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THE '- 'HAGNACEyE OR PEAT-MOSSES OF 



SvNON. — LiNDB. Notis. ur Siillsk. pro Fn. et FI. Fenn. Forh. xiii. p. 400 (1874). 

 Braithw. Monthl. Micr. Journ. May 1873, p. 215, et Sphag. Brit. Exsic. n. 5 

 (1877). 



Had. — In marshes on drier subalpine heaths. 



Europe. — Finland: In Ostrobothnia (Lackstrom), Helsingfors (Lindberg), 

 Isl. Aland (Bomansson). Denmark : In Isl. Sjaelland (Lange), and Jylland (Jensen). 

 England: Penzance, Cornwall (Curnow) ; Yanaton Down, Devon, mixed with 

 Sph. cymbifolium (Holmes) ; Sutton Park, Warwick (Bagnall) ; Mardale, Westmore- 

 land, and Stockton Forest, York (Stabler) ; New Forest, Hants (George) ; Wheel- 

 dale, Goathland, York (Braithwaite). Scotland: Strath Carve, Ross, and Isl. Lewis, 

 Hebrides (Braithwaite). Ireland: Near Lough Bray, Wicklow, and Connor Hill, 

 Kerry (Lindberg) ; in Antrim (Moore). 



Of this variety there are two forms, one denser and generally 

 much tinged with ochraceous, which in this country appears to be 

 the most widely distributed state of the species, the other laxer, 

 taller, and entirely green, appears to prefer more shady places, and 

 is well represented by the Sutton Park specimens. Lindberg 

 records that it has also been sent from Java by Teysmann, where 

 it grows among the roots of orchids, and that it is analogous to 

 var. congestum of Sph. cymbifolmm. 



Var. y. stenophyllum, Lindb. 



Plants more or less pale lurid green, short, dense, and irregu- 

 larly branched. Branch leaves ovate-oblong, less concave and 

 cucullate, and almost entire above. 



Synon. — Lindb. Notis. ur Sallsk. pro Fn. et Fl. Fenn. Forh. xiii. p. 401 (1874). 

 Braithw. Monthl. Micr. Journ. May 1873, p. 215 ; et Sphag. Brit. Exsic. n. 6. 



Hab. — In wet bogs and edges of pools. 



Europe. — Finland : Isl. Hogland (Lindberg). England: Penzance, Cornwall 

 (Curnow); Staveley, Westmoreland (Barnes); Rowdsey Moss, Ulverston, Lanca- 

 shire (Miss Hodgson). 



This is the rarest form with us, and has not yet been found 

 with fruit ; it corresponds to the var. squarrostilunt of Sph. cymbi- 

 folmm. The specimen n. 10 in most copies of my Exsiccata is 

 this plant. 



4. Sphagnum cymbifolium (Ehrhart), Hedw. 



Pl. v. 



Dioicous, pale green, often tinged with purple, the stem with 

 three layers of cuticular cells. Stem leaves smaller, with smaller 

 cells. Branch leaves less rigid, more elongated, their hyaline cells 



