;^o CRYPTOGAMIA ALGIE. 



Small creeping denied Jun^' mannia. Angus. 



In diimp fliady places, and c^n rotten wood. IV. 



The ftalks are branclicd wiihoiit oraer, procum- 

 bent, and creeping, fhootmg out radicles at the 

 end and other parts of the nerve. 1 he leaves 

 are nearly I'quare, plain, very minute, pellucid, 

 divided at the top into three or four dents, 

 hardly vilible Without a ruicrolco})e, gruv/ing 

 alternately and clolcly plnnaie in the mosit plant, 

 but opake, deflex'd, and imbricated in ihe dry 

 ., , one. On the under fide arc affixM'.o 'die nerve 

 , , , • .v a double feries of other leaves, or auricles, a 

 little (mailer than die jiecedingj but dented, 

 and of the lame figure, 



The frudifications are copious, and produced at 

 the bale of the ilalk, or in the centre or the 



. plant. I'he -uagina is triangular, white, and 

 ccnticulated at the top. The peduncles pellu* 

 c:d and filvery. The anthera black and fliin- 

 ing. 



This is one of the leafi of the genus, but may 

 be readily difcovered by its dented leaves and nu- 

 merous fru6lifications. 



*** Frondibus imhricatis. 



cotiiplanatn J. furculis repentibus, foliolis inferne aurlculatls 

 J 5. duplicato-imbricatis, ramis a^qualibus. Sp. pL 



1599. {Mich. gen. /. 5 /. 21. Dillen. mufc. /. 72. 

 /. 26. opt.) 



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