ICONES MUSCOB1 ftf. 



SPHAGNUM MOLLE, Sulliv. 



Tab. 4. 



Plant/E tcnella), delicatulai, dense csespitosa}, e viridulo al- 

 bescentes vel dilutissime fuscesccntcs. 



Caulis subindivisus, 2- 3-uncialis, strato corticali dupliei in- 

 dutus, confertissime ramulosus : ramulis 2-3 fasciculatis sub- 

 eonsimilibus erecto-patentibus ; cellulis corticalibus in strato 

 simpliei dispositis inaequalibus, majoribus elongatis apice re- 

 curvulo truncato apertis. 



Folia caulina approximata, ampla, oblonga, obtusa, patentia et 

 deflexa ; cellulis byalinis baud vel parce spiriferis : folia ramu- 

 lina tenerrima, oblongo-ovata, recta vel recurvula, superne con- 

 voluta, apice truncato denticulata, angustissime marginata ; cel- 

 lulis byalinis latiuscule angulato-fusiformibus, poris et fibrillis 

 baud nunierosis ; cellulis cbloropbyllosis tenuissimis, ad con- 

 cavaui folii faciem emersis inque sectione transversali triangu- 

 laribus. 



Flores dioici: antberidia secus ramulos proprios erectos 

 breves disposita, subglobosa, longe pedicellata, perigonialibus 

 lateralia ; parapbysibus filiformibus ramosis. 



Capsula globosa, in caulis capitulo emersa: pericbastium baud 

 dissolutum ; folia superiora late oblongo-ovata, convolnta, sum- 

 mo apice 2-3-dentato constricta ; rete inferne prosencbymati- 

 cum, elongato-bexagono-rbomboidcum e cellulis bomomorpbis 

 exstructum, superne spbagnoideum ; poris atque fibrillis omnino 

 nullis. 



Sphagnum molle, Sulliv. Muse. Alleghan. No. 205 ; Mosses U. States, 

 p. 13 ; Sulliv. & Lesqx. Muse. Bor.-Amer. Exsice. (ed. 1), No. 16. 



Sphagnum tabulate, Sulliv. Muse. Alleghan. No. 204; Mosses U. States, 

 p. 12, pro parte. 



Sphagnum compactum & var., Brid. e Mull. Synop. Muse. 2, p. 539. 



