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ramorum inanibus aliisque caracteribus certe refugiens. Species 
spectabilis pulchra, Sphagno cymbifolio var. brachyclado Warnst. 
e statura atque ramificatione affinis. 
2. Sphagnum (Platysphagnum) Whiteleggei n. sp.; caulis ro- 
bustus rigidus virenti-albescens aetate subcoerulescens ca. 4-polli- 
caris simplex vel divisus, ramis confertis robustis squalidis 
cuspidatis recurvatis, comam minutam indistinetam s$istentibus 
brevioribus subjulaceis; folia caulina e basi latissima lato- 
ligulata rotundato-obtusata apice tenero plerumque lacerata 
tenera involutacea magna inaequalia immarginata, e cellulis 
amplis laxis valde flexuosis inanibus superne rarius tenerrime 
repletis maxime hyalinis reticulata; ramea robusta conferta, 
valde regulariter formata e basi parum latiore ovali-oblonga, 
apice margine plus minus late involutaceo tenuiter denticulata, 
e cellulis magnis amplis breviusculis angulate repletis summitatis 
dorso distinete breviter aculeatis protuberantibus composita. 
Cellulae ramorum repletae, Üaetera ignota. Sph. pachycladum 
C. Müll, in Hb. Geheeb. 
Patria, Australia, N, S, Wales, Blue Mountains, Lawson: 
Whitelegge 1884. Bunip Creek: v. Müller 1854. Hb. 
Melbourne, Sydney: Domina Kayser in Hb. Geheeb 1872, 
Braidwood-Distrietus: W. Bäuerlen Decembri 1884. Hb. 
Melbourne. 
Species distincta Sphagno cymbifolio quidem simile et affine, 
sed foliis rameis apice dorsi aculeolatis jam toto coelv diversum. 
Sphagno cristalo Hpe. ob folia summitate dorso aculeolato proxi- 
mum, sed ramis porrecto-cuspidatis jam recedens. 
3, Sphagnum (Platysphagnum) leionotum n. sp.; caulis elongatus 
simplex vel divisus robustus albidus, ramis patentibus vel 
reeurvis binis plus minus confertis euspidatis latiusculis, in 
coma brevioribus densioribus obtusis atque cuspidatis; folia 
caulina remota pro plantula parva e basi latiore panduraeformi- 
ligulata rotundato-obtusata tenera planiuscula apice saepius 
lacerata, e cellulis amplis iterum tenuiter partitis laxis inanibus 
valde flexuosis reticulata; ramea conferta e basi rotundato-ovali 
latiuscula valde concavä in laminam attenuatam convolutaceam 
obtusiusculam protraeta tenuissime marginata, e cellulis brevius- 
culis angustis angulato-serpentinis reticulata, tenera dorso 
glabra. Cellulac ramorum inanes. Caetera ignota. 
Sph. trachynolum C. Müll. n. sp, in Collectione Helmsiana, 
