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(1) Var. fusco-flavum Warnst. in Europ. Torfm. series ti. No.161 
(1890). vent a mixture of brown and yellow, without any ad- 
ange of g 
rae Merioneth (Ley). 
(2) im: pallescens Warnst. l.c. series i. No. 69 (1888). (Syn. 
var. pallens Warnst. in Hedwigia, 1884, sub S. acutifolio.) Tufts 
either whitish throughout or pale greenish, with at times: in the 
upper part a yellowish or reddish tin ote 
Widdy Bank Fell, Teesdale, Durham (Horvrel/) ; Wastdale Scale, 
Cumberland (Ley) ; Llanthony Valley, Brecon (Ley); Maentwrog, 
Merioneth ( Horre il). 
(8) Var. pallido-viride Warnst. l.c. ser. iii. No. 386 (1892). 
Tufts greyish- — or fame Heres in part whitish. 
ae rrey (H. 
Var. roseum Warnnk in Bot. Ver. der Prov. Brandenb. xxx 
1988, 112. Tufts in the upper part, and especially in the capitulum, 
lighter or darker red or violet-red; the remainder greenish or 
(5) Var. virescens binge in Europ. Torfm. ser. i. No. 68 (1888). 
(Syn. var. viride Warnst. in Bot. Ver. der Prov. Brandenb. xxx. 
1888, 112.) Plants green or greyish- green in the upper part, with 
searcely any trace of red; generally whitish below 
iddy Bank Fell, Teesdale, Durham (Ho rrell) Cwm Rhaidr 
ae Cardigan (Ley); Tyn-y-Groes, Dolgelly, Merioneth (Parsons). 
. 8. supnrrens Russ. & Warnst. 
Syn. S. acutifolium var. plumvsum Milde; var. luridwm Hiiben. ?; 
var. lete-virens Braithw.; var. flavicomans Ca rd. 
Exsice. Braithwaite, Sphagn. Exs. Brit. Nos. 81, 82, 33, 38, 
40, 41. 
One of the most nee species in the ok group 
soft and with @ or td ‘distinct 
much more “gh developed and tot near of very wide cells; all 
hone above rather shorter, rhomboid; near the lateral margins 
arrower ; generally non-fibrillose and without pores, rarely with 
' walls; the apex itself at times formed of small vermicular ¢ 
phyllose cells only. 
