CRYPTOGAMIA ALGJE. jBy 



|3cduncles. The ftalks when dry are very brit- 

 tle. 



iefiris ii J. furculis teretibus, foliolis fubulatis fecundis. 

 Sp. pi. 1601. (Dilkn mufc. t. 73./. 40.) 



Dufky rock jungermannia. Anglis. 



Upon moift rocks on the Highland mountalfis fre- 

 quent, as on Ben-Lomond^ Goatfield^ &c. IV* 

 &IX. 



This grows in little tufts of a dufky brown or 

 blackifh colour. The ftalks are about one- 

 third or half of an inch high, erect, cylindri- 

 cal, either fimple or (lightly branched, and fur- 

 rounded with numerous fine fijbulate, or capil- 

 lary leaves, having their points all turned to one 

 fide. 



The 'vaginae are fufcous, and arife at the top of 

 the ftalks. The anthers are fupported on- very 

 Ihort peduncles, fcarcely a line in height. 



The plant when dry becomes brittle. 



'J/2 22. }• furculis teretibus, foliofis ovatis patentibus, ca- 

 lycibus imbricatis. Sp. pi. 1601. (Dilkn. mufc. 



Chocolate alpine Jungermannia. Anglis. 



Upon the rocks on the Highland mountains fre- 

 quent. IX. X. 



The ftalks are nearly ered:, from one to two inches 

 high, cylindrical, divided into feveral branches 

 towards the top, and grow in tufts of a dark 

 red, or chocolate colour, 



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