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marginata integerrima tenera, e cellulis angustis longiusculis 
ubique regulariter repletis reticulata; rames dense conferta 
saepius squamato-lata membranacea nitida saepius tortula, e 
basi oblonga plus minus elongate attenuata, margine apieis 
parum involutacea, late marginata, saepius planiuscula, semper 
summitate valde truncata pluries coronario-dentata instructa, 
e cellulis angustis teneris regulariter repletis reticulata. Cellulae 
ramorum longiusculae inanes. Caetera ignota. 
Sph. Capense Hsch. in Linnaea XV. p. 113? Desecriptio 
pessima! 
Patria. Africa australis, monte tabulari: Spielhaus 
1877, Montagu-Pass, Octobri 1875: Dr. A. Rehmann; Houtbay 
in faueibus: idem; in montibus supra Worcester: idem ; Simons 
Town, in montibus humidis: Ch. Wright. 
Species distinctissima Sphagno subsecundo aliquantulum similis 
foliis rameis elongatis subplanis membranaceis nitidis et semper 
coronario-truncato-dentatis facillime distinguenda, 
11. Sphagnum (Comatosphagnum) elegans n. sp.; caulis gracilis 
tenuis 6—8-pollicaris elegantissime ramosus pallide viridis; rami 
plerumgue binati graciles distantes remoti valde deflexe sub- 
julaceo-teretiusculi attenuati; comales comam pro planta gracilem 
robustam sistentes, inferiores maxime deflexi superiores brevis- 
simi acutati; folia caulina parva remotissima latiuscule ligulato- 
hastata plana summitate vix acuta parunı truncata dentato-exesa, 
e cellulis angustis duplicatis valde flexuosis pallidis inanibus 
subeonflatis reticulata ad caulem pallidum plus minus reflexa; 
ramea dimorpha: inferiora ovali-acuminata vix truncata anguste 
eymbiformi-concava valide regularia, e cellulis brevibus amplio- 
ribus inanibus reticulata, pallidissime angustissime marginata, 
superiora longiora apice margine parum involutacea vix trun- 
cata et exesa, partim vel omnino e cellulis dense repletis an- 
gustioribus composita. Cellulae ramorum inanes parallelae nec 
corniformi-curvatae. Caetera ingnota. 
Patria, Nova Seelandia, insula australis, in paludibus prope 
Greymouth ad latus australasiacum: R. Helms 1885 Ig. 
Species elegantissima, foliis rameis dimorphis, i. e. fibris 
annularibus et repletis maxime memorabilis, habitu ad Sphagna 
cuspidäata accedens, sed foliis comalibus nec squarrosis sed con- 
fertis et ramulum julaceum sistentibus propria, magis ad Sphagna 
subsecunda inclinans. 
12. Sphagnum (Comalosphagnum) comosum n. sp.; cespites 
