NUSCI. 



SPHAGNACEiE. 



SPHAGNA ACUTIFOLIA, Schimp. 



Sphagnum fimbriatum, Wils. 



1854. Stansfield Moor, rare. — Nowell, Bailies' Supp. 



1888. Keb Lumb, Stansfield Moor. — T. Stansfield ; Lees Fl. 



Overwood, Hebden Valley, fruiting abundantly. — /. Needham. 



Var. tenue, Grav. & Warnst. 



Under Fould's Hill, Hardcastle. — /. Needham; Broad- 

 head, Erringden ! 



Sphagnum rubellum, Wils. (S. acutifolium, var. rubellum, Russ.) 

 1862. Stansfield Moor.— Nowell; M. & C. Fl. 



Sphagnum subnitens, Russ. & Warnst. 



(S. acutifolium var. plumosum, Milde ; var. Itfte-virens, 

 Braithw.) 

 The most common of the acutifolium group. " S. subnitens is a 

 very characteristic species .... It is distinguished from 

 S. acutifolium especially by the peculiar metallic lustre of 

 the branch leaves, and by the generally non-fibrillose stem 

 leaves produced into a longer or shorter apex, and by the 

 several times septate hyaline cells." E. C. Howell. So far 

 it embraces eleven British varieties, based chiefly on the 

 colour of the tufts. Its approximate range of altitude 

 here is 500 to 1200 ft. 



Var. flavescens, Warnst. 



Fould's Hill, Hardcastle, in fruit. — ■/. Needham. 



Var. flavo -rubellum, Warnst. 



Hebden valley, in fruit. — /. Needham. 



Var. griseum, Warnst. 



Hardcastle ; Hippings Clough, Stansfield ; Woodhey 

 Clough, Erringden. — /. Needham. 



Var. obscurum, Warnst. 



Erringden Moor. — /. T. A spin. 



