PLATE XIX. 

 Sphagnum acutifolium, var. rubellum. 



Fig. a.— Female plant. Fig. a $ . — Male plant. 



„ i. — Part of stem with a branch fascicle. 



„ 2. — Male inflorescence. Fig. nb. — Bract from same. 



„ 3. — Fruit and perichaetium. FIG. 4. — Bract from same. 



„ 5. — Stem leaves. FIG. %aa. — Areolation of apex. FIG. $ab. — Ditto of base. 



„ 6. — Leaves from middle of a divergent branch. FIG. 6x. — Transverse section. 

 Fig. 6p. — Point of same. Fig. 6 a a. — Areolation of apex. Fig. 6 a b. — 

 Areolation of base. FlG. 6c. — Single cell from middle X 200. 



„ 7. — Basal intermediate leaves. 



„ 8. — Leaf from a pendent branch. 



„ gx. — Part of section of stem. 



,, 10. — Branch denuded of leaves. 



