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JU N G E RM A N N IA EX SECTA .
(TAB. X IX.)
J u n g e rm a n n ia , caule p ro s tra te , simpliciusculo: foliis distichis, imbricatis, horizontalibus,
concavis, ovatis, a cu tis ; m a rgine hinc u n identa to.
Jungermannia exsecta. S c h m id e l , leones, p . 2 4 1 . t. 6 2 . / . 2 . S c h r a d e r , Syst. Samml.
L ie f. I I . p . 9 8 ?
Jungermannia globulifera. var. i. R o t h , Germ. n i . p . 3 8 1 .
Jungermannia fo liis bidentatis, in apice fra g ife ra . H a l l . Helv. t. iv . p . 5 9 . (excl. syn.)
H ab. Moist and especially boggy h e a ths in various pa rts o f Norfolk and Suffolk, as
H o lt and Edgefield He a ths (where i t ivas fo r th e first tim e discoi'ered in E ngland
by Rev. R . B . Francis), and Mousehold He a th in th e form e r county. I n Suffolk
Mr. Turner finds i t n e a r Y a rm o u th : i t is also ab u n d an t o n We stle ton H e a th, ne a r
Dunwich.— Ne a r Bantry. Miss Hutchins.
P l a n t f in n ly a t ta c h e d t o th e e a r th in sm a l l s c a t t e r e d p a tc h e s , w liic h a r e f t-eq u e n tly d isp o se d in a
s om e w h a t s te lla te d f o rm , a n d a r e r e n d e r e d c o n sp ic u o u s b y th e i r y e llow h u e , o r , i n th e
g lo b u life ro u s sp e c im e n s , b y th e r e d d is h c o lo r o f th e g em m fe .
Root consisting o f th ick tu fts o f m in u te , whitish, simple fibres, issuing copiously from
every p a r t o f tlie un d e r side o f th e shoots, which are often, as Mr. Francis remarks,
affixed to each o th e r hy means o f the se radicles.
Stems p ro s tra te , n o t m uch exceeding a q u a rte r o f a n inch in len g th , fragile, greenish,
densely cellular, simide, o r sometimes, th o u g h rarely, producing a small shoot ne a r
th e base.
Leaves ( f f . 4 . 5 ) r a t h e r c lo sely im b r ic a t e d , d is t ic h o u s , p a t e n t o r h o r iz o n t a l, a b o u t th e
t h i n l o f a l in e lo n g , g r a d u a l ly h ow e v e r b e c om in g sm a lle r to w a rd s tlie b a s e o f th e p la n t ,
Avherc th e y c lo se ly s u r r o u n d a n d f irm ly em b ra c e th e s tem , so a s e n ti r e ly to c o n c e a l i t :