BRITISH JUNGERMANNIvE. 
C J. trichophylla.J 
Seeds and spiral filaments fulvous ; the former nearly spherical and smooth, the latter 
composed of a double helix, continuing to adhere to the margins of the valves of . 
the capsule (according to Schmidel) in a pectinated manner, as in J. setacea, bieus- 
pidata, and others. 
Obs. In the middle of summer, or in autumn, if the weather was dry, Schmidel remarked 
at the extremity of the branches and in the bosom of the terminal leaves or on the apices, 
minute, globular, sessile, semi-transparent bodies, of the color of honey, which in a few days 
dissolved and totally disappeared. These, from their being seen at the same time with the 
young calyces, he was led to consider as the male fructification, a thing that it is scarcely 
necessary to say he would not have done, had he seen the anther® here figured. I entertain 
little doubt of what he describes being Gemmce, such as are found in the Marchantice and in 
other Jungermannice, also, in which both the male and female fruit are piesent. 
Although, from the history of this elegant species of Jungermannia given by Schmidel, 
it appears to be widely scattered throughout Europe, being found from the Alps of Lapland 
to the Apennines, and covering in Germany whole rocks, yet, in Britain, it seems to be of 
rare occurrence, having been entirely overlooked in this country till the time of Hudson, 
who first published it in his Flora Anglica, upon the authority of specimens gathered in York- 
shire by Mr. Richardson. Since that period, however, it has been met with both in Scotlam 
and Ireland ; and from the latter country alone I have received fine specimens in fructifica- 
tion, gathered by Miss Hutchins. Roth’s var. 3. of this species I have ventured to make a 
synonvm to the following, J. setacea. The leaves described in this place, as well “ y 
all preceding writers, as simple and clustered, might, perhaps, with more propriety, both m 
this and the following species, be considered as single and cleft to the very base into a number 
of segments ; an opinion which is strengthened by the peculiar structure of the penchaetia 
leaves ; for these appear to be composed of a number of eauline ones connected below and 
havino- as many laeinue as there are leaves united. Dr. Smith has happily remarked that this 
species in a dry state, is distinguished from the mosses among which it grows by its mucoi- 
like annearance arising from the minute capfflaftj or setaceous leaves: in the form of these 
it agrees with no other British species of JungX^nnia, except J. setacea, under the descrip- 
tion of which will be found the characters that more particularly distinguish lem. 
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