Jungermannia.] 



HEPATICiE. H7 



the perichaBtial leaves. Schrad. Samml. 2. p. 4. Hooh. Br. Jung, 

 t. 61. Hobs. Br. Mosses, v. 2. n. 107. Lindenb. Syn. Hepat. 

 p. 26. —,/. lanceolate, E. Bot. t. 605. 



Hedge-banks and barren wastes, frequent. Fr. March, Apr.— A mi- 

 nute, black, muricated, fungous-like body infests the leaves of this and 

 some other species of Jungemnannia .- " It contains about 15 oblong 

 granules, on rather long pedicels, attached to a determinate portion of 

 the inner surface of the Fungus, one of the hemispherical portions 

 (after a section is made) being quite free from them." Wils. 



44. J. polydnthos, Linn, (many-fioioered Jungermannia); stem 

 procumbent somewhat branched, leaves horizontal roundish 

 quadrate plane entire and emarginate, stipules oblong bifid, fruit 

 on short proper branches from the underside of the stem, peri- 

 anth half the length of the calyptra two-lipped laciniated. Linn. 

 Sp. PL p. 1597. E. Bot. t. 2479. Hooh. Br. Jung. t.62. Lin- 



denb. Syn. Hepat. p. 30 Dill. Muse. t. 69./. 7, 8, and t. 70. 



/. 9. 



Moist and very wet places, not unfrequent. Fr. March, Apr. — The 

 very square leaves and peculiar fructification will always distinguish this 

 species. 



45. J. cuneifolia, Hook, (wedge-leaved Jungermannia); Btem 

 creeping simple, leaves rather remote cuneiform entire or \ cry 

 obtusely notched at the extremity, stipules minute ovate bifid. 

 Hooh. Br. Jung. t. 64, et in E. Bot. Suppl. t. 2700. Lindenb. 

 Syn. Hepat. p. 33. 



Parasitic on ./. Tamarisci, near Bantry, Ireland, Miss Hutchins. Fr. 

 unknown. — This curious and exceedingly minute plant is of a dingy 

 brown colour, and scarcely visible to the naked eye. 



46. J. viticuldsa, Linn, (straggling flat Jungermannia); stem 

 procumbent branched, leaves horizontal plane ovate entire, sti- 

 pules broadly ovate (lentato-laciniate, fruit dorsal, perianth 

 subterraneous oblong fleshy, the mouth fimbriated with foliace- 

 oua scales. Linn. Sp. Pip. 1597. /;. Bot t. 2518. Hook.Br. 

 Jung. t. (it). Lindenb. Syn. Hepat. p. l ; s. 



[n woods and rocky places, among mosses ; especially in alpine 

 countries. Fr. Apr. — In the fleshy subterraneous perianth, and in habit 

 too, this and the following Bpecies recede from all the other Junger- 

 mannue. Leaves of a firm texture, yellow or tawny-green. 



47. .1. Triehdmanis, Dicks. (Fern Jungermannia); stem 

 creeping Dearly simple, leave- horizontal convex ovate entire or 

 emarginate, stipules roundish lunulately emarginate, fruit dor- 

 sal, perianth subterraneous oblong fleshy hairy, the mouth cre- 

 nated. Dicks. Cr. Fasc. 3. t. 8./. 5, /.'. BoL t 1875. Hook, 

 Br. Jung. t. 79 Hobs. Br. Mosses^ v. 2. n. Ml. Lindenb. 

 Sun. Hi ]>ii. p. 32. — I. scalaris, Schmid. Diss, de Jung. p. 20. 

 i. 17, and 18. — J. Jissa, Scop, •Lightf.—J. spharotxphala, 

 With. — Milium Trichomanit, Linn. Sp. PL p. 1579, \f. 

 nim, tjusd. p. I.'»7i>. — Dill. Mns,. i. SI. i. 5, 6. 



Moist ground, in heaths, woods and in mai ihes, /'< • 8pr, and Sum. — 



