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Hab. — Margins of bogs and about the edges of woods, chiefly in alpine dis- 

 tricts. 



Lapland, Ali)s of Switzerland, Dovrefjeld. Scotland: Gelan Hog and Dalfroo 

 liog, Strachan, Kincardine (Sim); Garynaliine, Isl. Lewis, Hcbriiles (Hraithwaite). 

 England : Darnholin, Goathland, Yorkshire (Anderson). 



This variety stands nearest the typical form, into which it 

 passes imperceptibly ; the branches are generally rosy red, with 

 pale points, or a mixture of green and red, and the texture softer. 

 Russow's var. y. laxiim appears to be only a tall, loose-leaved form 

 of the same variety, and Spruce's lilacinuni is intsrmediate between 

 this and the next. 



Var. y. ptcrpureum, Sciiimp. 



In dense cushioned tufts, almost entirely purple, short, densely 

 ramulose, the capitulum dense. Stem leaves ovate, usually fibrose, 

 sometimes slightly truncate, and fringed at point. Branch leaves 

 ovato-lanceolate, closely imbricated. 



Synon. — Sph. acutifoUuin vxx. purpureum, Schimp. Torfm. p. 57, t. xiii. 8; 

 Synops. p. 673, ed. 2, p. 826. Russow, Beitr. p. 40. Milde, Bry. Silcs. p. 381. 

 Klingg. in Schr. der K. Phys. Oik. Gesel. zu Konigs. 1872, p. 3. Bkaithw. Sphag. 

 Brit. Exsic. n. 33. 



Hab. — Marshes and moorlands ; not unfrequent in mountain districts. 



This comes close to the last variety, but has shorter and more 

 spreading branches, with shorter branch leaves ; the colour is also 

 a deeper purple, but pale at the lower part of the stems. 



Var. 8. rubellu7n (Wils.), Russow. 



Dioicous ; plants slender, laxly tufted, purple, 2-6 in. high. 

 Stem leaves large and broad, obtuse, their cells bipartite, but rarely 

 fibrose. Branch leaves subsecund, oblong-ovate, rather obtuse, 

 3-toothed at apex. Male amentula deep purple, clavate, obtuse. 



Synon. — Sph. ruhdlum, Wils. Bryol. Brit. p. 19, t. Ix.- (1855). Schimp. 

 Torfm. p. 70, t. XX.; Synops. p. 680, et ed. 2, p. S26. Linub. in Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. 

 Forh. xix. p. 142, n. 12. Berkel. Handb. p. 306. Hartm. Sk. Fl. ed. 9, ii. p. 83 

 (1864). Fl. Danica, t, 2753 (1867). Milde, Bry. Siles. p. 383. Schlieph. in Verh. 

 Z. B. Gesel. Wien, 1865, p. 388. Braithw. in Monthl. Micr. Journ. July, 1872, 

 pi. xxii. HoBK. Synop. Br. Moss. p. 24. 



Sph. acutifoUiitn var. rubcllum, Russ. Torfm. p. 41. Braithw. Sphag. Brit. Exsic. 

 n. 36. 



Sph. tcnellum var. /3. rubellum, Klinggr. in Schr. der K. Phys. CEk. Gesel. 

 zu Konigs. 1872, p. 4. 



Hab. — In marshes at the edges of small pools ; rare in fruit. Often growing 

 intermixed with Sph. tendlum. 



Europe. — In Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Denmark ; not unfrequent. Bavaria, 



