BRITISH JUNGERMANNIiE. 
(J. anomalaj 
JUNGERMANNIA ANOMALA. 
(TAB. XXXIV.) 
Jungermannia, caule procumbente, simplice: foliis orbicularibus, his rotundato-ovatis, illis 
ovato-acuminatis : stipulis late subulatis. 
Hab. Holt Lows : Bogs on the south side of Edgefield Hill on the road to Holt; and in 
Holt Wood, growing both upon peat-earth and among Sphagna. Rev. R. B. Francis . — 
Westleton Bogs, near Halesworth, Suffolk; and boggy places in various parts of the 
Highlands of Scotland. — Summit of Devis Mountain, in the county of Antrim; and 
in Annahilt Bog in the county of Down. Mr. Templeton. — Near Bajitry, growing 
among J. excisa. Miss Hutchins. — In bogs at Kinnordy, Kerrie-muir, and in the 
New Forest, Hants. Mr. Lyell. — (At the last-mentioned place Mr. Lyell finds Anthers 
in October. The Gemma are in great perfection in November.) 
Plant growing in loosely entangled and scattered patches, either attached to the earth, or, more 
frequently, to the stems and leaves of Sphagna, among which it is generally found. 
Root consisting of numerous, small, whitish, pellucid, simple fibres, which descend from 
nearly the whole length of the under side of the plant. 
Stems from one to two or even four inches in length, and about a quarter of a line or more 
in diameter, procumbent, flexuose, either simple or producing only one or two short 
lateral innovations from beneath the leaves : its texture is rather firm : its color varies from 
a yellow-green to a dark blown, and in some situations almost to a black; the inno- 
vations are of a more delicate texture, and more distinctly cellular, and partake more 
of the color of the leaves. 
Leaves from half to three-quarters of a line long, more or less distantly placed in a bifarious 
manner, varying in their direction from horizontal to patent and (as is frequently the 
case) to erect, nor less variable in their shape, which is either orbicular, orbicular 
approaching to ovate, or altogether ovate, with acute apices : the orbicular leaves (f. 11) 
are in almost every instance concave on the upper surface and convex beneath : those of 
the second description (f. 12) are likewise slightly concave, whilst those that are ovate 
and acute arc either plane (f. 14) or concave, or have their sides incurved (f. 13). 
