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JUNGERMANNIA furcata.
Forked Jungermannia.
CR YPTOGAMIA Algce.
Gen. Char, M a le flowers sessile.
Capsule on a stalk rising from a sheath, of 4 valves.
Seeds attached to elastic filaments.
Spec. Char. F ro n d lin e a r, b r a n c h e d , e n tir e ; th e ex-
trem itie s fo rk e d a n d o b tu se . S h e a th s h airy .
Syn. Ju n g e rm a n n ia fu rc a ta . Linn. Sp. PI. 1602.
Huds. 518. With. 868. Hull. 282. Relh. 441.
Sibth. 313. Abbot. 254. Hedw. Theor. t. 19, 20.
L ic h e n a s trum te n u ifo lium fu rc a tum , th e c is globosis
pilosis. Dill. Muse. 512. t. 74. ƒ. 45.
Ulva saxatilis furcata, latiusculis et tenerioribus seg-
mentis. Rail Syn. 63.
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N o t rare on stones in damp places, nor among mosses on.
the bark of trees, where it bears fruit in April and May, but
by no means commonly. Dillenius, after having long sought
in vain for the capsules, found them on some beech trees in
Sussex: our specimens were sent by C. Lyell, Esq. from the
New Forest, Hants.
The fronds are of a light pleasant green, and form loose
tufts, growing for the most part prostrate. They are known
by their linear branched form. The ends are forked and
bluntish, the edges entire, and a midrib runs through the
whole. From this rib, on the under side, spring the globular
hairy sheaths, which turn upwards, round the edge of the
frond, and each produces a whitish slender stalk, bearing the
brown capsule, which soon splits into 4 valves.