fj, tomentella.) 
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foliis non teque crebris cincti superne et per margines, infernb autem geniculati sunt, foliis 
latiusculis villosis, quibus humi figitur, tecti.” Here Dillenius considers the stipule as a kind of 
leaf; but I can by no means agree with him in supposing that, by help of that part, the plant is 
affixed to the ground, though it is probable that roots are produced immediately from its base, 
by which the plant may be attached to the soil, or to other individuals of its own species. 
Ehrhart, in his Bdtrdge, first applied to this species the appropriate name of tomentella, and 
described it with his usual perspicuity. Weis, on the contrary, Weber, Hudson, Withering, and 
even Lamarck, in his Encyclopedie, have confounded it with the true J. ciliaris. 
The older Botanists called this plant Muscus Absinihii folio ; but a more striking comparison 
would have been with the leaves of the Ceratophyllum. Tournefort adds, “insipidus,” while 
Dillenius remarks, “insipidus non est hie Muscus, sed subacris non tamen amarus.” To me, 
however, it appears to be tasteless, or at most to have only a flavor, which it might imbibe 
from the earth. 
The fructification represented on the plate was drawn from the specimens in the Linneean 
Herbarium. 
REFERENCES TO THE PLATE. 
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1. J. tomentella, natural size. 
2. A female plant of the same, natural size. 
3. Portion of the stem and. branches, seen from beneath, magnified 6 
4. A leaf and stipule 8 
5. Calyx and capsule 8 
(3. Calyx, longitudinally dissected, with the young capsule, footstalk, and its bulb 3 
7. Pericheetial leaves 2 
8. Seeds and spiral filaments 1 
