30 THE SPHAGNACE4 OR PEAT-MOSSES OF 
D. Cuspidata. Branch leaves ovato-lanceolate or narrowly 
lanceolate, with the points elongated, truncate, and 
toothed ; margin strongly involute at point. 
Branches 7—12 in a fascicle. Waulfit. 
Branches 3-6 in a fascicle. 
Stem leaves narrower at base than above. 
Stem leaves rounded at apex, fringed all round the 
upper half. fimbriatum. 
Stem leaves truncate, only fringed along the transverse 
margin. Lindbergit. 
Stem leaves not narrower at base. 
Stem leaves not bordered ; branch leaves squarrose. 
squarvosum. 
Stem leaves broadly bordered with narrow cells; 
branch leaves erecto-patent. 
Branch leaves with very large pores. 
Stem leaves tongue-shaped, more or less 
pointed. acutifolium. 
Stem leaves as wide above as at base, truncate, 
fringed at apex. strictum. 
Branch leaves with very small pores. 
Stem leaves triangular, cells of border rather short. 
Pendent branches concealing stem. Cuticular 
cells thin and indistinct. intermedium. 
Stem leaves triangular, cellsof border very narrow 
and elongated. Pendent branches not conceal- 
ing stem. Cuticular cells distinct. cuspidatum. 
Sect. II].—Hemitueca, Lzndd. 
Branches homomorphous, solitary or in pairs; their leaves 
with spiral fibres. Stem leaves and branch leaves alike, obtuse. 
Capsule wide-mouthed, hemispherical. Pylazet. 
Sect. III.—Isoctapus, Lzndé. 
Branches homomorphous, fascicled, all arcuato-divergent ; their 
leaves lanceolate-subulate, without spiral fibres, but with a central 
longitudinal row of pores. Capsule asin Sect. 1. macrophyllum. 
