j-ga CRYPTOGAMIA ALG^> 



. ^ The leaves are oval-acurc, Qightly convex, very 

 fmall and numerous, and cover the ftalks all 

 round •, are fomewhat patent in the moift plant, 

 but prefled to the ftalks in the dry, and are 

 - ' - "'" broadeft towards the fummits of the fio'.vering 

 branches. 

 The calyx or vagina is fingular : It grov»?s at the 

 topb of the branches, and is compofed of ob- 

 long concave chefnut-colour'd fcales, relembling 

 the foliaceous gem of a beech-tree. 

 ' The anihera are dark-red, and nearly fcflile, be- 

 ing fupported on verv fliort peduncles. The 

 icgments are reflex'd when the plant is dry. 



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Acaules frondibus fimpltcihus. 



tpibhllaii J- 2C?.ulis, foliolo frondi innato Sp.pl. iSoi. (Mi- 

 chel, gen t. 4./. I. Oeder. Dan. i. 359. Dillen, 

 mujc. t. 74./. 4 1. J 

 Broad-leav'd Jungermannia. Ani^lis, 

 On moift ftiady banks by the fides of rivulets, 

 and on wet rocks, as about Rojlin, and elfe- 

 , where. "Dv. Far fans. III. .• ' • ^ - 



This plant has the habit of a Marchantla^ but of 

 a more tender fubftance, pellucid, and teflclated. 

 The leaves are about half an inch broad, and 

 lie fiat upon the ground, are fmooth, and of a 

 light green colour on the upper fide, divided in 

 the middle by a black line or nerve •, which, on 

 the under fide, emits numerous downy radicles, 

 .by which the plant adheres clofcly to the ground. 



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