(J. resupinataj 
BRITISH J UNGERM ANN IiE. 
on the lower part of the plant the inferior lobe is somewhat larger than the other; 
the lest of the leaves have their lobes equal in size, and every where entire, except 
that some of the terminal ones, with the assistance of a good microscope, may be 
observed to be very minutely, though sharply, crenate ; at the base they are decurrent 
and semi-amplexicaul, so that, except where they are distantly placed, the conduplicate 
leaves entirely sheath and conceal the stem on both sides. Their color is a yellowish 
brown, with but little of a green hue. Their texture less delicate than that of the 
leaves of J. undulata ; the cellules are small and roundish. 
Perigonial leaves, situated at or near the extremity of a stem, and like the cauline ones, 
except in having a ventricose base, and in being generally more crowded. 
The Pericliatial leaves differ only in a slight degree from the rest; their lobes are equal in 
size, and faintly toothed or crenate (f. 5). 
Male Fructification placed in the axillae of the perigonial leaves. Anthers exactly similar to 
those of J. nemorosa and undulata, growing in clusters of from five to six or seven in the axilla 
of each leaf. 
Female Fructification terminal. 
Calyx (f. 8) three quarters of a line, or more, in length, at the base narrow and 
cylindrical, thence becoming depressed, and at the extremity quite flat : in a young- 
state it is much incurved, but, as the fructification advances within, it becomes erect 
and much less depressed. The mouth is truncate and minutely crenate. 
Calyptra (f. 9) obovate, whitish, pellucid, reticulated, terminated by a short style. At its 
base are a few abortive pistilla (f. 10), linear, or a little swelling towards the base, 
marked all over with longitudinal and transverse lines : their mouth is a little expanded. 
Peduncle scarcely half an inch long, white, pellucid, cellulose. 
Capsule ovate, deep brown. 
Seeds (f ' 10 ) of a fulvous brown, spherical; spiral filaments (f. 1C) of the same color, 
composed of a double helix. 
Although the Dillenian figure (t.71. f. 19) has been quoted by almost eveiy writer upon 
the subject, as a synonym to this species, yet it is certain that it only represents a small 
variety of J. nemorosa. It requires, however, to be remarked, that in the original specimen 
there are ™ traces of any lateral fructification, as the plate and description would lead us to 
imagine. With regard to the other references, which I have been led to retain, I regret to say 
uat it is by no means in my power to speak with the certainty I wish. Pollich’s plant is very 
doubtful, and I suspect that both this author, and Lightfoot, may have confounded J. resupinata 
wi h J undulata. Weber's description accords well with our species, except where he remarks 
that the leaves are “ovata, acuminata.- Of the auricles he justly observes that they are 
LeeTCZr altem£E ’ C ° nCaVaSj f ° liis non multhm ™es, rotundate - 
Leeis has done no more than copy the Linnteau character. Roth, as usual original, says that 
