( J . ventricosaj 
BRITISH JUNGERMANNIi'E. 
JUNGERMANNIA YENTRICOSA. 
(TAB. XXVIII.) 
Jungermannia, caule prostrato, subramoso: foliis patentibus, subquadratis, obtuse emarginatis, 
lateribus incui'vis : fructu tenninali ; calycibus subsphtericis, dennun oblongo-ovatis; ore contracto, 
plicato, dentato. 
Jungermannia ventricosa. Dicks. Plant. Crypt. Fasc. n. p. 14. With. p. 856. Linn*. Syst . 
Nat. ed. Gmel. n. p. 1349. 
Jungermannia bidendata. y. globulifera. Weber, Spic. FI. Goet. p. 134. 
Jungermannia bidentaia. Schmidel, Diss. Jung. p. 106. f. xiv. 
Jungermannia globulifera. Pollich, Pal. in. p. 182 P Timm. Prodr. Flora Megap. n. 865. 
(fide Rothii). Both, Germ. in. p. 379. 
Jungermannia bicornis. Hoffmann, Germ. ii. p. 89. FI. Dan. t. 888. b. (non. a.J 
Minum fissum. Neck. Meth. Muse. p. 237". 
Jungermannia minor, repens, foliis subrotundis, bifidis, vagina fiorum cylindracea. Micheli, 
Nov. Gen. p. 8. t. 5. f. 13. 
Jungermannia minima, repens, foliis bifidis, vagina fiorum ventricosa. Micheli, Nov. 
Gen. p. 9. t. 5. f. 15. 
Lichenastrum, quod Jungermannia minima, repens, folds bifidis, vagina fiorum ventricosa. 
Dill. Muse. t. 70. f. 14. 
Jungermannia foliis imbricatis, bicuspidatis, globuliferis. Hall. Helv. in. p. 59. 
Hab. In woods. Mr. Dickson . — Not uncommon in various parts of the kingdom. (The 
Rev. Mr. Francis has, for many years, noticed it in the neighborhood of his residence, 
attached both to a boggy and loamy soil, in Holt wood and Lows, as well as in Edgefield 
wood, and on the heath : growing also among Sphagnum.) 
Miss Hutchins has, discovered fructification, in the month of November, about Bantry, 
where it continues in fruit but for a few days. Dr. Taylor finds it upon Boulacross 
mountain, with capsules, in May; and Mr. Mackay, at the same time, near Dublin, with 
calyces, in which state, indeed, it is not uncommon, during most of the spring months. 
In the early part of summer, principally, the Gemma are produced; though Mr. Lyell 
finds them in great perfection in the month of August, and even in the beginning of 
September. 
