— 48 — 



tulae longiores sunt iterumque piniiati, sed apicem versus 

 rursus decrescunt, ut superior plantulae pars pyramidalis ap- 

 pareat. Folia arcte imbricata, subhorizontalia, rotundo-sub- 

 quadrata, convexa, margine reflexa, flavo-viridia, basi subtus 

 in lobulum abeuntia ovatum vel rotundum, altero latere ple- 

 rumque cauli adnatum. Compages membranacea , areolae 

 subrotundae, reticulo crassiori pulchre circumvallatae. Amphi- 

 gastria magnitudine lobulorum, rotunda, convexa, basi caulem 

 amplectentia, margine reflexa. Fructificatio mascula in pinnu- 

 lis ramulorum superiorum lateralis. Folia perigonialia disti- 

 cha, carinata, apice inflexa, tenera; auriculae minores ventrico- 

 sae antheras aurantiacas brevissime pedunculatas et paraphyses 

 ejusdem coloris foventes. Amphigastria caulinis similia. Ca- 

 Ivx a nobis haud visus describitur a Cl. Schweinitz ,,somewhat 

 bullate, trifid, the laciniae ovate entire or with few teeth. 

 The seta much longer than in J. platyphylla.'-'' 



Ohs. 3. plotjphjllae f3 TIiiij:ie (Dilleu. p.ig. 504. tnb. 72 fig 3.)) sLatura, ramifica- 

 tioae et foliorum forma simlllima et specimen a Meoziesio ad Swarlzinm J. 

 Thujae uomiue missum iu America boreall lectum adest iu Herbario Weberiano 

 exemplis Scliweinitziauis coDVcnlens. Attampn siatura robusliore, ramulls rcclan- 

 gulis apice incrassalis, foliis rotundiorlbus, calyce paullulum diverso et sela lon- 

 giure, uotis quas Cl. Scliweiuitz semper cinisl;iu es inoimncial, a J. platyphyUa 

 (liircrre videtur. 



15) JUNGERMANNIA DISTANS. Schiveinitz. 

 J. caide procumbeiite pinnato, foliis remotiusculis oblongis integer- 

 rimis basi subtus lobulatis lobulo p/d/io ovato-IanceoIato,amp/ii- 

 gastriis distantibus minutis (piadrato - rolundatis integerrimis. 



