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SPHAGNUM. 



PAET II. 



Beyond that of becoming converted into peat, the 

 uses of the moss family are not of any great importance. 

 Brooms, mats, and other domestic articles are some- 

 times formed from Polytrichum, and in Lapland Sphag- 

 num not only sometimes enters into the composition of 

 bread, but is used in place of clothing for new-born 



