Mosses and Lichens 



Stem with three leaves 

 and three branches, two 

 spreading and one pen- 

 dent. 



Female branch. 

 Sphagnum rubellum. 



Branch leaf. 



Plant (gametophyte).-- Resembling Sphagnum acutifolium, 

 stems softer and more slender. 



Leaves. Stem-leaves broad, obtuse, sometimes with fibrils in 

 the cells; branch-leaves shorter, oval oblong, apex obtuse, three- 

 toothed. 



Habit of flowering. Male and female flowers on separate plants 

 (dioicous). 



The Pointed Peat-moss (Sphagnum cuspidatum), Ehrh. 



Habit and habitat. Green or brown, floating in loose tufts in 

 ponds and on the borders of streams flowing from bogs. 



Apex. 



Leaves of divergent 

 branch. 



Stem leaves. 



Sphagnum riibellum 

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