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JUNGERMANNIA anomala.
Various-leaved Jangermannia.
CR YPTOGAM1A ' Hepaticce.
Gen. Char. Male flowers sessile. Anthers stalked.
Capsule on a stalk, rising from a sheath, of 4 valves.
Seeds attached to elastic filaments.
Spec. Char. Procumbent,unbranched. Leaves two-
ranked, somewhat ascending, entire, concave, orbicular
; some pointed ; others blunt. Scales
awlshaped.
Syn. Jungermannia anomala. Hooker BritK Jung.
t. 34.
NEW species, first detected by the Rev. R. B. Francis near
Holt, Norfolk, in boggy turfy places ; and subsequently by various
persons in Ireland and elsewhere. Mr. Hooker alone has
described it. The female fructification remains hitherto unobserved.
The anthers have been found by Mr. Lyell only, in
Hampshire.
Ours are gemmiferous plants, communicated by Mr. Turner.
They grow dispersed, procumbent on the ground, or more frequently
creeping upon Bog-moss, each being from one to two or
three inches long, simple, except now and then one or two lateral
shoots, but they are more usually elongated at the summit
only. Leaves inaccurately two-ranked, rather various in their
direction, but for the most part turned to the upper side, all
entire. They differ greatly in shape, from an orbicular and very
blunt, to an ovate acute figure, the former being most concave.
This variableness, and their coarse reticulations, are pointed out
by Mr. Hooker as the most striking features of the species. He
describes the stipulaceous scales as broadly awlshaped. These
we have not observed, nor do they appear in his figure. The
colour of the whole is a rich tawny or purplish green. Gemmce,
or granular buds, are found amongst the topmost leaves.