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Sphagnum intermedium Hoffm. 



S. recurvimi Bv. 



Bogs and marshes. Near Whiteface inn. Mrs Britton. The speci- 

 mens are referable to variety nmcronatum Russ. 



Sphagnum Wulfianum Girgens. 

 Swamps and marshes. South Meadow and Ausable valley. This 

 species is easily known by the number of branches in a cluster. They 

 are more numerous than in any of our other species of peat moss,, and 

 range from seven to 14. 



Spagnum squarrosum Pers. 

 Bogs and wet places. Common. This is a beautiful species afid 

 easily recognizable by the squarrose leaves of the branches. 



Sphagnum cymbifolium Ehrh. 

 Bogs, marshes and wet rocks. Common. 



Sphagnum medium Limpr. 



Similar to the last in habitat and general appearance, but distinguished 

 to some extent externally by its variegated coloration and its few 

 branches in a fascicle. These are two to four, one or two of which are 

 usually horizontally spreading or curved upward. 



Vicinity of Lake Placid. Prof. G. F. Atkinson. 



S. medium roseumi Roll. 

 Bog at the outlet of Echo pond. Mrs Britton. 



S. medium, purpurascens {Russ.) Warnst. 

 Bog near Lake Placid. Mrs Britton. 



Sphagnum Pylaesii Brid. 

 Wet rocks on mountains and muddy ground in lower places. Scotts 

 pond. Sterile. This moss is found on wet rocks on Mt Marcy and at 

 Avalanche lake. It is Sphagimm Pylaiei in the Key to the genera and 

 species of North American mosses. 



Sphagnum sedoides Brid. 

 Wet rocks on mountains. Mt Mclntyre. Sterile. Mrs Britton 

 remarks that it forms dense cushions resembling the mossy stonecrop. 

 It is considered by some to be a variety of the preceding species from 

 which it differs in having the stem simple or sparingly branched. 



