JUNGERMANNIA curvifolia.
Curve-leaved Jungermannia.
CRYPTOGAMIA Hepaticce.
G e n . C h a r . Female, Cal. tubular. Caps, of 4 valves,
on a fruitstalk. Seeds attached to elastic filaments.
S p e c . C h a r . Shoots creeping, branched, cylindrical.
Leaves imbricated, roundish, with a deeply cloven
point ; the segments incurved.
Syn. Jungermannia curvifolia. Dicks.Cnjpt.fasc.2 . 15.
t. 5. f . 7. With. 883. Hull. 281.
F o U lsD by Mr. Dickson in the Highlands of Scotland, and
by Mr. Griffith in North Wales. Our specimens were gathered
by Mr. Joseph Woods and Mr. G. Sowerby on dripping rocks
at Usgoed-Eynon Gam, South Wales, in May 1803.
The stems grow entangled, forming intricate tufts or patches,
and almost prostrate. They are thread-shaped, branched, leafy.
Leaves alternate, without stipulae or any appendages, loosely
imbricated, all curved upwards, roundish, concave, finely reticulated,
of a pale brownish green, their margins entire, their
points deeply cloven, elongated, acute, and (except the uppermost)
incurved. Sheath, or female calyx, tubular, reticulated,
irregularly torn at the margin. Fruitstalk about half an
inch high, whitish and tender. Capsule dark brown, splitting
into 4 acute valves, as in other species.