( J. multifida.) 
BRITISH JUNGERMANNI/E. 
The true calyx does not appear to have been noticed by any author, and, indeed, is not readily 
observable, except before the exsertion of the calyptra, which Schmidel has mistaken for it. 
Neither do the Gemma;*, figured by this author, (his Anthers, see his leones, t. 55. f. 6 ) accord 
in situation with those which have been communicated to me by Mr. Lyell, and which, in all the 
specimens, were collected together beneath an incurved extremity of the frond; whilst those of 
Schmidel are collected in a mass at the very apex. “ Verno tempore,” he says, <f Martio aut 
Aprili, interdhm jam autumno praegresso, antequam ullus calix notabilithr excrevit, certe antequam 
ulhts aperitur, in ramulorum extremorum corniculatorum apicibus plurimis adparere solent vesicuke 
minutissimae, tota reliquk substantia pellucidiores et in flavum colorem vergentes. Hae vesiculae 
post aliquam moram fatiscere, et membranulas exsuccas relinquere videntur, qua; pellicularuiu 
albarum forma apicibus ramorum passim inhaerere solent. Vero quidem non absimile videtur, in 
his vesiculis succum faecundantem elaborari et contineri, cujus receptacula absolute functione 
flaccescunt.” leones, p. 215. 
REFERENCES TO THE PLATE. 
FIG. 
1. J. multifida, natural size. 
2. var. /3. sinuata, natural size. 
3. 4. J. multifida, with female fructification, natural size. 
5. Sterile plant, magnified 6 
6. Female plant 5 
7. Female plant 5 
8. Portion of a male frond 4 
9. Anther if erous tubercle, dissected 2 
10. Anther 1 
11. Calyptra 4 
12. Capsule, with its valves expanded 4 
13. Calyptra, longitudinally dissected, to shew the young capsule 4 
14. Seeds and spiral filaments 4 
1 5. The same 1 
1C. Calyx and young calyptra 4 
17. Calyx torn open to exhibit the pistilla 2 
18. Extremity of a gemmiferous frond 4 
19. Gemmce 1 
* It is possible that these are intended for the Anthers of J. palmata, which Schmidel does not appear to have 
been acquainted with as a distinct species ; yet, so acute an observer would hardly have permitted the footstalks 
to have escaped his notice. — Hoffmann, in his Flora Germanica, indeed, under J. palmata, says, Hujus loci vet 
peculiars species videtur Jung, multijida, Schmidel, leones, t, 55.” 
