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v.iry from half an inch to an inch and a half, 

 and ^row in clufters •, they are cither fimple, or 

 divided into tv;o or three branches, crcdl or re- 

 clining, but not creeping. The middle nerve: 

 is firm and ftrong; the leaves, or pinnules, arc 

 narrow, linear, obtufc, plain, recurved, entire, 

 of a pale green colour, the old decay'd ones 

 quite white ; at the bafe of each, on the upper 

 fide of the fialk, is a fm.:ll fcale, or auricle, 

 hardly vifible without a nrjicrofcope, but none 

 on the under fide. 

 7'he frudificaLicns arc produced at the extremities 

 of the ftalk and branches. The vngina is pale 

 and indented i the peduncle fhort, white, and 

 pellucid ; the cintLera roundlfh, black, and 

 burfting as ufual, into four dark, red, or fuf- 

 cous feo-ments. 



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purpurea\7^ J. pinnis fubtus auriculatis, foliolis fubrotundis 

 convexo-concavis amplexi^aulibus. Scopol. Fl. 

 Carniol. n. 1343. Haller. hift. «. 1861. JUN- 

 GEkMANMA CGchleariformis. IVeis, Plant, 

 Cryptcgam-p, 123. M'i:^\\}M jungermannia. Lin. 

 Sp' pi. 1579. {Michel, gen. /, 5./. 16. Dillen. /. 

 69./. I. opt,) 

 Red Jungermannia. J?jglis, 

 In bogs, rivulets, and cafcades, by the fides of 



the highland mountains abundantly. 

 The ftalks arc either fimpJe, or divided into two 

 or three branches, commonly about a finger's 

 length, but varying from one inch long to eighl 



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