Peat-Mosses 



spiral thickenings; branch-leaves deeply concave, erect, oval 

 lance-shaped and awl-shaped, apex toothed; margin in-rolled. 



Habit of flowering. Male and female flowers on the same 

 plant (rnonoicous) or on separate plants (dioicous) ; male branches 

 usually red. 



Leaves at tie base of the spore-case (periclcetial leaves}. Ob- 

 long, gradually narrowed to a point, apex sinuous, toothed, 

 recurved. 



Female Perichaetial 

 branch. leaf. 



Sphagnum acutifolium. Stem of moss plant with leafy 

 branches; (d) involucral leaves of the female flower; (a) 

 involucral leaves of the male flowers. 



Perigonial 

 leaf with 



antheridium. 



Male branch, 

 perigonium. 



Sphagnum acutifolium. 



Spore-case. Numerous, on long false pedicels. 

 Spores. Rust-colour, mature in July. 

 Distribution. Universal. 



The Reddish Peat-moss (Sphagnum rubelluni), Weis. 

 Habit and habitat. Common in the Adirondack Mountains. 

 The plants cover sunny bogs with a deep red carpet. 



Name. The specific name is the Latin rubellum, somewhat red. 



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