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JUNGERMANNIA NOBILIS. 
Jungermannia, caule suberecto flexuoso ; foliis arcte 
bifariam imbricatis horizontalibus ineequaliter bilobis, 
lobis ovatis ciliato-dentatis conduplicatis verticalibus, 
stipulis rotundatis emarginatis ciliatis ; calyce ob- 
longo compresso, ore laciniato, laciniis ciliato-denta- 
Ga (Fan. A 
Has. Dusky Bay, apud Novam Zeelandiam. D. Menzies, 1791. 
Caulis palmaris ad spithameum, penne corvine crassitie, sub- 
lignosus, nigro-fuscus, flexnosus, inferne procumbens, denu- 
datus, atque subramosus, radicibus tomentosis fuscis obsi- 
tus, superne erectus, foliosus. Folia maxima hujusce gene- 
ris, dense bifariam imbricata, horizontalia, flavo-virescentia, 
reticulata, areolis parvis oblongis, inequaliter biloba,~ lobis 
anterioribus majoribus, omnibus ovato-subacuminatis, flexuo- 
sis, conduplicatis, verticalibus, dentato-ciliatis, ciliis basi su- 
perne longioribus. Stipule majuscule, rotundate, plane, 
apice emarginate, marginibus ciliatis. Quod autem in hoe 
specie preter spem evenit, foliorum singulorum ad axillas re- 
periuntur foliola quatuor aut plura perpusilla, rigidiuscula, den- 
tata, erecta, in caspitulum appressa, que an floribus masculis 
includendis an cuilibet alii usui inserviant nihil sane comper- 
tum habeo, nec licet aliquid certe augurari. Calyx, ratione 
plante, parvus, foliis fere obtectus, oblongus, paululum longi- 
tudinaliter plicatus, ore aperto, laciniato, laciniis ciliato-den- 
tatis. Seta vix uncialis, suceosa, alba. Capsula oblonga, fusva, 
quadrivalvis, valvis linearibus. 
This noble species has the lower part of the stem resembling 
the creeping stipes of many Ferns, and is equally black and rigid. 
The superior part alone is leafy, and the leaves are not much un- 
like those of some of the varieties of J. nemorosa; but the sti- 
pules, which are large and as beautifully ciliated as any part of 
the leaves, will keep the two species far removed in an artificial 
system. The axillary tufts of leaflike processes are confined, as 
far as I have had the opportunity of observing, to this species. 
Fig. 1, plant nat. size. Fig. 2, calyx and leaves. Fig. 3, 
portion of the stem, with the stipules. Fig. 4, portion of a leaf 
——magn, 
