46 THE SPHAGNACEZ OR PEAT-MOSSES OF : 
slightly secund, oblong, truncate, with several obtuse teeth, the 
areolation as in the branch leaves. 
Has.—In deep bogs. Fr. July and August. 
Europrt.—Ffinland : Petrosawodsk (Nylander, 1850) ; Asikkala, Tavastland 
(Norrlin, 1864) ; Lafsbole, Aland Isl. c. fr. (Bomansson, 1864). Sweden: Skarp- 
neck, above Kala Berget, Stockholm, c. fr. (1858), by Lake Sandsjén (185 3), and 
at Grycksbo, c. fr. (1854, Lindberg) ; ; near Orebro, Nerike, c. fr. (1860), and Skoga- 
holm (1869, C. Hartman) ; Héér in Skane (1860, Berggren). Vorway: Varstien, 
Dovrefjeld (1854, Zetterstedt). Zzv/and: Near woods at Techelfer (Girgensohn). 
Germany : Jungfernhaide, Berlin, c. fr. (Nordmann). gland: Terrington Carr, 
near Welburn, Yorkshire (1846, Spruce); Vale Royal Park, Cheshire (1865), and 
near Holyhead (Wilson) ; near Bowness and Barbon Fell, Westmoreland (Barnes). 
Scotland: Loch Libo, Ayrshire ; near Doune, and Glen Falloch, Perthshire (McKinlay). 
N. America.—Cranberry Marshes, Northern Ohio, c. fr. (1849, Sullivant) ; 
Closter, New Jersey, c. fr. (Austin) ; Sandlake, New York (Peck). 
Closely as this species resembles Sf%. sudbsecundum, it may be 
immediately distinguished from it by a section of the stem, which 
in the latter species exhibits only a single layer of sharply defined 
cuticular cells; in SpZ. lartconum there are always two strata of these 
cells, and not unfrequently a third more or less complete series of 
smaller size is also present. The hyaline cells of the branch leaves 
are larger and have fewer pores, and the inner perichetial bracts 
have the apex obtuse with a distinct notch; the rarity of the fruit, 
however, prevents the latter character being often available. 
Angstrém seems to have confused the plant with Sph. tntermedium, 
as he describes the chlorophyllose cells as trigonous, and free on 
the dorsal surface of leaf. 
Var. B. teretiusculum, Lins. 
Stems slender, with large oblong, obtuse leaves, somewhat 
fringed or toothed at apex. Branches crowded, terete, incurved, 
or more or less circinate ; branch leaves short, very broad, concave. 
Synon.—Sfh. subsecundum var. B. isophyllum, Russ. Torfm. p. 73, p. p. 
Sph, neglectum var. Aust. Musc. Appal. p. 7, n. 27. 
Sph. laricinum var. B. teretiusculum, LinpB. in Notis. ur Sallsk. pro Fn. et Fl. 
Fenn. Forh. xiii. p. 402. 
Has.—In marshy places in woods. 
Europe.—finland: Kroksnas, near Borgi (1861, Selan); Reivili, Hollola 
(1863, Norrlin); Varesjoki, Ostrobothnia (1872, Lackstrém), Sweden: Loka, 
Vestmanland (1854, Hamnstrém) ; between Skutijaur and Storavaviken, Lapland 
(1856, Lindberg) ; and Nammats, Quickjokk (1867, Holmgren). Morway: Nystue- 
dalen, Dovrefjeld (1865, Berggren). Livland: Techelfer, near Dorpat (Russow). 
N. America.—Closter, New Jersey (Austin). 
Professor Lindberg states that this corresponds to Sph. sudbse- 
cundum var. contortum. 
