774 CRYPTOGAMIA ALGJE. 



right angles. The leaves are plain, roundifh, 

 or obtufely oval, entire on the edges, growing 

 alternate, and rather laxly pinnate, except at 

 the top of the branches, where they are crouded 

 together, imbricated, and of a bright green co- 

 lour. 



The peduncle is white and fliining, hardly half ar 

 inch high, and arifes out of the top of the 

 flalk. The anther a is dark, fufcous^'- green,' 

 turning black. 



This fpecies generally grows in clufters. 



hidentat^ 7 J. frondibus firnpliciter pinnatis, apice floriferis 

 foliolis bidentatis. Sp.pl. 1S()S. {Moris hiji^J 

 1^. t. 6.f. I'j. Michel, gen. t. 5./. 12. Vail. Pa 

 ris. /. 19./ 8, Dilien. mufc. t. 70./, 11. opi.) 



]Bifid Jungermannia, Anglis, 



\n moift fliady places, and by the ficjes of rivulets 

 X. XI. 



The flalks are weak, prodrate, fometimes fimpl( 

 ibmetimes branched, and vary froin an inch t 

 a finger's length. The leaves are plain, thir 

 pellucid, whitilh green, nearly of a fquarc figurr 

 and fometimes roundifh, divided at the top b 

 a femilunar fedion, fo as to leave two acut 

 dents at the corners, and grow alternately pii 

 natc. 



Jhc peduncles arifc out of the tqps of the ftal 

 and branches, white and pellucid. The vagin^ 

 are nearly triangular and lacinijited. Thp «. 

 ther^ roundilh, black, and Ihining. 



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