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ties are accorded the dignity of specific rank. On the authority of 
Warnstorf no less than eleven new species of Sphagnum may be added 
to the thirty ' already accredited to Connecticut. These various 
additions are noted in the following paragraphs together, in some 
instances, with brief comment regarding the specimens on which the 
Connecticut record is based. In cases where no material can be found 
in the herbarium of Yale University to represent particular species 
cited by Warnstorf the record is quoted solely on his authority, as is 
indicated by the use of quotation marks. 
SPHAGNUM FLAVICOMANS (Card.) Warnst. (S. subnitens Russ. & 
Warnst., var. flavicomans (Card.) Warnst.). For definite localities 
see under S. subnitens in Bryophytes of Connecticut. 
SPHAGNUM SUBTILE (Russ.) Warnst. (S. acutifolium Ehrh., var. 
subtile Russ.). “Connecticut (Evans, Eaton)" In the opinion of 
Dr. Andrews this is not specifically distinct from S. rubellum. 
SPHAGNUM AMBLYPHYLLUM Russ. (S. recurvum Beauv., var. ambly- 
phyllum (Russ.) Warnst.). For definite stations see under S. recurvum 
in Bryophytes of Connecticut. 
SPHAGNUM RUPPINENSE Warnst. “Connecticut, Bethany (Evans, 
No. 226)." This is the only extra-European station cited for the 
species. The number quoted, however, does not appear on any of the 
specimens in the Yale herbarium. Evans, No. 224, is labeled S. 
cuspidatum, var. faleatum Russ., forma mollis Warnst. and it seems 
barely possible that this is the specimen to which reference is intended. 
Both S. ruppinense and the next species are regarded by Dr. Andrews 
as varieties of S. cuspidatum. 
SPHAGNUM VIRGINIANUM Warnst. “Connecticut, Bethany (Evans, 
No. 226)." It will be observed that the Connecticut citation for this 
species is identical with that given for S. ruppinense. 
SPHAGNUM FRANCONIAE Warnst. “Connecticut (Eaton).” Var. 
robustum Warnst. “Connecticut, Branford (Eaton, No. 96)." Ac- 
cording to Warnstorf this is a submersed form similar in habit to S. 
rufescens or S. cuspidatum, var. submersum. The specimen from 
Bethany, distributed by Eaton & Faxon ? as No. 96 and bearing the 
latter name may possibly be the plant now referred as-var. robustum 
to S. Franconiae. 
! In the opinion of Dr. A. LeR. Andrews and of the writer the Connecticut specimens 
heretofore referred to S. Garberi Lesq. & James belong to S. compactum DC. 
? Sphag. Bor. Amer. Exsic. 
