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Jungermannia # sp Nov
Plante pleurocarpous through numerous innovations beyond female inflorescence
autoicous,anthridial bracts some little distance below perianth.
Plants small,usually under 1 cm long.Leaves frequently subsecund (refer to
MacVicars plate of J atrovirens,Fig 1 )but sometimes biplanteate.
Leaves broadly ovate,clasping stem,attache much as in Figs 1 -nd 2 under
J sphaerocarpa,by MacVicar,concave,usually largest just below perianths,
where up to 1.1mm long and 1.05 broad,smaller below.Attachus oblique,narrowed
at insertion to .3mm;up to a. The leaves broadest below middle,narrowed above
to a rounded apex. Cells,apical averaging 10 u,rather irregular (13-22u)
in size,somewhat thick walled,with small trigones. Gradually larger below,
at base in centre up to 30 X 18 u.but at margins distinctly smaller and
more isodiametric. Surface verruculose.
Perianths oblique by continuance of innovations; 1.30 mm long,by .8 mm
wide at or about centre,which is swollen to ventricose. Mouth .2 mm wide
deeeply plicate,with numerous long celldd crenulations,1-2 cells high,base
.3 mm. Rhizoids numerous on stems
Type,Canyon Creek,Monte Vista Dam,Placer Co,California,July 11,1933,
Coll W A MacFadden. In Herb MacFadden