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Jungermannia, N Sp
Autoicous, Male bracts some distance below perianth.
Leaves, small below, .35mm, enlarging gradually above till bracts are reached
-Bracts, .8 wide and .8mm broad.
All broadly ovate, broadest at or below the middle, gradually coming to an
obtuse or obtusely pointed apex. Concave.
Insertion, transverse, as distinctly narrower at point of insertion.
Cells, thin walled, but with minute trigones. above averaging 19u, irregular
(varying between 13 and 23u) gradually but slowly enlarging towards base
of leaf in centre, where averaging 18 by 30u, but on the outside of leaves
at base, very little larger than apical cells. Surface verruculose.
Rhizoids, numerous on stems and innovations.
Perianth usually lateral by innovations, from horizontal to suberect, but
curved, usually ventricose above 1.2mm long by .75mm wide, broadest
below to a point about 2/3 of length, where gradually contracting to a
small mouth, which is .2mm wide, and with numerous crenulations crowded,
short to 2 cells long. Upper part of perianth plicate.
The male bracts more concave than the leaves, shallow basin shaped.