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THE EUROPEAN SPHAGNACEA 
(aFTER WarnsTorF) 
By E. Cuartes Horrext, F.L.S. 
(Continued from p. 122.) 
Descriptions oF SPEciEs. 
§ 1, Spuacna acutirot1a Schimp. Spp. 1-11. 
Leaves of the spreading branches usually ovate- lanceolate, small 
trapezoid, always inserted between the hyaline cells on the inner 
surface of the leaf; hyaline cells much more convex on the outer 
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hyaline and srgeias fo cells, seksi! smooth. Pores on the 
inner surface of the le af round, and gener 
ery various; at the lateral margins generally with relatively phe 
borat which is much widened below. Cortical cells of the 
two) large pores; inner walls with small pores. Monoicous, 
dioicous, or polyoicous. Plants especially in the igper part fre- 
quently purple- or violet-red. 
11:6. FIMBRIATUM Wils. in Hook. Fi. Antaret. ii. 898 (1847). 
48 (1877). 
S, toa drei or S. Gi trgensohnit 
-cylinder always pale een oF r yellowish, never red. 
Stem- cortex 2-8-layered, superficial cells usually somewhat wider, 
and with one, more rarely with two ringed ies each ; transverse 
and lateral walls of the inner cells also por 
Stem-leaves large, from a narrower sete gr radually wider and 
in the apical al of the leaf very dak mboid, poled several 
times divided, almost invariably og SE and without pores ; 
