 3 . W e b e r , Spic. Fl. Goet. p. 145.
R o t h , Germ. i i i . p , 3 9 9 . Sw a r t z , in Ac t. Nov. Vps. iv . p . 2 4 1 . L in n . Syst. Nat.
ed Gmel. i i . p . 1 3 5 0 . E n g l Boi. i. 2 5 0 0 .
Jungermannia purpurea. S c o p o l i , Carn. i i . p. 3 4 7 - L ig h t f . Scot. ii . p . 7 7 S .
Mnium Jungermannia. L in n . Sp. PI. p . 1 5 7 9 . Syst. N at. i i . p . 7 0 I . H u n s . A n g l.p . 473.
Lichenastrum Trichomanis fa c ie , prcelongum fo liis concavis unam partem spectanlibus.
R a i i Syn. p. 1 1 2 .
Lickenastrum alpinum purpureum, fo liis a u r i t i s cochteariformìhus. D i l l . Muse. t. 6 9 .
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Jungermannia fo liis amplexicaulibus subrotundis. H a l l , H e lv .iu . p , 5 3 ?
H ab . Mountainous bogs in Ire land, and th e n o rth o f Scotland, n ot uncommon,—I t is
particularly abundant about Cape Wra th, in th e north-we ste rn extremity o f the county of
Suthe rland, mixed with Arbutus alpina.
P la n t g r o w in g in la rg e , b u t lo o s e ly - e n ta n g le d p a tc h e s o f m a n y in c h e s in d iam e te r .
Stems, in th e ir n a tura l sta te , procumbent, b u t, when th e plants grow thickly crowded or
intermingled with tall mosses, n ot unfrequently erect : in len g th , they vary from four to
six inches, and are about as iliick as common packthread, flexuose. simple, or here and
th e re beset with a small undivided innovation, which, for the most p a rt, occurs towards
th e extremity. Tlie color is a.yellowish brow n ; the texture rigid, and b rittle when dry.
Leaves very closely jilaced, and imbricated alternately, and with mucii regularity over the
whole uppe r surface o f th e stem, so th a t they altoge the r conceal it : they are remarkably
convex, distichous, with the ir apices incurved and looking one way (f. 3 ), as do th e
whole o f the leaves occasionally in th e fresh p lan t, and always in the dried ones, in which
s ta te th e points o f th e leaves meet each other, and cover th e auricles ; the figure o f the
leaves is round, or ap proa ching to ovate ; a t th e upper ma rgin, ne a r its insertion upon the