278 ON JUNGERMANNLE. 
it emulates at the tops of the shoots. It is, however, a 
larger plant, less branched, has the division of the leaves 
deeper, and their cells far larger. 
6. J. Kunzeana, Hüben, Hep. Germ. p. 115, n. 38; Synops. 
Hepat. p. 122. 
The editors of the Synopsis appear not to have met with the 
fructification; we would therefore propose the following amend- 
ed specific character; caule adscendente cæspitoso radicu- 
loso subsimplici, foliis erecto-patentibus imbricatis secundis 
quadrato-rotundatis integerrimis obtuse complicatis sinu an- 
gusto bifidis, laciniis ovatis obtusis incurvis, stipulis bipar- 
titis, laciniis lineari-lanceolatis integerrimis, calyce terminali 
oblongo-ovato subcompresso subtruncato denticulato." 
Patches dense, olive-brown. Stems about one inch long, - 
sparingly branched; the entire inferior side has thickly se 
rootlets. Leaves crossing the stem, concave, all pointing 
upwards; some near the top trifid. Lateral perichætial 
leaves quadrifid, the stipular bifid, all with a few spinous 
teeth at the base, and sometimes one or two above the base. 
Calyx convex above, deeply channelled below. Peduncle 
four times as long as the calyx. Capsule oblongo-ovate. 
Pes ies Cu 
Scientific Excursions in New Holland, by Dr. LUDWIG 
LeickHARDT, 1842-44; extracted from his letters to M. 
G. Durand, of Paris. 
Communicated by P. B. Webb, Esq. 
(The energetic individual from whose letters to M- - 
rand the following extracts are made, is now embarked, we - 
informed, on one of the most difficult journies overland 1 
has ever been undertaken, from Sidney to Port Essington — 
through the interior of New Holland. We heartily wish the — 
attempt may be crowned with success, and we shall be proud - 
that the pages of our Journal should be the means of Cor% — 
municating such welcome intelligence to the British 
lic. —Ep.) 
