À REVUE BRYOLOGTQUE, 
type of the species once in New Jersey by the deplored 
Co F. AUSTIN. ; 
Perhaps it will be allowed lo me to give the history of : 
SPHAGNUM PYLAIEI. 
Sph. Pylaiei Brin. Bryol. univ., 1, Sappl., p. 749, n. 19. 
(1827). Suzz. le. musc., pp. 12 et 13, n. 16 (1864), et 
Suppl, p. 15 (1874). S. L. Musc. bor.-am., 2 ed., p. 4, 
nn. 6 et 7 (1865). Aust. Musc. bor. appal., p. 7, n. 23 
(1870). BraïTx. Sphag., pp. 30 et 85, n° 19 (1880). 
Sph. cymbifolium forma juvenilis C. Muzz. Synops. , 1, 
p. 92 (1848). 
 Sph. sedoides var. ? Suzz. in A.-GRay. Man. Bot. U. S., 
2° ed., p. 612 (1856) | 
5: Delln. 
BRaiTaw, Sphagn,, tab, 28. Suzc. Ic. musc., tab. 6, et 
Suppl., tab. 6. 
Exsicc, 
AusT. Musc. appal., n° 23. S. L. Muse. bor.-am. , 2° ed. , 
nn, 6 et 7. 
Var. f. SEDOIDES ( Brid. ) Aust. 
Sph. sedoides Brin. Bryol. univ., 4, Suppl., p. 750, n° 21 
(4827). Suuz. Muse. allegh., p. 50, n. 208 (1846); in 
A.-GRay. Man. Bot. U. S.,2 ed., p. 612, n° 8 (1856); Ic. . 
musce., pp. 11 et 15, n. 15 (1864). S. L. Musc. bor.-am., 
2 ed., p. 4, n. 5 (1865). Ling. in Act. soc. scient. fenn,, 10, 
p: 96 (1871). | 
ie | forma juvenilis C. Muzc. Synops., 1, 
p. 92 (1848). 
Sph. subsecundum J. Lance in F1. dan. , 16, fase. 46, p. 17, 
p. p. (1867). | 
Sph. Pylaiei var. sedoides Aust. Musc. appal. , p. 7, n. 24 
(1870). PLEEE Sphagn. , p. 86 (1880). 
D, 
Brarruw. Sphag , tab. 98, fig. 6. FL. DAN. , 16, fasc. 46, 
tab. 2754, figg. 6 et v. Suzz. Ic. musc,, tab. 6. 
cc, 
Aus. Musc. appal., n. 94. S. L. Musc. bor.-am., 2 ed. , 
n. à. SuLL. Muse. allegh., n° 208, . 
Bripez has also 1. c. p. 751 given a variety of his Sp4. 
sedoides , namely var. $ prostratum (Sph. prostratum La Pys 
Mss.) : « caulibus prostratis divisis superne rarmulosis » with 
the habitat : in Armoricæ occidentalis mmterioris turfosis palu- 
dosisque depressis inter montes Arrées ad pedem montis St- 
Michel prope Châteaulin , rarissime. » | 
May this form perhaps be the same as the plant collected 
