CRYPTOGAMIA ALGAl. 775 



licufpl^afa J. frondibus fimpliciter pinnatis medio floriferis, 

 ^' foliolis bidentatls. Sp. pi. i^'^?,. (Michel, gen t. 



6. /. 17. Bill. mufc. ;, 70. /. 1 3. opt ) 

 Forked Jungermannia. Anglis. 

 In woods and moift fhady places. IV. 

 The ftalks are from half an Inch to an inch long, 

 and creeping. The leaves are very fmall, much 

 Icfs than thofe of the preceding, and divided 

 .. • - into two fharp points, or forks, at the top, but 

 fo that the angle between tliem is acute. 

 The peduncles are about half an inch high, and 

 copiouHy produced, not from the extreir/nies, 

 but the angles of the branches. The vagiu.e 

 arc cylindrical, and longer than thole of the 

 ,,^ rj , preceding, being about i-6th of an inch. 



qumqueden- j, fronde pinnata ramofa apice florifera, foliolis 

 fata g. quinquedentatis. Sp, pi. 1598. ( Dillen. mufc. t. 



71./. 23. opf. Michel, gen. /. 6./. 2. au^a.J 

 Five-dented Jungermannia. Anglis. 

 In thick fhady damp woods, mix'd with other 

 mofTes. IV. 



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i . Its manner of growth refcmbles that of the for- 

 mer, but the ftalks are larger, ancl the lower 

 leaves are divided into three, and the upper 

 ones into four and five acute dents, and the 

 fiuftifications are produced from the tops of the 



, - branches, out of large anguUr denied vagi ner. 



The central nerve on the under fide is covered 

 is coveted with minvtc finely indented fcale?. 



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