BRITISH JUNGERMANNIJE. . Taylori.J 
JUNGERMANNIA TAYLORI. 
(TAB. LVII.) 
Jungermannia, caule erecto, subsimplice ; foliis bifariis, rotundatis, (siccitate punctatis,) patentibus, 
secundisve : stipulis late subulatis : fructu terminali ; calycibus ovatis, apice compressis, truneatis, 
bilabiatis. 
Hab. Toulagee, a lofty mountain in the county of Wicklow, Ireland. Dr. Taylor. — Found 
also in the vicinity of Bantry, by Miss Hutchins. — Two miles from Ambleside, to the north 
of the Penrith road ; and on the rock, behind the hill, at Patterdale, near Ullswater, 
Cumberland, in great plenty, and in the highest beauty, together with J. radicans and 
J. barbata. Mr. Lyell. — Upon Cairn-gorum, and other mountains of the Highlands of 
Scotland. — Mr. Don finds it upon the Clova mountains. 
Plant growing in rather large patches, as dense as those of Sphagnum latifolium. 
Roots issuing in small tufts of simple, whitish fibres, from near the base of the stipules. 
Stems erect, from two or three, to four and even five inches in length, filiform, flexuose, 
simple, or now and then producing one or two small innovations, which are more 
generally found about the extremity of the stem, and especially in the fructified 
specimens, than in any other part of the plant, or in its barren state. The substance is 
rather firm, at the base even rigid, when dry, and brownish ; towards the apex more 
succulent, having the cellules distinctly visible with a lens, and of a green or purplish 
tinge. 
Leaves about three quarters of a line in length, at least near the middle of the sterile 
individuals ; for, as they recede from that part, they gradually become smaller (f. 3). 
In the female plants, on the contrary, the largest leaves are those which appioach the 
calyx (f. 4). They are every where rather closely and bifariously placed, slightly 
imbricating each other, alternate, horizontally patent with regard to the stem, 01 , not 
unfrequently, erect and secund, as is represented at the base of fig. 4 : their foim is round 
or suborbicular, plane or very slightly concave, at the margins entire, sometimes a little 
waved, and at the extremity a small portion is generally recurved, as is more distinctly 
seen on the underside of the leaves (f. 5) : their base is decurrent and obliquely semi- 
