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The poorly pored forms of these varieties constitute the Sphag- 

 num obesiim Warnst. 



The typical form has not hitherto been met with in Fær. 



Var. inundatum (Russ.) m. 



Frequent in boggy placcs. Only barren. First discovered by Lb. 

 Syd.; San do; Vaago; Str. ; Nolso; Ost.; Bord 6. 



Var. crassicladum (Warnst.) m. 



Rare, in decp water. Only barren. Syd.: Vaag (!). Str.: Glivers- 

 rejn and Varden near Tborsbavn [W); Hvidenæs; Gjoverbotn ncar 

 Kvivig (!). 



Var. Gravetii (Russ.) m. 



Common on wet or boggy ground. Only barren. First discovered 

 by R. Syd.; San do; Vaago; Myggenæs; Str.; Ost.; Bord 6. 



103. S. Russowii W^arnst. 



B., Nw. (c.). — Fær., very rare. On wet, mossy declivities. Only 

 barren. Ost.: Stolafjæld, near the suniniit, 500 ni.; Trelavandsskardet, 



300 ni. (!). 



104. S. fuscum (Schimjir.) KMnggr. 



B., Nw. (c.j. — Fær., very rare. On wet or boggy ground, Ironi 

 200 ni. to 450 m. Only barren. Str.: Below Orvesfjæld, 450 ni.; Saxen- 

 dalen, ab. 200 111. (!l Ost.: Near Bredaskard, 430 ni. (!). 



105. S. rubellum Wils.^, S. lenellum (Schimpr.) KHnggr. 



B., I., Nw. (w. c.). — Fær., common. Wet or boggy piaces, from 

 100 ni. to ab. 500 m. Only barren. First discovered by Lb. Syd.; 

 San do; Vaago; Str.; Ost.; Bord 6. 



106. S. Warnstorfii Russ. 



B., I., Nw. (w. c.?). — Fær., very rare. On wet ground. Ost.: Stola- 

 Ijæ'ld, ab. 400 iii. (!). Bordo: Above Strand, 800 m. (!). 



107. S, quinquefarium (Braithw.) Warnst. 



B., Nw. (w. c. suba.). — Fær., frequent. On moist ground, on mossy 

 banks and declivities, from low-lying parts to ab. 500 ni. Only barren. 

 Syd.; Sando; Vaago; Str.; Ost.; Bordo; Videro. 



Very variable in size and colour, and usually of a softer habit 

 than most of the Continental forms which I have seen. 



^ I do not understand on what grounds my friend Warn storf continually 

 nanies this species Sphagnum IcncUiim, since that name in 182() ^vas already given 

 to another species. In 1892 he himself admitted to me, that therc is no imperative 

 reason for preferring the name tenelliim to that of the older rnbclliim. 



