7S6 CRYPTOGAMIA ALG^.. 



The habit of it is fo very fingular that we (ha 

 venture to dcfcrlbe it as a new fpecies, till it 

 hii^ory is better afccrtained by thofe who hav 

 an opportunity to obfcrve its different grads, 

 tioiis. 



condnnata j. furculls leretibus fubcompreffis denie imbrlcat 

 '■^°' compacElis, fohis convexo-concavis glabris, flor | 



bus peduncuglatis. {Fig. nulla nift fit Diilemi muj 

 /. 73./. 38.) 



Braided Jungcrmannia. Anglis. 



Upon the rocks on the Highland mountains frd 

 quent. IX. X. . 



The ftalks are about a quarter of an inch higl 

 irregularly branched, like the preceding, an 

 grow together in matted tufts of a reddifh brow 

 colour on the top, the bafe and roots pale grec 

 The ftalks arc extremely flender and filiforn 

 but thickeft at the extremities of the branche: 

 not exadly cylindrical, but a little comprcfs^ 

 and fo firm and clofely imbricated on both fid( 

 with a double alternate feries of convexo-cor 

 cave, oval, comprefTed leaves, as to refemblc 

 when magnified, the texture of a braided loc 

 of hair, or that of a round plaited thong- whif 



The leaves are very numerous, undiftinguifhabJ! 

 by the naked eye, fmooth, brown, but flighd 

 membranaceous, and whitidi on the edges, an! 

 ahvays prefTed clofe to the ftalk, both in its moi 

 and dry ftate. The antbera are fufcous, ant 

 grow on the fummits of the branches, on Ihoi 



peduncle 



