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Patria. Nova Seelandia, insula australis, pr. Greymouth: 
R. Helms 1885. 
Sph. cymbifoio simile et affıne, sed foliorum rameorum 
forma jam distinetum. . 
4. Sphagnum (Platysphagnum) loricalum n. sp.; robustum ca, 
4-pollicare latum ex albido dilute rufescens in ramos robustos 
similes divisum, coma robusta ramulis brevibus obtusis ut rami 
latiusculis loricato-foliosis coronatum molle, ramis confertis 
erectis vel patenti-recurvulis cuspidatis; folia caulina squami- 
forıni-ligulata opice rotundata basi e cellulis longiuseulis laxis 
valde serpentinis inanibus apice valde repletis itaque angulatis 
reticulata; ramea loricato-conferta e basi lato-ventricosa coch- 
leariformi in collum breve margine apieis involuto cucullatum 
obtusatum attenuata, e cellulis brevibus amplis valde repletis 
itaque angulatis quorum parietes tenuissimi coımposita; pedun- 
eularia permagna convolutacea e basi latissima oblonga regu- 
lariter concavä in ligulam angustiorem summitate vix truncato- 
acutiusculam integram undulatam attenuata, e cellulis basi 
laxis longis serpentinis inanibus superne brevioribus ampliori- 
bus repletis angulatis composita; theca magna globosa. Cellulae 
ramorum inanes. 
Patria. Brasilia subtropica, insula $. Franzisco in 
paludibus: Ernestus Ule legit Octobri 1884. 
Planta speciosa quoad staturam robustam, colorem albido- 
rubentem, ramulos confertos latos patenti-recurvatos foliaque 
robusta loricato-imbricata jam distinguenda, Sphagno !cymbifolio 
var. pyenoclado aliquantulum similis. — Folia peduneularia 
juvenilia parva ligulato-ovalia apice valde rotundata e cellulis 
brevioribus amplioribus ubique aequalibus atque inanibus reti- 
culata, gibboso-ventricosa. Sph. perichaeliale Hpe. albidius statura 
minore, coma pro plantula majore, ramis irregulariter confertis 
tenuioribus, folüs minoribus haud loricato-imbricatis aliisque 
notis differt. 
5. Sphagnum (Platysphagnum) Puiggari n. sp.; caulis gracilis 
paucirameus angulato-flexuosus albescens ca, 3-pollicaris et 
ultra, ramis brevibus pro more singulis patentibus vel recurvis 
rigido-foliosis paucifoliis nec cuspidatis, in coma minuta densius 
aggregatis robustioribus brevissimis vix gemmaceo-oblusis sub- 
stellato-foliosis vel parum longioribus patulifoliis; folia caulina 
in axi rubente tenui sed cortice hyalino pluricelluloso inani 
majuscula tenera, e basi angustiore late ovalia et late rotun- 
