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PLATE IX. 

 Sphagnum subsecundum, Nees v. Esenb. 



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

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

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

 » 3-— Fruit and perichaetium. Fig. 4.— Bract from same. 



„ J.— Stem leaf. Fig. 5 a a.— Areolation of apex. Fig. 5 a ^.— Areolation of base. 

 „ 6.— Leaf from middle of a divergent branch. Fig. 6x— Transverse section. 



Fig. 6/.— Point of same. Fig. 6 a a.— Areolation of apex, Fig. 6 a ^.— Ditto 



of base. Fig. 6<r.— Cell from middle x 200. 

 „ 7-— Basal intermediate leaves. Fig. gr.— Part of section of stem. f 





