﻿1890.] 
  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  2I9 
  

  

  Mass. 
  Boston, 
  Brookline 
  and 
  Bedford, 
  50 
  to 
  100 
  feet 
  

   [Faxon) 
  . 
  

  

  Var. 
  mnblyphyllwn 
  Russ. 
  as 
  subsp. 
  in 
  Sitzungsb. 
  der 
  

   Dorpater 
  Nafurf.-Ges. 
  1889, 
  p. 
  99. 
  

  

  Similar 
  to 
  the 
  preceding 
  var. 
  and 
  differing 
  from 
  that 
  only 
  

   by 
  the 
  stem 
  leaves 
  which 
  are 
  triangular-linguiform 
  and 
  fur- 
  

   nished 
  at 
  the 
  rounded 
  apex 
  with 
  isolated 
  membrane-gaps, 
  

   and 
  nearly 
  always 
  without 
  fibrils. 
  Here 
  belongs 
  S. 
  fulchri- 
  

   coma 
  C. 
  Miill. 
  

  

  N. 
  H., 
  Crawford's, 
  1,900 
  ft., 
  Franconia, 
  r,oooft. 
  ; 
  Mass., 
  

   Boston, 
  Dedham 
  and 
  Brookline, 
  50 
  to 
  100 
  ft. 
  {Faxon). 
  

  

  ^^Y.;parvifoIiwn{SB:sv>T.) 
  Warnst. 
  in 
  Flora 
  1883, 
  p. 
  374. 
  

  

  Syn.: 
  var. 
  tenue, 
  v. 
  Klinggr. 
  (1872). 
  

  

  var. 
  angustifdium 
  C. 
  Jens. 
  1884 
  in 
  litt. 
  

   var. 
  gntcile 
  Gravet, 
  Warnst. 
  Europ. 
  Torfm. 
  p. 
  67 
  (1881). 
  

   subsp. 
  angustifolium 
  (Jens.) 
  Russ. 
  in 
  Sitzungsb. 
  d. 
  Dorpater 
  

   Naturf.-Ges. 
  1889, 
  p. 
  99. 
  

  

  Tall 
  and 
  slender, 
  or 
  in 
  lower 
  compact 
  tufts. 
  Stem 
  cor- 
  

   tex 
  usually 
  not 
  clearly 
  distinct 
  from 
  the 
  wood 
  cylinder, 
  

   ^tem 
  leaves 
  small, 
  triangular-linguiform, 
  not 
  fibrillose 
  or 
  to- 
  

   ward 
  the 
  apex 
  fibrillose. 
  Branch 
  leaves 
  small, 
  slightly 
  un- 
  

   dulate 
  or 
  even 
  without 
  a 
  trace 
  of 
  undulation 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  

   case 
  mostly 
  densely 
  imbricate, 
  the 
  plant 
  then 
  being 
  in 
  habit 
  

   <iuite 
  similar 
  to 
  S. 
  acutifolium. 
  On 
  the 
  outer 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  ap- 
  

   'cal 
  half 
  with 
  small 
  imperfectly 
  ringed 
  pores 
  on 
  the 
  commis- 
  

   uieb, 
  wnich 
  m 
  the 
  preceding 
  varieties 
  are 
  almost 
  entirely 
  

   wantmg. 
  Leaves 
  of 
  the 
  pendent 
  branches 
  with 
  large 
  mem- 
  

   Drane-gaps 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  angles 
  of 
  the 
  cells. 
  

  

  JNew 
  Hampshire, 
  Crawford 
  House, 
  1,900 
  ft., 
  Franconia 
  

   Notch, 
  2,000 
  ft. 
  (7^«^^^«). 
  ^ 
  

  

  ^ 
  -ine 
  species 
  nearest 
  related 
  to 
  S. 
  recurvum 
  is 
  the 
  before- 
  

   entioned 
  6". 
  obhisum 
  Warnst. 
  in 
  Sitzungsber. 
  der 
  Dorpater 
  

   g>aturt.-Ges. 
  1889, 
  p. 
  99. 
  The 
  latter 
  is 
  distinguished 
  from 
  

   not'^fih^^u""^ 
  chiefly 
  by 
  the 
  stem 
  leaves 
  larger, 
  linguiform, 
  

   also 
  h 
  K 
  ^^^ 
  somewhat 
  fimbriate 
  at 
  the 
  rounded 
  apex, 
  

   in 
  a 
  occurrence, 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  branch 
  leaves, 
  

  

  pore 
  ^'^•^ 
  V. 
  ^-^ 
  ^^^^ 
  number, 
  in 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  rows, 
  of 
  very 
  small 
  

   can 
  T 
  K 
  ^^^■'^^^'^ed 
  outlines 
  which, 
  as 
  already 
  mentioned, 
  

   need 
  -^T 
  made 
  visible 
  by 
  intense 
  staining. 
  In 
  this 
  con- 
  

   that 
  °^ 
  ^^'ould 
  suggest 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  by 
  staining 
  the 
  leaves 
  

   ships^^r 
  ^T^" 
  ^^^^ 
  ^ 
  ^^^^ 
  judgment 
  concerning 
  the 
  relation- 
  

   ally 
  1° 
  ■ 
  sphagna 
  with 
  respect 
  to 
  their 
  pores 
  which 
  usu- 
  

   obtQsu^ 
  ^"^^^ 
  different 
  on 
  the 
  two 
  surfaces 
  of 
  the 
  leaf. 
  S. 
  

  

  ^ 
  sometimes 
  attains 
  to 
  the 
  size 
  and 
  strength 
  of 
  S. 
  ri- 
  

  

  