C a t e ( f .f . 3 . J ) nearly a line lo n g and ttoe e -tcnthB o f a line in diam e te r, oWong,
cylindrical a t th e base, above longitudinally p lic a te ; th e m t h scarcely a t all
contracted. Color a ve iy pale w hitish g re en , dlaplianons and scariose a t th e
extremity ■ ne a r th e middle I t is frequently m a rk ed with a fa in t pra-ple r in g , which
sometimes, and move especially in alpine regions, is seen to tin g e nearly th e whole
o f th e calyx.
Calyptra ( f . 10) ovate, pellucid, whitish, re tic u la te d ; style sh o rt. A few linear-
lanceolate sterile p istilla su rro u n d th e ge rm en (f. f. 8. 9).
Peduncle a Une o r a line an d a h a lf lo n g , white , suc culent, cellulose, te rm in a ted by
th e o va to-subrotund, deep brown
Cavstile, which divides in to to u t equal ovate valves.
Seeds and sp ira l JHamenls red hvown, th e form e r exactly spherical, th e la tte r composed
o f a double helix.
In th e var. |3. (f. H , 12) constantly e re c t, more crowded, longitudinally
u n d u la ted an d plic a te , w ith th e segments o f unequa l size, curled and distorted.
J excisa, which was first noticed by o u r excellent c ryptogamist, Mr. Dickson, seems to
be by n o means o f r a te occurrence in th is country, and d u rin g th e season o f fruc tific a tion is
rendered more conspicuous h y th e la rg e diaphanous calyx th a n by th e f o lm g e ^ T h e pm p le
ringe is m o st freq u en t in exposed s itua tions, b u t is o ften a lto g e th e r w an tin g . T h e form and
s ize o f th e calyx (in p roportion to th a t o f th e p lan t its e lf ) , afford th e m o s t s in k in g naai-ks
o f d istinc tion between th is and small specimens o f J . venlneosa ■, fo r, m th e leaves, I am
unable to p o in t o u t any m a rk s o f separation. From J . ineisa, indeed, ivith which i t accords m
size and g ene ra l h ab it, th e shape o f th e leaves will fu rn ish a sufficient difference a lthough
Hoffmann, in his Flora Germaniea, seems to have confounded th e tw o ; a t le a s t he applies
to th e stems o f th is species th e words “ apice incra.solo " , an d in ano th e r place h e deicribes
them as '■ subcompressa ” , peculiarities which a re rema rkable in .7. incisa, b u t, n o t tlia t I have
ever observed, in th e p re s en t p lan t. R o th ha s, w ith a m a rk o f in te rro g a tio n , quoted Hoffm
an n 's synonym to his J . byssacea. th a n , which no two p lan ts c an be more n n h k e The
same a u th o r appears to have u n ite d w ith his J . globalifera n o t only Mr. D ick so n s J . ven-
trieosa, an d Schmidel's J . exsecta, b u t, ju d g in g from some p a r t o f liis description, th e p re s en t
is also included in th e numbe r. His eha ra c te r o f th e calyx, which, however, has n ot appeared
to me in any p a r t o f it, to be constantly obsoletely tria n g u la r, in o th e r re sp e c t, so well
a c conll w ith th is species, th a t I shall tran sc rib e his words. "C a ly x paliidb viridis, plicatus,
obsolete trian g u lu s , ex oblongo ovatus, u ltr a lineam, fere scsquilineam lo n g u s, apice t ru n -
c a tu s, albidus, membranaceus, lac inia tus, primo in tu itu in ciespite sessilis,^ fam en semper
in caulicuHs centra libus te rm in a lis , quorum lo ngitudinem non ra ro supe ra t. ’
R E FERENCE S
Obs. In th e m o n th o f Febi-uary I have found Gemma: abundantly s c a tte red am ong tlie
te rm in a l leaves, min u te , variously sliaped, b u t always more o r less an g u la r (f. 5 ) , pellucid,
o f a pale gre enish color, inc lin in g to brown.
Few Ju n g e rm a n n iæ seem to have be en less understood by Cryptogamie Botanists th an
th e p re sent, wliich is n o t sui-prising, i f we consider th e g re a t simila rity th a t exists between
i t and J . trichophylla, especially in b a rre n specimens. In such case th e m o st obviously
d istin g u ish in g cha ra c te rs a re its sh o rte r leaves, placed more d istantly an d in p airs, and
strik in g ly incurved, so th a t th e p la n t a lto g e th e r w an ts th e mucor-like appearance, pointed o ut
by Dr. Smith as cha ra c te ristic o f th e o th e r species ; b u t most o f th e se circumstances are
liable to some v a ria tio n in different situa tions. In fe rtile specimens, indeed, no difficulty wiU
be found to o c cu r; th e exti'emely delicate calyx, its la te ra l situ a tio n , and its long laciniæ
b e in g rem a rk ab le o n th e .slightest ex am ina tion w ith th e microscope.
T h e specific n am e o f mulliflora was, in all probability, imposed upo n tliis p la n t by
Hudson, in consequence o f th e numerous footstalks repre sented in th e Dillenian figure here
quoted, and has in p o in t o f p rio rity a r ig h t to he r e ta in e d ; b u t, as n o t only th a t en graving
(a lthough c ited by Hudson and Lin næu s), b u t also th e orig in a l d rawing in S ir Joseph Banks'
lib ra ry , a re extreme ly u n lik e o u r p re sen t p la n t, a n d especially as th is species, in consequence
o f th e p auc ity o f its flowers, has been th o u g h t, by an o th e r em in en t botan ist, deserving o f a
n ame directly th e reverse in its meaning, th a t o f J . paucißora, I have considered i t b e st to do
away an appe lla tion which can only te n d to mislead, and to su b s titu te in its room th e very
a p propria te one adapted by Webci-. I t is, indeed, merely in compliance w ith th e opinion o f
pre c eding b o tan ists, and con tra ry to my own, th a t I h e re re fe r to th e Dillenian figure, which
appears m o a t like a very common appearance o f J . hicuspidata, and was considered by \Yeber
as so do u b tfid , th a t he quotes i t u n d e r J . setacea w ith a m a rk o f unc e rta in ty . I was in
hopes o f a sc e rta in in g th e fe e t by ex am ining th e specimen corre sponding w ith th e n um be r in
th e Dillenian He rb a rium , b u t, to my g r e a t disappointment, wh a t is th e re preseiwed is an
in ju re d morsel o f J . connivens, Dicks., a p la n t to which n e ith e r th e figure n o r description
bears th e smallest resemblance ! I t appears to a dm it o f no do u b t b u t th a t Dr. R o th , who
is in gen e ra l m o st a c cura te , and many o th e r botanists, hai® confoimded this species w ith
J . trichophylla ; and even th e a cute E h rh a r t, who, by his close a tte n tio n to th e genus J u n g e r m
annia , ha s added several new species to th e cata logue , and assisted o u r inve stiga tion with
m any in te re s tin g observations on theii- s tr a c tu r e , a t th e same tim e th a t he seems to have
k n own th e p re s e n t p la n t u n d e r th e name o f multißora, was n o t conscious o f th e difference
b etween i t and J . trichophylla. He lias consequently fallen in to a n eiTor in his Beiträge,
which renders his severe rem a rk on th e Swedish botanists in th a t jilace th e less excusable.
“ J . trichophylla L inn. Sp. (h e says*) J . multißora L inn. Mant. and J . sertularioides L in n . Sw.
Meih. a re all th re e one an d tlie same p lan t, wliatever may be said aga in st it. B u t is i t n o t
sin g u la r th a t th e Swedes, wlio would wish to lord i t over th e whole vegetable kingdom,
an d over th e botanists o f all pa rts o f th e ^vol-ld, do n o t know th e p lants o f th e ir own
counti-y ? ”
^ Beitrage, ll. p. 4