Sphiujiutm. SrilAGNACE.K. 423 



ovate cucullate and obtusish at the apex ; brancli leaves loosely imbricated or usually 

 secund and subfalcate, broadly acuniinatc-ellii.tic, very concave with incurved mar- 

 gins, 2 - 3-toothed at the apex ; ducts much compressed : llowers dioecious : capsule 

 long-pedicelled. — Lryol. Germ. i. 17, t. 3; Schimp. 1. c, t. 22, 23: Fl. Dan. t 

 2754. .S'. contort nm, Schultz; Wilson, 1. c, t. GO. 



Var. longifolium, Lesq. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, elongated. — Mem. Calif. 

 Acad. 1. 4. 



Ill wet n.oadows MMiiposa Grove, an.l tl.e variety in swamps near Memlocino City (Bolandcr) • 

 Atlantic btates and Knioiic. '' ' ' 



8. S. squarrulosum, Les.p Imperfectly described : slender, den.sely cespitose, 

 deep green above, whitish beneath ; cortex double ; branches long, slender: branch 

 leaves lanceolate, scpiarrose above the middle : fruit unknown. — Mem. Calif. Acad. 

 1. 3. ,S'. sqiiarrosH7)i, var. squarrulosum, ISchimp. 8yn. 2 ed. 83G. 

 Lcl^ ul-^ "^ ^yiIIian^3 Lake, near Lassen Peak, at 5,000 feet altitude {Brewer) ; also detected by 



