Musci Exorici.—Menziesiani. 
JUNGERMANNIA RAMOSISSIMA. 
Jungermannia caule erecto elongato subfastigiatim ra- 
moso, foliis arcte imbricatis bifariis distichis ovato-ro- 
tundatis spinuloso-dentatis, calyce terminali urceolato, 
ore compresso ciliato-spinoso, seta brevi. (Tas. 
XCIL) 
Has. In sinu Dusky bay dicto, apud Novam Zeelandiam. 
D. Menzies, 1791. 
Caulis palmaris et ultra, erectus, ilexuosus, gracilis, subfastigia- 
tim ramosus, rarius dichotomus. Folia arcte imbricata, disti- 
cha, subopposita, oblique patula, planiuscula, ovato-rotundata, 
spinuloso-dentata. Calyx terminalis, urceolatus, basi ventri- 
cosus, apice compressus, ore ciliato-dentato. Seta calyce du- 
plo longior. Capsula ovata, 4-valvis. 
Although the leaves and fructification of J. ramosissima re. 
semble very much, at first sight, those of J. conjugata, yet they 
differ not only in their direction, but essentially in their never 
being connate. To J. spinulosa it is even more nearly allied : the 
foliage however is very dissimilar, the plant is vastly more 
branched, and there is a peculiar elegance of character arising 
from the regularity in the size and direction of the leaves which 
is wholly wanting in the former. 
Fig. J, plant, at. size. Fig. 2, portion of a branch and 
leaves. Fig. 3, leaves. Fig. 4, calyx and perichetial leaves, 
Fig. 5, calyx.—magn, 
