CRYPTOGAM I A ALG>E. 



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In the fifiures of rocks, and on heaths and moorirn 

 grounds frequent. IV. _ 



The ftalk reclines upon the ground, and is little 

 more than half an inch long, either fimple or 

 divided into one or two branches. Ti.e leaves, 

 or pinnules, are round, concavo convex, nume- 

 rous, alternate, vertical, clofely kt, embrace 

 the nerve, and are crenulattd on the edges, 

 having a fmall erect fcale, or auricle, at their 

 bafe. The number and alternate poution of the 

 pinnules, with tlie erecl: fcales betwixt tiiem, 

 give this plant a fingular crifpcd :;ppenrante. 

 Linn^us fancies the under fide of it to refembiq 

 ■ • a ladder or Ilair-cafe. The colour is a firt- 



".'"" green. 



The fruflifications are generally produced ncnr 

 the bafe of the Italks and branches, and fome- 

 J times, but rarely, from their fummits. The 



vagina is large, tumid, and indented. The pe- 

 duncles are about half an inch high, white and 

 pellucid. 

 T A green granulated is fometimes fcen on the edges 

 of the pinnules. . . 



nlbicans I2 J. frondibus fupra bipinnatis apice floriferi?, folio- 

 lis linearibus recurvatis. Sp, pi. 1599. (^^'^* P<^- 

 fii. t. 19./. 5. Dilkn. mujc. t. 71. /. 20. opt.) 

 Narrow curv'd-leav'd Jungermannia. Anglh. 

 \ ' In woods and Ihady places frequent. HI. IV. 



The (lalks are commonly about an inch high, but 



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