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Crypiogamia. 
Jung. Asplenoides, Spleenwort Jungermannia 5 with 
fronds simply pinnated, leaflets ovate, slightly ciliated. 
In moist woods, at the roots of trees ; and is said to be 
the largest of the British species, 
Jung. Complanata , Flat Pale-green Jungermannia ; 
with creeping shoots ; leaflets eared below, and doubly- 
imbricated ; branches equal. Common on trunks of 
trees. 
Jung. Tamarisci » Red Tamarisk Jungermannia ; with 
leaves imbricated in a double series, upper leaves 
roundish, convex, obtuse, one-fourth larger. On trunks 
of trees, rocks, and in dry stony places ; on the rocks 
of Edinburgh Castle. 
Marchantia. Gen. char,- — ( 1 ) Barren flower, cab 
shield-formed, covered underneath with one-leaved co- 
rollas ; anthers much divided. (2) Fertile flower, cal, 
sessile, bell-shaped ; many-seeded. 
March. Polymorpha, Great Star-headed Marchan- 
tia; with the common calyx ten-cleft ; by the sides of 
wells, and on moist rocks on the banks of rivulets, 
A variety of this plant, which some have considered 
a different species, is smaller in all its parts, excepting 
the umbellated heads ; it grows on walls, rocks, and 
neglected shady garden-walks. 
March. Hemispherical Hemispheric Marchantia ; — . 
with the common calyx five-cleft, hemispherical, and 
destitute of sheath. On wet banks, by the sides of ri- 
vers, not uncommon ; in the King’s Park at Edinburgh. 
The leaves are slightly notched on the margin ; and the 
margin and under surface are of a dai’k-red or claret 
colour, covered with white downy radicles. 
