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JU N G E R M A N N IA S P IN U LO SA .
(TAB. X IV.)
JuNGERM.ANNiA, suTCulo e r e c to , r am o s o t fo liis o b o v a tis , re cm -v a tis , h in c m a r g i n e a p ic e q u e
d e n ta to - s p in u lo s i s : f r u c tu l a te r a li , a x i lla r iq u e ; c a ly c ib u s s u b r o tu n d i s , c om p r e s s is ; o r e t r u n c a to
c iiia to .
Jungermannia spinulosa. D i c k s . Crypt. Fasc. ii . p . 14.
Nat. ed. Gmel. ii . p . 1 3 4 9 .
Jungermannia serrata. R o t h , Cat. Bot. i. p. 1 4 4 .
Lichenastrum pinnulis aliernis, quasi spinosis. D il l . Muse. p.
syn. M ic h . /
Lichenastrum ramosius, fo liis trifidis. D il l . Muse. p. 4 8 9 . t. 7 0 . / . 15.
W it h . h i . p . 8 5 6 . ' L in n . Syst.
t. 7 0 . / . 16. fescl.
fi. t r i d e n t i c u l a t A j foliis minoribus, paucioribus, apicibus trispinosis.
Jungermannia tridenticulala. M ic h a u x , Bor. Am . ii. p . 2 7 8 .
H ab. Wales. Dillenius.—On th e Scotch Alps. Mr. Dickson.—N o t uncommon in th e
mounta inous p a rts o f En g lan d , Scotland, and Ire land,—/3. Mountains n e a r Bantry.
Miss MufcAins.— Cunnavuara. Mr. Mackay.— (T h e Calyces a re , ac cording to Miss
Hutc liins, to be found a t a ll seasons o f th e year.)
T h is P la n t gi'ows in densely-crowded tu f ts o r patclies, o f several inches in diameter.
Surculi v a rying in le n g th from two to five inches, e re c t, flexuose, ra re ly simple, for
th e most p a r t be se t w ith a few s c a tte red , sh o rt branches, su b -p a te n t, and again
divided, b o th th e m a in and sccondai'y branches th row in g o u t ann u a l innovations.
T h e texture o f th e surculi is firm and com pa c t; when d iy , rig id and b r ittle ; the
color in th e y ounge r p lan ts, an d in th e shoots, a dull yellow-gre en; in th e older ones
i t varies from a yellowish To a redd ish -b ro iin .
Leaves ( f 4 ) a line long, distantly placed in th e lower p a rts o f th e surculi, a t th e
ex trem ity move gene ra lly crowded; in shape they are obovate, having, however, as in
J . asplenioides, a very d e cw r e n t and semi-amplexicaul base; th e extrem ity is m ore