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membranaceous, cylindrical, deeply notched calyx sprinpjs 

 from the axillae of the lower part of the stenj, (by no means 

 from the top, as Roth maintains.) The fruit-stalk is tender, 

 white, pellucid, erect, snjooth, about the size of a fine linen 

 thread. It carries a brownish-red capsule, which at first is 

 closed like a splendent sphere ; afterwards it opens with four 

 valves, which stand cruciform from one another, and have 

 the seeds hanging by a chain-shaped apix^ndage. 



Diagnosis and Affinity. 



The species most nearly related to this are J. Fl'&ndi Web. 

 Mohr. and Naumanni Nees. But the former is distin- 

 guished by sending out tendrils only below the stem, by 

 having its leaves not so much lengthened, and rather verti- 

 cal, and chiefly by the size and multifarious division of the 

 amphigastria?, {Mart. Fl. Crypt. Erlang. p. 144. t. 4. f. 17.) 

 J, Naumanni has still shorter leaves, placed still more re- 

 mote from each other, and deeply divided, ciliated amphi- 

 gastriae, (^Mart. 143. 4. f. 16.) /. qidnque-dentata L. is very 

 like our species, but it wants the amphigastriae, and the leaves 

 are much shorter. J. nitida (convexa Thunb.) is distin^ 

 guishes by its uniform, quadri-partite amphigastriae, the la- 

 ciniae of which are subulate. There is a smaller variety, 

 which passes into that of Roth, and the amphigastriae of which 

 are merely crenated : This is J. tricrcnata Wahlenb. Car- 

 imih. p. 864. 



Synonymcs and Figures. 



Muscoides terrestre repens, ex obscuro viresccns, Michel. 



Nov. Ge7i. p. 10. t. 6. f. 2. 

 Lichenastrum pinnulis obtuse trifidis, Dillcn. Hist. Muse. 



p. 493, t. 71. f 22. A. B. {End. Syn. Michel.) 

 ? L. multifidum majus, ab extremitate fiorcns, DHL Hist. 



Muse. p. 494. t. 71. f. 23. 

 Jungermannia alpina nigricans major, Hupp. I en. 404. 

 Jungermannia, Hall. Stirp. n. 1866. 

 J. trilobata, Lmn. Sp. PL cd. Reich. 4. p. 507. Roth. Germ, 



