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HI. — On Bog Mosses. By R. Braithwaite, M.D., F.L.S., &c. 
Plates XCII. and XCIII. 
18. Sphagnum intermedium Hoffmann. 
Deutschlands Flora II. p. 22 (1796). 
Plate XOII. 
Syn. — Sphagnum palustre, molle, deflexum, sqnamis capillaceis. Dill. Hist. Muse, 
p. 243, tab. 32, fig. 2 A (1741). — Sph. recurvum P. Beauv. Prodr. p. S8 (1805). — 
Brid. Bry. Univ. I, p. 13(1826). — Lindb. Torftn. No. 3 (1862). — Berkeley Handb. 
Br. Mosses, p. 308 (1863). Sph. cuspidatum Nees, Hsch. & St. Bry. Germ. p. 23, 
Tab. IV. Fig. 9 (1823). — C. Mull. Synop. Muse. I. p. 96 (1849). — Schpr. Torfm. 
p. 60, Tab. XVI, fig. 1 (1858). Synop. p. 675 (1860). Russow Torfm. p. 55 
(1865). — Milde Bry. Siles. p. 383 (1869). — et p. p. aliorum auct. Sph. cuspidati- 
forme Brectel Bot. Zeit. 1824, p. 407. — Brid. Bry. Un. I. p. 752. Sph. Mougeotii 
Schpr. in Moug. & Nestl. St. Crypt. Vog. — Rhen. fasc. XIV, No. 1306. Sph. 
flexuosum Dozy & Molk. FI. Batav. p. 76, tab. III. Sph. cuspidatum and var. /3, 
recurvum Wilson Bry. Brit. p. 21. 
Dioicous. Plants robust , straight, in large, dense or lax tufts ; 
yellow-green, pale green or sometimes pale ferruginous above, pale 
brown or whitish below. Stems 6-12 in. high, greenish white ; the 
cortical cells small, thin, not porose, in 2-3 layers ; woody zone 
narrow, pale yellowish. Cauline leaves rejlexed, rather small , 
ovato- triangular, minutely auricled, without fibres or gores, 
EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 
Plate XCII. 
Sphagnum intermedium. 
а. — Female plant, a cT — Part of male plant. 
1. — Part of stem with branch fascicle. 
2. — Male inflorescence. 2 6. — Bract with antheridium. 
3. — Periclisetium and fruit. 4. — Bract from same. 
5. — Stem leaf. 5 a a. — Areolation of apex. /3 5. — Stem leaf of var. riparium. 
б. — Leaf of divergent branch. 6'. — The same in a dry state. 6#. — Section. 
6 p. — Point of same. 6 c.— Cell from middle x 200. 
7. — Basal intermediate leaves. 
8. — Leaf of a pendent branch. 
9 x. — Part of section of stem. 
10. — Part of a branch denuded of leaves. 
Plate XCIII. 
Sphagnum cuspidatum. 
а. — Female plant, a d\ — Male plant. 
1. — Part of stem with branch fascicle. 
2 b . — Bract with antheridium. 
4. — Perichsetial bract. 
5. — Stem leaves. 5 a a. — Areolation of apex. 
б. — Branch leaves. 6 x. — Section. 6p . — Point of same. 6 c. — Cell from middle 
X 200. 
7. — Basal intermediate leaf. 
9 a?. — Part of section of stem. 
/3. — Var. plumosum. 6 £. — Branch leaf of same. 
y. — Var. hypnoides. 
6 5. — Branch leaf of var. Torreyi. 
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