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humiles robusti flavo-albidi firmiuseuli; caulis inferior flaceidior, 
superior coma parva sed robusta e ramulis brevissimis densis- 
sime congregatis obtusissimis gemmaceo-acutis curvulis veluti 
bullatis composita ornatus; folia caulina remots tenera late 
ligulato-ovalia rotundato-obtusata sed parum truncalo-exesa 
cochleariformi-concava distinete hyalino-marginata, e cellulis 
angustis densiuscule repletis teneris reticulata; ramea minora 
convolutaceo-ovalia parum acuminata distincte truncata exesa 
et marginata eodem modo reticulata minute porosa; peduncu- 
laria omnium foliorum maxima lato-ovalia convolutacea apice 
late truncato pluries exesa ınarginata, e cellulis basi magnis 
laxis flexuosis inanibus superne angustis dense repletis compo- 
sita; pedunculus apiealis et lateralis pro more elongatus, capsula 
parva urnacea late truncata terminatus. Cellulae ramorum 
parallelae longiusculae hic illic vix corniformi-incurvae inanes. 
Patria. Australia, N. S. Wales, Waterloo marshes prope 
Sydney, Novbr. 1883: J. Whitljegge; Victoria, Berwick: G. W. 
Robinson. Hb. Melbourne. 
Sphagno subsecundo affıine et simile, sed ramis multo brevio- 
ribus nunquam falcatis et foliis latiuscule marginatis jam diver- 
sum, coma densissima pro plantula magno facile cognoscendum. 
A Sph. subeontorio Hpe. coma densa e ramulis brevibus obtusis 
composita visu primo distinguitur. 
13. Sphagnum (Acisphagnum) fluchuans n. sp.; caulis fluitans 
axi tenuissimo tenaci longissimo velufi repente et hie illie 
plantas pusillas quasi conglomeratas minutas vel majores chloro- 
Ehyllosas comam alicujus Sphagni referentes emittens; ramuli 
hujus comae laxe dispositi inaequales laxe foliosi, foliis flac- 
eidis plus minus cineinnato-contortis madore strietis plus minus 
elongatis patulis diffieile ewollientibus, e basi oblongata angusta 
in laminam lato-linealem longaın planam summitate in 4-6 
dentes grosse exesam attenuatis latiuscule marginatis teneris 
dilute chlorophyllosis concavis, e cellulis elongatis angustis basi 
distinclis et plus minus imperfecte repletis superne quasi con- 
flatis pro more inanibus retieulatis, Cellulae ramorum inanes. 
Sph. marginatum var. flucluans Hmp. 
Patria. Africa australis, Gnadenthal, in aquis fluitantibus : 
Breutel in Hb. Hmp. 1858. 
Species ob folia siveitate fere torta madore dimorpha sub- 
planissima chlorophyliosa memorabilis. Ex habitu ad Sph« 
laxifohum accedit. 
