Sphagnum. SPIIAGXACE.E. 493 



ovate, cucullatc and oLtusish at the apex ; branch leaves loosely imbricated or usually 

 secund and subfalcate, broadly acuminate-elli[)tic, very concave witli incurved mar- 

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

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

 275-i. S. contortum, Schultz; Wilson, 1. c, t. 60, 



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

 Acad. i. 4. 



In wet meadows, jrariposa Grove, and the variety in swamps near llendocino City {Bolandcr) ; 

 Atlantic States and Europe. 



8. S. squarrulosum, Lesq. Imperfectly described : slender, densely cespitose, 

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

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

 i. 3. S. squarrosnvi, var. squarrulosum, Schimp. Syn. 2 ed. 83G. 



Head of William's Lake, near Lassen Peak, at 5,000 feet altitude {Brciccr) ; also detected by 

 Lesquereux in Switzerland. 



