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JU N G E RM A N N IA JU N IP E R IN A .
(TA B . IV .)
J u n g e rm a n n ia , surculis erectis, simpliciusculis, rigidis ; foliis imbricatis, lanceolato-falcatis,
bipai'titis, secundis. Sw.
Jungermannia junipe rina. Sw a r t z , Prod. p . 1 4 4 . FI. Ind. Occ. p. 1 8 5 5 .
/3. J u n g e rm a n n ia , c a u le e r e c to , flex u o so , s u b s im p l ic e : fo liis q u a d rif e riis , u n d iq u e im b r ic a tis ,
f a lc a to -s e c u n d i s , lin e a r i- la n c e o la t is , b ip a r t i t i s ; s e gm e n tis r e c t is , a c um in a t is : f r u c tu t e r m
in a l! } c a ly c ib u s o v a tis , la c in i a ti s , p e ric h æ tio o h te c tis .
Jungermannia adunca. D ic k s o n , Crypt, fa s c . i n . p. 12. i . v i i i . / . S. W it h . i i i . p. 8 6 2 .
Hab. On shady spots on th e Scotch Alps. Mr. Dickson.— Ou Cairngorum, Ben Nevis,
Ben Lawers, Ben Arthui-, and o n Ben-y-caillich, in th e Isle o f Skye.—On mountains
n e a r B antry, Ireland, il/iss Hutchins.
Obs. T h e va rie ty /3 alone, o f this species, having be en found in Brita in , to th a t I shall
confine my description.
Plant growing e re c t in densely-crowded tu f ts o f several inches in diameter.
Stems scarcely so th ick as pa ck-thre ad, and o f ra th e r a b rig h t reddish-brown color, from
two to th re e and even five inches in len g th , flexuose, hav in g th e apices slightly
incuiTcd, e ith e r simple, o r now and th e n producing a solitaiy short la te ra l shoot, or,
as is sometimes th e case, divided n e a r th e extrem ity in to five o r six branches of
nearly equal he ight.
Leaves in foui- rows, in some specimens thickly imbricated, in others more widely
placed, o f a lanceolate figure, falcato-secund, divided for nearly th re e p a rts o f th e ir
len g th by a n a cu te sinus, into two equal, en tire , acuminated and s tra it, or a t most
b u t little divaricating, segments : th e te rm in a l leaves (f. 4) a re more inclining to
ovate, and have always th e lower ha lf diaphanous, th e u p p e r one b e ing o f th e same
coior as tlie whole o f th e o th e r leaves, a yellow brown, pale in g eneral, b u t deeper in