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  I 
  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE 
  

  

  245 
  

  

  /5. 
  Stem 
  leaves 
  large, 
  in 
  form 
  and 
  areolation 
  quite 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  

   branch 
  leaves, 
  fibrillose 
  quite 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  narrowly 
  bor- 
  

   dered. 
  Fibrils 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  leaf 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  not 
  united 
  

   by 
  cross-fibrils 
  ; 
  pores 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  leaf 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  

   surface 
  extremely 
  small, 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  commissures. 
  

  

  26. 
  S. 
  flatyphyllum 
  (Sull., 
  Lindb.) 
  Warnst. 
  in 
  Flora, 
  

  

  1884. 
  

  

  Syn.: 
  5. 
  negledum 
  Aongstr. 
  (1864), 
  Aust. 
  Muse. 
  Appal, 
  n. 
  26, 
  1870. 
  

  

  S. 
  mhsecundum 
  /?. 
  ls(yphyllum 
  Russ. 
  Beitr. 
  p. 
  73 
  (1865). 
  

  

  S. 
  plalyphyllum 
  , 
  nov. 
  sp.? 
  vel 
  var. 
  S. 
  negledi? 
  Sull. 
  MSS. 
  1868. 
  

  

  S. 
  laricinum 
  y. 
  platvphyllum 
  (Sull.) 
  Lindb. 
  Notiser, 
  Heft. 
  13, 
  p. 
  403 
  

   (1874). 
  

  

  ,. 
  -"y 
  Cardot, 
  in 
  Rev. 
  des. 
  Sphaipfnes 
  de 
  V 
  Amerique 
  du 
  

   Nord, 
  p 
  • 
  • 
  ■ 
  - 
  t' 
  ^ 
  -- 
  - 
  ^ 
  

  

  M 
  

  

  (Fc 
  

  

  J 
  

  

  {Bobmson). 
  

  

  ■inis 
  species, 
  with 
  respect 
  to 
  its 
  stem 
  leaves, 
  stands 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  rehition 
  to 
  S. 
  contorium 
  Schultz 
  {S. 
  larkinwn 
  Spruce) 
  

   as 
  !^. 
  rufescens 
  and 
  S. 
  obesum 
  do 
  to 
  S. 
  siibsecundum. 
  The 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  S. 
  plat3^phyllum 
  from 
  N. 
  America 
  examined 
  by 
  

   nie 
  agree 
  in 
  all 
  points 
  with 
  the 
  European 
  plant. 
  Hitherto 
  I 
  

   nave 
  seen 
  no 
  male 
  plants 
  except 
  those 
  collected 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Beck- 
  

   mann 
  at 
  Bassum 
  in 
  Hannover 
  (Germany) 
  ; 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  yet 
  

  

  unkn 
  

  

  own. 
  

  

  ?■. 
  Stem 
  leaves 
  small, 
  linguiform, 
  with 
  a 
  border 
  widened 
  down- 
  

   ward. 
  Hyaline 
  cells 
  fibrillose 
  only 
  near 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  leaf; 
  

   always 
  well 
  differentiated 
  from 
  the 
  branch 
  leaves. 
  Pores 
  on 
  

   the 
  outer 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  branch 
  leaves 
  in 
  the 
  apical 
  part 
  ex- 
  

   tremely 
  small, 
  isolated, 
  or 
  several 
  in 
  interrupted 
  rows 
  on 
  the 
  

   commissures. 
  

  

  27. 
  s. 
  coutorUun 
  Schultz 
  in 
  Prodr. 
  Fl. 
  Starg., 
  Suppl. 
  

   "o- 
  93 
  (1819). 
  

  

  Syn.: 
  S. 
  laricinum 
  Spruce, 
  MS. 
  1847. 
  

   5. 
  cori^^<M„i 
  b, 
  laricinum 
  Wils. 
  Bryol. 
  Brit. 
  p. 
  23 
  (1855). 
  

   (188? 
  ''^''"'^'^*""^ 
  Warnst., 
  var. 
  2 
  laricinum 
  (Spruce) 
  Europ. 
  Torfm. 
  p. 
  86 
  

  

  Ohio; 
  New 
  Jersey: 
  New 
  York 
  : 
  Massachusetts, 
  Essex 
  

   ^""■^ 
  75 
  ft. 
  {J^obiuson). 
  

  

  .\n 
  Hedwigia, 
  1888, 
  pp. 
  266 
  and 
  267, 
  I 
  expressed 
  the 
  

   P'nion 
  that 
  the 
  true 
  S. 
  contortum 
  of 
  Schultz 
  had 
  been 
  hith- 
  

  

  of 
  S 
  ^V^^^*^ 
  bryologists 
  erroneously 
  placed 
  a 
  

   • 
  s^Dsecundum. 
  But 
  since 
  Limpricht 
  anc 
  

  

  mong 
  the 
  forms 
  

   d 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  the 
  

  

  