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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Jungermanniaceae — a group ofliverworts .
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Examples
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In the first which is Cryptogamma, the resemblance of the young ramenta to the anthers of Jungermannia is evident enough, they are capital, and the head is at one period filled with granular matter: so are the cells throughout, to a greater or less extent.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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The true mosses (_Musci_) resemble in many respects the higher liverworts, such as _Madotheca_ or _Jungermannia_, all of them having well-marked stems and leaves.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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Auriculatum folio - lum: twilled into the form of a little ear, as in Jungermannia ciliaris.
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Applied to anthers — to briftles; as in Lcontodon hifpidum, Arabis tha - liana — to fronds, as in Jungermannia fur - cate — andtoftemsj but dichotomous is more proper.
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CHMiDEL Jn Differtationibus de Baxbaumia, Bla - iia, Jungermannia, cum iconibus niti - dijjimis. jSCHRE -
Caroli a Linné equit. aur. de stella polari archiatri regii med. et botan. profess. Upsal. Acad ... 1790
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