BRITISH jungermannia. 
(J. injlata.j 
JUNGERMANNIA INFLATA. 
(TAB. XXXVIII.) 
Jungermannia, caule procumbente, simplice, vel ramoso : foliis subrotundis, eoncavis, acutb 
bifidis ; segmentis rectis, obtusis : fructu terminali ; calycibus pyriformibus ; ore contractor dentato, 
Jungermannia inflata. Hods. Angl. p. 511. 
Jungermannia bicrenata. Schmidel, leones, p. 246. t. 64./. 1 . (excl. syn. Dill/ 
Jungermannia bidentata. var. 2. With. hi. p. 853. 
Hab. Moist and frequently boggy places in various parts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. 
In Sussex it abounds on the chalky downs. — (Mr. Lyell finds the anthers in July, in the 
New Forest, Hants. — Calyces are found during the greater part of the year; but capsules 
have been met with only by Miss Hutchins and Dr. Taylor in Ireland during the early 
spring months, and by Mr. Lyell in the New Forest, in July, and again on the ninth of 
January, 1813.) 
Plant growing in very densely-matted patches of considerable extent, conspicuous from their deep 
green or almost black color. 
Root consisting of numerous, minute, short, whitish and simple fibres, thrown out here and 
there from the greater part of the under side of the plant. 
Stems from a quarter to half an inch, or rather more, in length, procumbent, slender, 
filiform, flexuose, simple, or, as is frequently the case, bearing two or three simple 
scattered ramuli, which are either, like the parent stem, procumbent (f. 4), or erect (f. 5), 
when the plant grows among grass or moss. The color varies from a pale green to an 
olive brown. The texture is rather firm, composed of oblong cellules. Innovations are now 
and then found arising from various parts of the stem, which much resemble the 
smaller branches. 
