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  BOTAXICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  . 
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  or, 
  throughout 
  the 
  whole 
  leaf 
  except 
  the 
  apex, 
  of 
  both 
  kinds 
  

   of 
  cells. 
  Hyaline 
  cells 
  man}^ 
  times 
  divided 
  by 
  transverse, 
  

   oblique 
  or 
  longitudinal 
  walls, 
  and 
  without 
  fibrils 
  and 
  pores 
  ; 
  

   the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  leaf 
  formed 
  entirely 
  of 
  short, 
  narrow, 
  thick- 
  

   walled, 
  pitted 
  chlorophyllose 
  cells". 
  Margins 
  broadly 
  bor- 
  

   dered. 
  Spores 
  dimorphous 
  ; 
  microspores 
  yellowish 
  brown, 
  

   polyhedral, 
  0,012-0.015 
  mm. 
  diam. 
  in 
  smaller 
  urn-shaped 
  

   capsules. 
  Macrospores 
  according 
  to 
  Limpricht 
  ochre-col- 
  

   ored, 
  size 
  ? 
  Fruit 
  very 
  rare 
  ! 
  

  

  S. 
  tenellum 
  is, 
  like 
  S. 
  fuscum, 
  a 
  plant 
  of 
  the 
  elevated 
  

   bogs, 
  and 
  should 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  suitable 
  situations 
  in 
  Canada 
  

   and 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  as 
  abundantly 
  

   as 
  in 
  Europe. 
  

  

  Miquelon 
  Island 
  {pelamai'e). 
  

  

  _Var. 
  ruhellum 
  (Wils. 
  as 
  s-pecies). 
  — 
  Whole 
  plant, 
  especial- 
  

   ly 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  part, 
  pale-, 
  rose- 
  or 
  purple-red 
  to 
  purple-vio- 
  

   let, 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  parts 
  fainter 
  but 
  without 
  admixture 
  of 
  green. 
  

   Branch 
  leaves 
  frequently 
  secund. 
  

  

  Mass., 
  Boston 
  and 
  Brockline, 
  lOO 
  ft. 
  (Faxon). 
  ■ 
  Danvers, 
  

   100 
  ft. 
  {Sears). 
  

  

  Var. 
  versicolor 
  Warnst. 
  — 
  Color 
  a 
  mixture 
  of 
  red 
  (pale 
  

  

  rose, 
  violet 
  red) 
  and 
  green 
  ; 
  the 
  former 
  more 
  especially 
  in 
  

  

  the 
  coma, 
  the 
  latter 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  ; 
  the 
  two 
  

  

  colors 
  very 
  unequally 
  distributed, 
  now 
  the 
  red, 
  now 
  the 
  

  

  green 
  predominating; 
  the 
  lowest 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  plants 
  bleached 
  

   out. 
  

  

  Mass., 
  Boston, 
  Brookline, 
  Dedham, 
  lOo 
  feet 
  {Faxon). 
  

  

  Var. 
  viride 
  Warnst.— 
  Whole 
  plants 
  grayish 
  or 
  vivid- 
  

   green, 
  almost 
  without 
  a 
  trace 
  of 
  red 
  ; 
  the 
  male 
  branches 
  

   violet-red. 
  

  

  Mass., 
  Boston, 
  Brookhne, 
  lOO 
  feet 
  {Faxon). 
  

  

  Var. 
  pallescens 
  Warnst. 
  Plant 
  above 
  usually 
  whitish, 
  

   or 
  faint 
  yellowish 
  green, 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  sometimes 
  ligjit 
  

   brownish 
  or 
  extremely 
  faint 
  reddish 
  ; 
  male 
  branches 
  sordid 
  

   violet. 
  

  

  N. 
  Hampshire, 
  Mt.' 
  Willey, 
  2,500 
  feet; 
  Mass., 
  Brook- 
  

   line, 
  100 
  feet 
  {Faxon). 
  

  

  9. 
  Stem 
  leaves 
  small, 
  linguiform, 
  hyaline 
  cells 
  less 
  divided, 
  non- 
  

   fibrillose 
  or 
  only 
  near 
  the 
  apex 
  faintly 
  fibrillose. 
  Branch 
  

   leaves 
  often 
  distinctly 
  five 
  ranked, 
  mostly 
  curved 
  erect-spread- 
  

   ing, 
  rarely 
  in 
  part 
  slightly 
  secund; 
  the 
  lower 
  and 
  middle 
  

   leaves 
  with 
  very 
  small, 
  round, 
  strongly-ringed 
  pores 
  on 
  the 
  

   outerside 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  half. 
  Wood 
  cylinder 
  variously 
  col- 
  

   ored, 
  but 
  never 
  brown. 
  Dioicous; 
  ^ 
  branches 
  red. 
  

  

  