T a b . z n .
JU N G E RM A N N IA C U R V IFO L IA .
7 c ( 'n ^ ù 7 7 ta n 7 f f< 7 c u f c - v f / p .
(TAB. X VI.)
J u n g e rm a n n ia , su r c u lo p r o c u m b e n te , s te l la tim r am o s o : fo liis s u b r o tu n d is , v a ld è c o n c a v is ,
b ifid is ; s e gm e n t is a c u m in a t is , in c u rv a ti s : f r u c tu in r am i s p r o p r iis b r e v is s im is c e n tr a lib u s
t e rm in a l i ; c a ly c ib u s o b lo n g is , s u b p li c a ti s ; o r e d e n ta to .
Jungermannia curvifolia. D ic k s . Crypt. Fasc. ii . p . 15. t. 5 . f . T- W i t h . i i i . p. 8 6 4 . L in n .
S y st. Nat. ed. Gmel. ii . p . 1 3 5 2 . Engl. Bot. t. 1 3 0 4 .
H ab. I n alpibus scoticis. Mr. Dickson, 1. c .— Many places in th e a sc en t to Crib-y-
Ddescil, from L la n b e rris ; and on th e sum m it o f Cavnedd L lewe lyn; also, ne a r
L lyn Llumbren, Denbighshire. Mr. Griffith, in With.—Usgoed-Eynon Garn, South
Wales, Mr. G. Sowerby.— On decaying wood by a mounta in-lake , n e a r Bantry. Miss
Hutchins.—On Ben Lawers, Ben Nevis, and boggy gro u n d a t a place called Balloch-
nacreash, in th e no rth -w e ste rn p a r t o f Ross-shire,—Crannies o f rocks, Mourne
m o unta ins, Ire land. Mr. Templeton.
P la n t f o rm in g sm a ll a n d lo o s e ly - e n ta n g le d p a tc h e s o f a f ew in c h e s i n d iam e t e r , a n d o f a
d e e p p u r p le c o lo r.
Root c o n s is tin g o f m in u t e , Avhitish f ib r e s , p r o c e e d in g h e r e a n d th e r e f ro m th e u n d e r
s id e , a n d m o s t p ro fu s e ly f ro m th e low e r p a r t o f th e p la n t .
Surculi scarcely more th a n h a lf o r thre e -q u a rte rs o f a n inch in len g th , b ranching o ut
from a c en tre in a so rt o f stellated man n e r, procumbent, filiform, flexuose ; branches
simple, or, as is more usually th e case, once aga in divided; th e ir diam e te r about
th e tw e lfth o f a lin e ; th e ir color a pale yellow gre en, p urple towards th e exfremity;
th e ir substance delicate, cellulose, flexible, b u t more r i ^ d and b rittle in a dry
sta te .
T he leaves (f. f. 4. 5) seem to be for th e m o st p a r t closely placed : they have a bifeiious
insertion, th o u g h , from th e ir u p r ig h t position, th ey have a secund appearance ; they
a re rem a rkably concave, an d measure from th e e ig h th to th e fo u rth o f a line in
len g th ; those a t th e extremitie s o f th e surculus b e in g th e smallest ; th e ir shape is
round, approaching, however, to o v a te ; from th e apex they a re divided ab o u t h a lf
way down th e middle by a ra th e r obtuse sinus, o f which th e segments a re a cuminate,
a nd incun-ed toivards tlie hollow o f th e leaf, in a very s trik in g manne r. T h e reticulation
is la rge , formed by oblong cellules. T h e color a pale g re en , ch anging, in
those pa rts which a rc most exposed, to a fine purple.