BRITISH JUNGERMANNIÆ.
JU N G E R M A N N IA H U T C H IN S IÆ .
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J u n g e rm a n n ia , sui'culo rep en te , ramoso t foliis distichis, approximatis. ovatis, planis, d enta tis,
basi subtùs am icu la tis, au ricu là m in u ta , infla tà : stipulis ro tunda to-ova tis, a cutè bìficUs ; laciniis
subintege rrimis : calycibus axillaribus, obcordatis, trian g u la rib u s.
Hab. Glengariff, ne a r B a n try ; a long th e banlis o f th e first riv e r, as you go from B an tiy
above th e w a te r-fa ll; an d in gloomy caverns by th e side o f o th e r m ountm n rivulets.
Miss Hutchins.
P la n t , c r e e p in g u p o n t h e g r o u n d in d e n s e im b r ic a t e d p a tc h e s , o f a d e e p a lm o s t b la c k is h -g r e e n
c o lo r, a n d e x te n d in g s om e in c h e s i n d iam e t e r ; p r o d u c in g a f ew w h it is h , fib ro u s r a d ic le s f rom
v a r io u s , b u t , p r in c ip a lly , f rom th e lo w e r p a r t s o f th e s tem .
Steins scarcely th e te n th o f a line in d iameter, a n inch o r a n inch and a h a lf in len g th ,
filiform, flexuose, furnished he re and th e re w ith a few ra th e r lo n g , sc a tte red, p a te n t or
ho rizonta l branche s, which a re ag a in e ith e r once o r twice be se t in th e same manne r
w ith sh o rte r ram u li, o r, as frequently happens, divided in a dichotomous man n e r, the
whole o f th em disposed in th e same plane as th e stem, whence th e p lan t has a
p inna ted appearance. T h e texture o f bo th stems and branches is by no means b rittle ,
an d ra th e r closely c e llu la r; th e ir color a da rk olive gre en inc lining to brown.
T h e Leaves (f. 3 .) , which a re bifarious and distichous, a re ra th e r loosely imbric a ted,
slightly d e cu rrcn t a t th e b ase, auricula te , ab o u t a q u a rte r o f a line m len g th , ovate,
plane o r b u t slightly convex on th e up p e r suiface, its ma rgins furnished w ith ra th e r