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JUNGERMANNIA turbinata.
Pear-shaped Jungermannia.
CRYPTOGAMIA Hepaticce.
Gen. Char. Common receptacle of the fruit none.
Perianth or calyx monophyllous, tubular (rarely
wanting). Caps. 4-valved, terminating a peduncle
which is longer than the perianth.—Hooker.
Spec. Char. ’Without stipules. Stem creeping,
scarcely branched. Leaves plane, spreading,
or reflexed, subquadrangular, deeply and acutely
notched, the segments acute, triangular. Fruit
terminal. Calyx turbinate, plicate above, the
mouth contracted, toothed. Perichaetial leaves
spreading, larger than the rest.
Syn. J. turbinata. Hooker in Br. FI. v.2. P. 1. 111.
(under the name of J. affinis, corrected at p. 128
of the same work.)
-A - VERY distinct species, abundant on moist shady declivities
in marly and limestone districts: our specimens
are from Cotteral Wood, Cheshire, March 1828.
It is a smaller plant than J . injlata, remarkable for its
pallid hue, and for the large and conspicuous reticulation
of its foliage. Leaves two-ranked, not at all concave,
generally reflexed, especially those of the perichastium,
which are very different from the perichsetial leaves of
J . injlata, though that species has probably been often confounded
with our plant. The fructification is abundant in