28 THE SPHAGNACE^E OR PEA7-M0SSES OF 



5. mollusca. 



.S. molluscum. 



6. subsecunda. 



5". laricinum, sub secundum. 



7. cymbifolia. 



.S. cymbifolium. 



Some of these, however, appear to be ill-defined and unne- 

 cessary. 



Schimper, in the new edition of his ' Synopsis,' adopts this 

 arrangement, but alters rigida to mollia, and unites mollusca to 

 subsecunda. Klinggraff also in his paper has the same six groups. 



