774 CRYPTOGAMIA ALGJE. 



right angles. The leaves arc plain, roundifh, 

 or obtulely oval, entire on the edges, growing- 

 alternate, and rather laxly pinnate, except at 

 the top of the branches, where they are crouded 

 together, imbricated, and of a bright green co- 

 lour. 

 The peduncle is white and (hining, hardly half an 

 inch high, and arifes out of the top of the 

 flalk. The anthera is dark, fufcous, green, 

 turning black. 



This fpccies generally grows in cluflers. 



iidentat4 7 J. frondibus fimpliciter pinnatis, apice floriferis, 

 foliolis bidentatis. Sp. pi. i^C)^. {Moris hiji-f 

 15. /. 6./. 17. Michel, gen. t. 5./. 12. Vail. Pa- 

 ris. I. ig.f 8. Dillen. mufc. t. 70./. 11. opt.) 



Bifid Jungermannia, Anglis, 



In moiil fjiady places, and by the fides of rivulets. 

 X. XI. 



The rtalks are weak, proftrate, fometimes fimp'c^ 

 fometimes branched, and vary from an inch to 

 a finger's length. The leaves are plain, thin;, 

 pellucid, whicilh green, nearly of a fquare figure, 

 and fometimes roundifh, divided at the top by 

 a fcmilunar fedion, fo as to leave two acute 

 dents at the corners, and grow alternately pin- 

 nate. 



The peduncles arife out of the tops of the ftalk 

 and branches, white and pellucid. The vagina 

 are nearly triangular and laciniated. The <z;;- 

 ibera roundilli, black, and Thining. 



J. fron- 



