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CRYPTOGAMIA Hepaticce.
Gen. Char. M a le flow e rs se ssile . Anthers s ta lk e d .
Capsule o n a s ta lk , r is in g from a s h e a th , o f 4 valves.
Seeds a tta c h e d to e la s tic filam e n ts .
Si’EC. Char. F l a t , b r a n c h e d , e n t i r e ; b r a n c h e s u p r
ig h t , fo rk e d , o b t u s e ; th e e x tr em iti e s b lu e is h .
Syn. R ic c ia fru tic u lo s a . Dicks. Cryp t, fa s c . 1. 8.
With. 888. Hull. 283. FI. Dan. i. 898. ƒ 3 ?
J_ OUND by Mr. Dickson, growing on the lower part of the
trunks of trees, among moss. It composes dense, crisped, tender
and succulent tufts, remarkable for their vivid verdigrise tint.
Except in posture and colour, the whole plant wonderfully resembles
Jungermannia furcata, t. 1632, of which there is much
reason to suspect it a variety. Still, in deference to our great
British cryptogamist, we are happy to have the means of exhibiting
some of his original specimens. We must allow that the
synonym of FI. Dan. scarcely, in our opinion, accords with this
plant. Nothing is known of the fructification, but we are fully
persuaded of its being that of a Jungermannia, and therefore
make no scruple of removing the plant to that genus, in which we
hav^ the sanction of Mr. Hooker’s opinion.