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dato-obtusata apice parum cucullata integerrima immarginata, 
e cellulis amplis tenerrimis brevibus valde flexuosis late fibrosis 
reticulata; ramea laxe imbricata patula minora sed robustiu- 
scula, e basi ovali in collum angustius margine latiuscule vel 
omnino convolutum apice rotundato-obtusatum attenuata, juven- 
tute dorso distinetius bigibboso-concava, ut caulina reticulata 
repleta. Cellulae ramorum inanes. Caetera ignota, 
Sphagnum submolluscum Hpe. in Enumeratione Muscorum 
hactenus in provinciis Brasil. Bio de Janeiro et $. Paulo 
deteetorum (Havniae, 1879), pag. 2 ex parte, 
Patria. Brasilia australis extratropica, in provineia 8. 
Paulo prope Apiahi: Puiggari 1878 legit. 
Sphagnum submolluscum Hpe. verum e sectione Malacosphagni 
foliis truncatis exesis jam toto coelo differ. — Ex habitu 
medium tenet inter Plaiysphagnum et Malacosphagnum, veluti 
diminutivum Sphagni rigidi, sed ramis nec compacto-aggregatis. 
6. Sphagnum (Platysphagnum) tursum n. sp.; monoicum; 
caulis elongatus ca. 6-uncialis robustus turgidus rigidus, ramis 
plerumque binis recurvis distantibus apice in comam magnam 
turgidissimam congestis brevissimis turgide juläceis obtusis; 
folia eaulina pro planta robusta parva e basi late truncat& 
late squamiformi-ligulata rotundata, e cellulis laxis amplis 
brevibus valde flexuosis spice solum tenerrime repletis reti- 
culata tenera; ramea conferta turgescentia robusta sed pro 
plauta parva e basi angustata rotundo-ovali in collum breve 
ob marginem convolutum cucullatum obtusatum dorso apieis 
ob cellulas brevissime tenuissime aculeatas scabrum producta 
cochleariformi-concava immarginata, e cellulis amplis brevibus 
ob fibras annulares permultas valde angulatis retieulata; pedun- 
cularia magna elongata e basi lato-ovali oblongato-lanceolata 
acutiuscula sed aetate facile disrumpendo truncata et erosa, 
inferne e cellulis laxis elongatis angustis flexuosis inanibus 
superne rameis (brevibus amplis valde repletis) reticulata 
immarginafa; theca magna robusta globosa microstoma siccitate 
urceolata. 
Patria, DBrasilis subtropica, insula $. Franzisco in palu- 
dibus: Ernestus Ule Octobri 1884. 
A Sph. cymbifolio affini caule rigido robustissimo, inflores- 
centia monoica, foliis rameis apice scabris atque pedunculari- 
bus acutatis jam longe differt. Cellulae caulis seriem simplicem 
sistentes inanes. Planta speciosa, cujus folia perigonialia per- 
