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  Vol. 
  XV. 
  No. 
  8.-BorANiCAL 
  Gazette 
  -Aug., 
  

  

  1890 
  

  

  ■ 
  

  

  foiiti-ibutious 
  to 
  the 
  kuouled-e 
  of 
  Sovih 
  American 
  Sphagna. 
  II 
  

  

  C. 
  WARXSTORF. 
  

  

  b. 
  Stem 
  leaves 
  broadest 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  distinctly 
  narrowed 
  upward, 
  

   therefore 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  isoeceles-triangular, 
  mostly 
  with 
  an 
  in- 
  

   volute, 
  truncate 
  and 
  dentate 
  apex. 
  Border 
  much 
  widened 
  down- 
  

   ward. 
  

  

  a. 
  Stem 
  leaves 
  with 
  or 
  without 
  fibrils 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  half. 
  Super- 
  

   ficial 
  cells 
  of 
  the 
  stem 
  cortex 
  with 
  very 
  distant, 
  irregularly 
  

   disposed, 
  ringle-s 
  pores. 
  Wood 
  body 
  never 
  red 
  or 
  brown, 
  

   generally 
  yellowish 
  or 
  greenish. 
  Branch 
  leaves 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  

   part 
  distinctly 
  tive-ranked, 
  appressed 
  or 
  curved 
  spreading. 
  

   Usually 
  monoicous, 
  rarely 
  dioicous; 
  male 
  branches 
  red. 
  

  

  7- 
  S. 
  qiiinqucfariiun 
  fBRMTinv.) 
  Warxst. 
  Hedw.. 
  r^'^?. 
  

  

  P- 
  222-224. 
  

  

  , 
  Syn.: 
  _ 
  

   Amer. 
  (ISSO). 
  

  

  i< 
  

  

  % 
  «^« 
  '/' 
  mm, 
  varr. 
  jxichyclndnm 
  et 
  alpinum 
  Sendt. 
  

   GeJ^l 
  ■''^"\Tr' 
  ^'•'^'■•y''"''Cciu/« 
  Warnst. 
  Europ. 
  Torfm. 
  p, 
  

  

  WaSfT'i 
  ^""''^- 
  Flora, 
  1882. 
  p. 
  206; 
  varr. 
  pcdlks 
  

   "'^rnst 
  Hedw. 
  1884,p. 
  116amni8 
  

  

  50 
  

  

  pmudopntulu 
  

  

  zZ^Th 
  ^^^"^^^* 
  ^"^^ 
  delicate 
  like 
  S. 
  Warnstorfii 
  or 
  strong 
  

   lo\ve*°f 
  f 
  ^ 
  ^' 
  ■^'^^'^^o^^'"' 
  if* 
  looser 
  and 
  denser, 
  higher 
  or 
  

  

  he-irl^ 
  f 
  ' 
  ^°^*^^' 
  P'^le, 
  grayish 
  green 
  to 
  grass-green, 
  the 
  

  

  ^^°*^en 
  brown, 
  fine 
  rose-color, 
  or 
  violet 
  red. 
  

   som 
  ^ 
  cylinder 
  whitish 
  or 
  straw-vellow, 
  verv 
  seldom 
  in 
  

  

  it^^^'^^ 
  o^the 
  stem 
  with 
  a 
  flush 
  of 
  red 
  ; 
  cells 
  pitted, 
  

   niedi 
  ^^ 
  ^?^'^^^ 
  composed 
  of 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  layers 
  ; 
  cells 
  of 
  

   ipheran 
  ^^^*^^'^ 
  '-""^ 
  thin-walled, 
  the 
  outer 
  walls 
  of 
  the 
  per- 
  

   brane^fV^^-^ 
  ^^'""'^ 
  ^^^^ 
  distant 
  irregularly 
  disposed 
  mem- 
  

   Pores 
  T 
  '^^'^^^ 
  which 
  often, 
  however, 
  appear 
  like 
  1 
  

  

  mem- 
  

  

  ringless 
  

  

  g- 
  Inner 
  cells 
  porose. 
  

  

  above^ 
  f 
  u^^^^ 
  ^^^"^ 
  "^ 
  broad 
  base 
  deltoid, 
  not 
  linguiform, 
  

   ^suall 
  ^^^^n 
  abruptly 
  contracted 
  apex 
  truncate, 
  dentate, 
  

  

  widened 
  'ir^^^^^ 
  ^"^ 
  bordered 
  at 
  the 
  edge 
  ; 
  the 
  border 
  much 
  

   Cells 
  ^TT 
  .^^' 
  ^"d 
  constructed 
  of 
  very 
  narrow 
  green 
  pitted 
  

  

  Wyahne 
  cells 
  in 
  the 
  whole 
  middle 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  leaf 
  

  

  