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JU N G E RM A N N IA A LB E SC EN S
(TAB. L X X I I .)
J u n g e rm a n n ia , c a u le r e p e n te , r am o s o ; fo iiis d i s t a n t ib u s , a l te r n is , v a ld b c o n c a v is , p ro p rem o d iim
h em is p h e ric is , e m a r g in a ti s ; s tip u lis o v a to -la n c e o la tis , o b tu s is .
H ab. Ne a r the summit of Ben Nevis, Scotland.
P l a n t g r o w in g in la r g e , lo o s e ly -m a tte d p a tc h e s .
Stems h a lf or th re e -fourths o f an inch in len g th , c reeping, waved, filiform, branched twice
o r thrice in a dichotomous man n e r, and attaciied to the ground by
Radicles, short, simple, and subpellucid, which descend in tufts from th e unde r side o f the
p lan t, and particula rly n e a r th e stipules.
Leaves rather distantly and alternately placed, very small, of a nearly hemispherical figure,
th e ir base semiamplexicaul, their apex furnished wiili a single obtuse notch, having its
segments somewhat connivent. The texture is remarkably su c cu len t; th e ce/iales large
and prominent, like those o f J . minutissima, and its affinities. T h e color a pale green,
becoming almost w hite when dry, which lias induced me to adopt the name o f albescens.
T h e stipules are distantly placed : one between each pa ir of leaves. I t is nearly o f th e width
o f the s tem ; o f an ovato-lanceolate figure, q u ite enlire.
T h e only British specimens I possess of this plant, are destitute of fru c tific a tio n ; and,
u n fortuna te ly, those which I found in such profusion, be a ring calyces and capsules upon some of
th e loftiest o f th e Swiss Alps, are not arrived in this cou n try ; so th a t, however unwillingly, I must
defer my figures and description o f the re st of the p lan t, till the appearance o f a supplementary
numbe r. Enough, however, is known o f th e species, to enable me to say, th a t I consider it one
o f th e most decidedly marked in th e genus, and th a t it will ra n k ne a r J . Francisci, from which th e
much more concave leaves and entire stipules will always distinguish it.