CRYPTOGAMIA ALGJE. 791 



furcata le,. J. caiiHs, fronde lineari ramofa extremitatibus fur- 



catis obtufiLifculis. Sp.pl. 1602. (Michel, gen. t. 



4./. 4. Vail. Paris, t. 23./. 11. DiUen. mufc t. 



14' f- 45- opf-) 



Forked Jungcrmannia. Anglis. 



On trunks of trees frequent, lometimes upon rocks 



and on the ground. III. IV. 

 This fpecits generally grows proftrate, or creeps 

 together, fo as to form lax, entangled tufts, 

 compofed of very thin linear, pellucid, flat 

 leaves, of a pale green colour, more or lefs 

 branched, and terminating in bifid or trifid ob- 

 tufe fegments, having a fine longitudinal nerve, 

 running throughout the middle of each leaf, and 

 its ramifications. 

 Thefe leaves vary from one quarter to an inch in 

 length, and are about i-i2th of an inch in 

 breadth. 

 The frudifications srife from the under fide of the 

 leaves, out of the nerve. T he vagina are nearly 

 globular, pale green, and hairy, which is fin- 

 gular. The peduncles are about a quarter of 

 an inch high, turn up at their bafe, and grow 

 creft. The anthera are reddilh brown, and 

 nearly fphserical. 1 . 



TAK.GIONIA. Gen.pl. 1197. 

 Calyyi bivalvis Includens globum. 



TARGIONIA. 



