CRYPTOGAMIA ALG^. 777 



In the filTu res of rocks, nnd on hesths and rriOorin> 

 grounds frequent. IV. 



The ftalk reclines upon the ground, and is little 

 more than half an inch long, eithtr fiinple or 

 divided into one or two branches. The IciA'rs, 

 or pinnules, are round, concavo convex, nume- 

 rous, alternate, vertical, clorely fet, embrace 

 the nerve, and are crenelated on the edges, 

 having a fmall erccl fcale, or auricle, ^i their 

 bale. The number and alrernate portion of the 

 pinnules, with the eret^ fcales betwixt thi:^, 

 give this plant a fmgular crifped appearance. 

 Linnaeus fancies the under fide of ic to refemble 

 a ladder or liair-cafe. The colour is a fine 

 green. 



The fruflifiCations are generally produced near 

 the bale of the ftalks and branches, and foine- 

 times, but rarely, from their fummits. The 

 vagina IS large, tumid, and indented. The pe- 

 duncles are about half an inch high, white and 



A frreen-o-ranulated is fometimes feen on the edf'-es 

 ot the pinnules. 



J. frondibus fupra bipinnaris apicc tioriferi.% folio- 

 lis linearibus recurv^atis. Sp, pL 1599. (^''^^^- P^- 

 ris. t. J 9.7^. 5. Dilien. inujc. t. 71. /. 20. cpt.) 



i^arrow curv'd-Ieav'd Jungermannia. Atiglis. 



In v/oods and fbady places frequent. III. IV. 



'Y\\'Z fralks. are commonly about an inch higli, but 



, vary 



