710 344, Sphagnum. 14. MUSCI. Pl. cell. fol. 
Sphagnum cauliferum et ramosum palustre molle candicans, reflexis 
ramulis, foliolis latioribus, Rati Syn. 104, 1. ; 
Muscus terrestris vulgatissimus, Park, 1306, 
Sphagnum palustre, Lin. 8. P. 1569. 
Sphagnum obtusifolium, Ehrh. Crypt. 241. 
Sphagnum latifolium, Hedwig. Engl, Bot. 1405, 
Sphagnum cymbifolium, Swartz Suec. 
In bogs. 
Very retentive of moisture, used to pack up live plants 
to send to a distance. 
B. minus. Stems in close tufts; leaves closely tiledlike. 
Sphagnum compactum, Schwegr. Supp. 3. 
y. fluilans. Stems very long, slender; Jeaves scattered, 
distant. : 
Sphagnum latifolium fluitans, Turner Musc. Hib. 6. 
Old wives tow. y 
2. Sphagnum squarrosum. 
Branches. slender at the end; leaves ovate, pointed, 
scurfy, turned back. 
Sphagnum squarrosum, Weber & Mohr Reise, 2,1; Engl. Bot, 1498. 
On bogs. 
3. Sphagnim acutifolium. Narrow-leaved bogmoss. 
Branches slender; leaves ovate, lanceolate, crowded. 
Sphagnum cauliferum et ramosum palustre molle candicans, reflexis 
ramulis, foliolis angustioribus, Raii Syn. 104, 2. 
Sphagnum acutifolium, Ehrh. Crypt. 72. 
Sphagnum capillifeolium, Engl, Bot. 1406. 
On bogs. 
4. Sphagnum cuspidatum. Pointed bogmoss. 
Branches slender; /eaves lanceolate, awlshape, weak. 
Sphagnum cuspidatum, Efhrh. Crypt. 2553 Engl. Bot. 2392. 
In water, on bogs. 
III. 345. PHASCUM. Haller. Squat-moss. 
Receptacle sessile; capsule pedicelled; pedicell terminal ; 
peristome 0; lid adnate, persistent ; calypira halved.—Plants 
often very minute. if 
a. Shoots creeping, leafless, jointed, branched. 
1. Phascum serraium. Serrated squat-moss. 
Shoots branched, leafless, jointed; perichetial leaves lan- 
ceolate, serrated, ribless. 
