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at from rag apex to the b se ; 2) by the Sa asiee; which 
n ape, 
less ‘eoqden’ division of the hyaline cells, and in the absence of 
fibrils, or, if these are present, by their greater delicacy ; and (3) 
by the habitat. 
Ha S. Warnstorfii prefers wet birch- oe or the wet 
meadows on the borders of m oors. It is never found on elevated 
moorlands, nor in it es “ S. rubellum, but frequently grows, 
on the — with S. ¢ 
The number of sia for ms of this moss is much greater than 
in S. pkuhn or S. fuscum, and the varieties are based primarily 
oe to the colour of the tufts. 
rib. Russia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Switzer- 
land, Fran, North America. 
vescens Warnst. in Samml. Europ. Torfm. No, 289 (1892). 
Oslaae rellienigi: throughout. 
Var. pallescens Warnst. in Samm). Europ. Torfm. No. 240 (1892). 
we ~ whitish green a out. 
r. purpurascens Rugs. apud Warnst. in Bot. Gaz. xv. p. 140. 
Plants of a beautiful rose, purilg or arse ie red rece in the upper 
ar Lage below, but with no a admixture of gree 
versicolor Russ. 4 8 d Warnst. in Bot. Gaz. xv 40. 
Plants coloured with a icin of red and green ; capitulum gener- 
ally pale-, rose-, purple- or violet-red, the middle part of the plant 
greenish, the lower part bleached. 
Wi aidy Bank Fell, Teesdale, phe pep hae: 
viride Russ. apud Warnst. in Bot. Gaz. xv. p. 140. Colour 
green ‘* eninkali throughout, ii pa here ae" there a delicate 
flush of pale red ; the lower part bleac 
ar. favo glaucescens Warnst. in ‘Schrift. der Naturf. Ges. in 
Danzig N. F. Bd. ix. Heft 2, 1896, p. 154. Capitulum of a dirty 
yellowish, or at times greenish colour, bleached below. 
Var. virescens Russ. apud Warnst. in Schrift. der Naturf. Ges. 
in Danzig N. F. Bd. ix. Heft 2, 1896, p. 154. Plants green through- 
out, or slightly bioaahan below 
5. S. rusettum Wils. Sivek Brit. 1855, 19. 
Syn. 8. acutifolium var. tenellum Schimp. Hist. Nat. des Sph. 
1858, 64. S. acutifolium var. rubellun Russ. Beitr. 1865, 41. 8S. 
tenellum Klinger. in Schrift. d. phys.-dk. Ges. Konigsberg, 1872, 4. 
Exs. Braithw. Sphagn. Brit. Exs. Nos. 36, 37. 
Tufts soft, looser, and taller , or denser and shorter. Colour ve ery 
various : pale, yello wish, green, t ose-red, or violet. Plants generally 
very delicate and soft, resembling in size S. Lbetargetie’ or S. fuscum, 
or 
Sequence of the incurving of the margin, cucullate at the apex, 
Journat or Borany.—Vou. 38. [Junz, 1900.] Q 
