66 THE SPHAGNACEsE OR PEAT-MOSSES OF 



Var. ft. squarrosulwn, Russow. 



Plants very small, branch leaves recurved at apex ; branches 

 shorter, scarcely curved. 



Synon. — Sph. Girgensohnii var. squarrosulum, Russow, Torfm. p. 47. Schimp. 

 Synop. ed. 2, p. 828. 



Hab. — Wet grassy places, at Appelsee and Ziegelskoppel, near Dorpat. 



14. Sphagnum acutifolium, Ehrhart. 

 Pl. xviii.-xxi. 



Monoicous or dioicous ; pale green, usually tinged with purple. 

 Cuticular cells in 3-4 strata. Stem leaves ovate, acute, 5-toothed 

 at apex, broadly bordered with narrow cells. Branches 3-5 in a 

 fascicle, their leaves ovato-lanceolate, toothed at the slightly 

 truncate apex, margin involute in the upper third ; chlorophyllose 

 cells obtusely trigonous, placed between the hyaline at concave 

 surface of leaf. 



Synon. — Muscus ereclus paluslris alhis, foliis capillaceis, Doody, Ray, Syn. ed. 2, 

 a PP- 33 8 (1696). 



Sphagnum cauliferum et ramosum palustre molle candicans, re/lexis ramulis, foliolis 

 angustioribus, Dill. Cat. Giss. 229 (1719), et in Ray, Syn. ed. 3, p. 104, 2 (1724). 



Sph. palustre, molle deflexum, squamis capillaceis, Dill. Hist. Muse. p. 243, t. 32, 

 f. 2 a (1741), et Herbar. n. 2, two spec, on left hand. 



Sph. palustre, /3. L. Sp. PI. p. 1569 (1753). Huds. Fl. Angl. p. 465 (1762). 

 Hedw. Fund. Muse. i. t. 3, f. 13-15 (1781). Roth, Wither. Weiss, Hull, &c. 



Sph. acutifolium, Ehrh. PI. Crypt. Exsic n. 72 (1786). Schrad. Spic Fl. Germ, 

 p. 58 (1794). Schultz, Fl. Starg. p. 275 (1806). Web. Mohr, Bot. Tasch. p. 73 

 (1807). Schkuhr, Deutschl. Moose, p. 15, t. 6 (1810). Schwaegr. Suppl. I. pt. 1, 

 p. 15, t. 5 (181 1). Rohling, Deutschl. Fl. iii. p. 36 (1813). Fl. Danica, t. 1531 

 (1816). Hook. Tayl. Muse. Brit. p. 4, t. 4 (1818). Funck, Taschenh. p. 5, t. 3 

 (1821). Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Plants, i. p. 710, 3 (1821). Zenk. Dietr. Muse. 

 Thuring. fasc. 1, n. 20 (1821). Nees, Hsch. St. Bryol. Germ. i. p. 19, t. 3, f. 8, 

 et 8** (1823). Huben. Muse. Germ. p. 28 (1833). De Not. Syll. Muse. Ital. 

 p. 297 (1838). C. Mull. Synops. i. p. 96 (1849). Dozy, Molkenb. Prodr. Fl. 

 Batav. p. 78 (185 1). Wils. Bryol. Brit. p. 20, t. 4 (1855). Sull. Mosses of Un. 

 St. p. 12, n. 11 (1856). Hartm. Skand. Fl. Schimp. Torfm. p. 56, t. 13 (1858); 

 Synops. p. 672 (i860), et ed. 2, p. 825 (1876). Lindb. in Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Forh. 

 xix. p. 138, n. 5 (1862). Berkel. Handb. Br. Moss. p. 307, t. 2, f. 4 (1863). 

 Russow, Torfm. p. 37 (1865). Schlieph. in Verh. Z. B. Gesel. Wien, 1865, p. 389. 

 Klinggr. in Schr. der K. Phys. CEk. Gesel. zu Konigs. 1872, p. 2. Milde, Bryol. 

 Siles. p. 381 (1869). Hobk. Syn. Br. Mos. p. 24 (1873). Braithw. Sphag. Brit. 

 Exsic. n. 31 et 42 b (1877). 



Sph. capillifolium, Ehrh. Hann. Mag. 1780, p. 35. Schrank, Baiersch. Fl. ii. 

 p. 434 (1789). Moznch, PI. Marburg, p. 727 (1794)- Swtz. Act. Holm. 1795, 

 p. 281. Brid. Muse. Rec. ii. pt. 1, p. 24 (1798); Sp. Muse. i. p. 16 (1806); 

 Mantissa, p. 1 (1819); Bryol. Univ. i. p. 11 (1826). Hedw. Sp. Muse. p. 28 (1801). 



