Musectr Exoric:.—WMencziesiani. 
JUNGERMANNIA SCOLOPENDRA. 
Jungermannia caule erecto pinnatim ramoso, ramis de- 
flexis attenuatis, foliis undique imbricatis oblongis 
bifidis, segmentis bifidis, calyce laterali foliaceo. 
(Tas. XL.) 
Has. In sinu Dusky Bay dicto, in Nova Zeelandia. D. Men- 
wtes, 1791. 
Caulis digitalis vel palmaris, erectus, flexuosus, pinnatim ramo- 
sus, ramis numerosis, deflexis, attenuatis, flagelliformibus, 
apice subnudis, non raro radicantibus. Folia undique imbri- 
cata, in ramis trifaria, oblonga, scariosa, rigida, flavo-fusca, 
oblongo-punctata, bifida, segmentis paululum divaricatis, ite- 
rum bifidis, laciniis acuminatis, subdiaphanis. Calyces late- 
rales, in axillas pinnarum, obovati, quadrifidi, foliis parvis, 
eaulinorum similibus, obsiti. Seta vix calyce longior. Cap- 
sula parva, valvis ovatis, fuscis, 
—— 
This singular plant no one will hesitate to pronounce as nearly 
allied to J. juniperina of Swartz. It has the same rigid texture 
and dotted appearance in the foliage, 
vered by leaves, 
and the calyx is equally co- 
Here, however, the ramification is very pecu- 
liar, being closely pinnate with deflexed branches, and has given 
rise to the specific name. The fructification too is axillary, and 
the leaves, which are only bifid in juniperina, have their seg- 
ments again divided in J. Scolopendra. 
Fig. 1, plants nat. size. Fig, 2, calyx dissected, showing the 
fruitstalk and capsule, Fig. 3, leaf.—magn, 
