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JU N G E RM A N N IA SE TA C EA .
(TA B . V I I I .)
J u n g e rm a n n ia , surculo I'epente, p in n a tlm ramoso ; foliis undique imbricatis, ijinis, setaceU,
articula tis, p a ten tib u s , in cu rv is : f ru c tu te rm in a li; calycibus oblongis; ore ap e rto , ciliato.
Jungermannia setacea. W e b e r , Spicil. p. 15.5.
Jungermannia multijiora. H u d s . rfng-L p . 5 1 0 . L in n , ilf a n i. p . 3 1 0 . P o l l ic h , P a in i , i n .
p , 1 8 2 . O e d . Enum. PI. FI. D a n . p . 4 1 . L in n . Sy st. N at. ed. Gmel. i i . p . 1 4 5 0 .
L amar ck, Encycl. Bot. i n . p . 2 8 2 . W it h . i n . p . 8 5 9 .
Jungermannia sertularioides. L in n . S a p p i, p . 4 4 9 . Meth. Muse. p . 116, t. 4 . / , 6 . M ic h a u x ,
Bor. Am. i i . p . 2 / 8 .
Jungermannia pauciflora. D ic k s o n , Crypt. Fase. i i . p . 1 5 . t. 5 . f . 9 . L in n . S yst. N at. ed.
Gmel. I I. p . 1 3 4 9 .
Jungermannia trichophylla, var, 3 . R o t h , Germ. i n . p . 3 6 6 .
Lichenastrum multijiorum exile, fo liis angustissimis. D i l l . Muse. t. 6 9 . / . 4 . a. b . ?
H ab. Neai- Croydon. Mr. Dickson.— H o lt Bogs, am o n g Sphagnum capillifolium. Rev.
R . B. Francis.— Mountains ad jo in in g L ough Bray, n e a r Dublin. Mr. D . Turner.—Bog,
n e a r B an tiy . Afiss Hutchins.— Bogs a t Westleton, Suffolk.
P l a n t s om e tim e s f o rm in g d e n s e t u f t s , b u t f r e q u e n t ly g r o w i n g a lm o s t s in g ly in th i c k b e d s o f
Sphagnum, a m o n g w h ic h i t is n o t u n c om m o n ly m e t w i th , d r aw n u p , a n d a f f e c tin g th e s am e
m o d e o f g r o w t h a s t h e m o s s .
R oot a f ew m in u t e , w h it is h , s im p le r a d ic le s , p r o c e e d in g f ro m n e a r ly th e w h o le le n g th o f
t h e u n d e r s id e o f th e p l a n t , e sp e c ia lly n e a r i t s b a s e .
Surculi v a r y in g e x c e e d in g ly in le n g th , f rom tw o o r th r e e lin e s to n e a r ly tw o in c h e s , o r
e v e n m o r e , s c a r c e ly so th i c k a s th e h u m a n h a i r , c r e e p in g , g e n e r a lly o n c e o r tw ic e
i r r e g u la r l y f o rk e d , w i th s e gm e n t s o f u n c e r t a i n l e n g th , a n d ir r e g u k u iy p in n a t e d w i th
r a t h e r d i s t a n t , s h o r t , p a t e n t b r a n c h e s .
Leaves r a r e ly s in g l e , g e n e r a l ly g r o w i n g in p a irs ( f. 6 ) , a n d s om e tim e s , th o u g h s e ld om ,
tlu 'e e t o g e t h e r ( f. 7 ) , p la c e d a t s h o r t d is ta n c e s f rom e a c h o th e r o n e v e iy s id e o f th e
p la n t , v e ry m in u t e , so t h a t t h e i r f o rm is im p e r c e p tib le to th e n a k e d e y e , n o t b e in g
m ilc h m o r e th a n th e tw e n t i e t h o f a l in e l o n g ; u n d e r a m ic ro s c o p e th e y a i'e f o u n d to