﻿1890.] 
  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  I35 
  

  

  w 
  

  

  Sphagnum 
  fuscum 
  is 
  a 
  genuine 
  high-bog 
  plant, 
  and 
  surely, 
  

   in 
  suitable 
  localities 
  in 
  Canada 
  and 
  the 
  northern 
  United 
  

   States, 
  as 
  in 
  Europe, 
  not 
  rare. 
  — 
  Miquelon 
  Island 
  {Delamare.) 
  

  

  Var. 
  fuscesceus 
  Warnst, 
  Tufts 
  brown 
  throughout, 
  al- 
  

   most 
  entirely 
  without 
  admixture 
  of 
  i^reen, 
  the 
  coma 
  some 
  

   times 
  even 
  reddish 
  brown. 
  

  

  N. 
  Hampshire, 
  Mt. 
  Washington, 
  5,000 
  ft. 
  {Faxon). 
  

  

  f- 
  robiista 
  Warnst, 
  Plants 
  very 
  stout 
  and 
  tall, 
  with 
  

   rather 
  long, 
  usually- 
  deflexed 
  branches. 
  Tufts 
  dense 
  or 
  loose, 
  

   Vermont, 
  Westmore, 
  1,100 
  ft. 
  {Faxon). 
  

  

  f. 
  dasy-auoclada 
  Warnst. 
  In 
  extremely 
  firm, 
  compact, 
  

   and 
  often 
  very 
  deep 
  patches. 
  Stem 
  with 
  very 
  thickly 
  set, 
  

  

  (Fc 
  

  

  short, 
  ascending 
  branches. 
  

  

  New 
  Hampshire, 
  Mt. 
  Lafayet 
  

  

  _ 
  Var. 
  fusco-virule 
  (Russ.) 
  as/ 
  

  

  mixture 
  of 
  green 
  and 
  brown. 
  Sometimes 
  the 
  green 
  pre- 
  

   dominating 
  ; 
  sometimes 
  the 
  brown, 
  but 
  always 
  blended 
  

  

  000 
  

  

  (Faxon) 
  

  

  f- 
  robusta 
  Warnst. 
  s. 
  f- 
  diepanoclada 
  W.— 
  Plants 
  ex- 
  

   tremely 
  stout 
  and 
  tall, 
  loosely 
  cespitose, 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  the 
  

   green 
  most 
  prominent, 
  the 
  coma 
  and 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  browner. 
  

   Branches 
  long, 
  rather 
  distant, 
  falcate-reflexed. 
  

  

  Mass., 
  Dedham, 
  100 
  ft. 
  {Faxon). 
  

  

  y. 
  Stem 
  leaves 
  now 
  larger 
  now 
  smaller, 
  usually 
  cucullate 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex 
  through 
  involution 
  of 
  the 
  edges. 
  Hyaline 
  cells 
  multi- 
  

   partite, 
  nonfibrillose 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  fibrillose. 
  Branch- 
  

   leaves 
  frequently 
  secund; 
  wood 
  cylinder 
  of 
  various 
  colors 
  

   but 
  never 
  brown; 
  usually 
  dioicous, 
  rarely 
  monoicous; 
  male 
  

   branches 
  red, 
  

  

  5. 
  .S'. 
  teneUum 
  (Schpr,) 
  von 
  Klixggraeff 
  Beschr. 
  d. 
  

   i. 
  Preussen 
  gef. 
  Art* 
  u, 
  Varr. 
  d. 
  Gatt. 
  Sphagnum 
  (Schrft. 
  d. 
  

   Phys..oc, 
  Ges. 
  i. 
  Konigsb. 
  13, 
  P- 
  I, 
  p- 
  4, 
  n. 
  5, 
  1872. 
  

  

  Syn.: 
  S. 
  rxiMlum 
  Wils. 
  Bryol. 
  Brit. 
  p. 
  19, 
  tab. 
  60 
  (1855). 
  

   . 
  S. 
  amiifolium 
  y 
  teneUitin 
  Schpr. 
  Entw.-Gesch. 
  d. 
  Torfm. 
  p. 
  57. 
  ta. 
  b, 
  13. 
  

  

  fig. 
  y 
  (1858). 
  

  

  S. 
  acutifoHum, 
  var. 
  riibelhim 
  Euss. 
  Beits, 
  p. 
  41 
  (1865). 
  

  

  S, 
  acidifolium, 
  var. 
  temie 
  Braithw. 
  (1880). 
  

  

  S. 
  aciiti/orme 
  varr. 
  tenellum 
  et 
  niMhini 
  Schlieph. 
  et 
  Warnst. 
  Flora, 
  

  

  1884. 
  

  

  Flora, 
  1886. 
  

  

  acidifolium., 
  var. 
  elegans, 
  I 
  jd 
  

  

  mperi 
  

  

  