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longer and narrower points, and the chlorophyllose cells narrower 
and quite smooth. 
No. 846 of my Exsiccata belongs to Sph. papfillosum, and if 
contrasted with the male plant of Sh. cymbifolium it will be seen 
that the inflorescence stands out almost free from barren comal 
branches, while in Sph. cymbdfolium they are long and closely sur- 
round the male amentula; the colour of the latter species also, 
generally partakes somewhat of a bluish white tint. 
Var. B. congestum, ScHIMP. 
Stems 2-5 in. high, densely tufted in large, compact cushions, 
pale yellow, bluish red or brownish purple above, intermixed 
with green, dirty brownish yellow below, somewhat rigid. Stem 
leaves often fibrose in the upper part. Branches densely crowded, 
ascending, short, thick, fusiform, their leaves very concave and 
closely imbricated ; pendent ones very slender, often white. 
Synon.—Sph, cymbifolium var. congestum, Scuimp. Torfm. p. 69, t. xix. f B13 
Synops. p. 685, et ed. 2, p. 848. Bratruw. Sphag. Brit. Exsic. n. 10. 
Sph. compactum, Brip. Bry. Univ. p. p. (sec. Schimper). 
Sph. cymbifolium vax. compactum, et var. purpurascens, Russow, Torfm. p. 80. 
Has.—In drier parts of extensive peat-moors, and places cleared of turf. Frequent. 
This variety is remarkable for the various tints it assumes, 
and these are not always preserved by drying, but often become 
dull blue or brown. It also occurs under two forms; one in ex- 
tremely dense cushions of large size, as in specimens from Wither- 
slack, Westmoreland, sent by Mr. Barnes; the other laxer, and of a 
more rosy tint above and pale below, very conspicuous by the 
abundant heads of deep purple male inflorescence. In some copies 
of my Exsicc. specimens of Sph. papillosum var. stenophyllum 
have been placed under No. 10 by mistake. 
Var. y. sguarrosulum, N. Hscu. St. 
‘Plants slender, in loose dark-green tufts, often with a dingy 
shade below; divergent branches turgid, loose, their leaves more 
pointed and patulous, somewhat squarrose, those of the comal 
branches distinctly squarrose. 
Synon.—N. Hscu. St. Bryol. Germ. i. p. 8 (1823). Brip. Bry. Univ. i. p. 4. 
Russow, Torfm. p. 80. BraitHw. Sphag. Brit. Exsic. n. 9. 
Sph. cymbifolioides, BREUTEL, in Regens. Flora, 1824, p. 435. Brip. Bry. Univ. 
i. p. 749. 
Has,—In woods and shady banks of ditches. 
