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JUNGERMANNIA Woodsii.
Mr. Woods’ Jungermannia.
CRYPTOGAMIA Hepaticte.
Gen. Char. Common receptacle of the fruit none.
Perianth or Calyx monophyllous, tubular (rarely
wanting). Capsule 4-valved, terminating a peduncle
which is longer than the perianth.
Spec. Char. Stem procumbent, bi-tripinnate. Leaves
very convex, unequally two-lobed; the superior
lobes bipartite, spinuloso-dentate; the lower ones
very minute, oblong, nearly entire. Stipules
large, ovate, bipartite, spinuloso-dentate, with
the base spurred on each side.
Syn. Jungermannia Woodsii. Hook. Brit. Jung,
t. 66. Hook. 8$ Taylor, Muse. Brit. ed. 2. 237.
T h is eminently beautiful species bears the name of one
of our ablest British botanists, Joseph Woods, Esq., who
was its first discoverer on the ascent of Mangerton from
Cwm na Cappal, Ireland. Dr. Taylor subsequently gathered
it upon the Devil’s Punch Bowl, on the same
mountain, and in very great abundance upon that of Brandon,
whence we have been favoured with beautiful specimens
by William Wilson, Esq. In no other country or
place does it appear to have been found; and, unfortunately,
in the situations just mentioned, it is always barren.
The habit and structure of the foliage, however, will suffice /
to distinguish it from J . ci liar is, its nearest affinity, as well
as from every other species.
The plant grows in large and rather densely tufted