BRITISH JUNGERMANNLE. 
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(J. platyphylla.) 
ever seen the plant, and the representations of a seem to be intermediate between that and y. By 
far the most excellent account of this species is given by Dillenius, though I cannot find that the 
difference, mentioned by this celebrated author, in the leaves of his fig. 33 exists, even in his own 
specimens. Haller is by no means correct in his remark upon Micheli, where he says, “Summos 
ramos terminant. compressae gemmae, Brizce locust is similes, quas pro fructibus Michelius habet: 
veros tamen juniores ramos esse, ex foliis serrate commissis facile agnoscas:” nor is he less in- 
accurate, when, in speaking of the calyces, he describes them as “ rotundi and bivalves". In his 
var. (3. (our Thuja ), he falls into the same error as Dillenius, in attributing to it cordate leaves 
in opposition to those of cc, which he says are ovato-lanceolate. Lamarck, in the Encyclopedic, had 
united this species with his J. cupressiformis* , making our a the /3 of that plant, and our var. Thuja 
the y of it. In the Flore Francoise this excellent naturalist has restored the name platyphylla. The 
var. Thuja, however, is unnoticed in that work, from which, probably, we may infer that it is not a 
native of France. 
REFERENCES TO THE PLATE. 
FIG. 
1. J. platyphylla, natural size. 
2, 3. Var. y. natural size. 
4. Var. /3. natural size. 
5. Portion of the stem and male fructification, magnified 6 
6. Male ramulus, seen from beneath 4 
7. Perigonial leaf and anther 2 
8. 9. Anthers 1 
10. Portion of the stem and leaves, seen from beneath 2 
1 1 . Leaf 1 
12. Stipule 1 
13. Perichcetial leaves 2 
14. Female branch 6 
15. Calyx and capsule * 3 
16. Germen 2 
17. Pistilla 1 
18. Calyptra and capsule 2 
19. Apex of a capsule 1 
20. Seeds 1 
21. Spiral filaments 1 
* J. dilatata. auct. 
