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Has.—Margins of bogs and about the edges of woods, chiefly in alpine dis- 
tricts. 
Lapland, Alps of Switzerland, Dovrefjeld. Scotland: Gelan Bog and Dalfroo 
Bog, Strachan, Kincardine (Sim); Garynahine, Isl. Lewis, Hebrides (Braithwaite). 
England: Darnholm, Goathland, Yorkshire (Anderson). 
This variety stands nearest the typical form, into which it 
passes imperceptibly; the branches are generally rosy red, with 
pale points, or a mixture of green and red, and the texture softer. 
Russow’s var. y. daxum appears to be only a tall, loose-leaved form 
of the same variety, and Spruce’s /z/acinum is intermediate between 
this and the next. 
Var. y. purpureum, SCHIMP. 
In dense cushioned tufts, almost entirely purple, short, densely 
ramulose, the capitulum dense. Stem leaves ovate, usually fibrose, 
sometimes slightly truncate, and fringed at point. Branch leaves 
ovato-lanceolate, closely imbricated. 
Synon.—Sph. acutifolium vax. purpureum, Scuimp. Torfm. p. 57, t. xiii. 8; 
Synops. p. 673, ed. 2, p. 826. Russow, Beitr. p. 40. Muzps, Bry. Siles. p. 381. 
K.1ncc. in Schr. der K. Phys. Gik. Gesel. zu Konigs. 1872, p.3. BraiTHw. Sphag. 
Brit. Exsic. n. 33. 
Haz.— Marshes and moorlands; not unfrequent in mountain districts. 
This comes close to the last variety, but has shorter and more 
spreading branches, with shorter branch leaves ; the colour is also 
a deeper purple, but pale at the lower part of the stems. 
Var. 8. rubellum (Wi1s.), Russow. 
Dioicous ; plants slender, laxly tufted, purple, 2-6 in. high. 
Stem leaves large and broad, obtuse, their cells bipartite, but rarely 
fibrose. Branch leaves subsecund, oblong-ovate, rather obtuse, 
3-toothed at apex. Male amentula deep purple, clavate, obtuse. 
Synon.—Sph. rubellum, Wits. Bryol. Brit. p. 19, t. 1x.2(1855). ScHimp. 
Torfm. p. 70, t. xx.; Synops. p. 680, et ed. 2, p. 826. Linps. in Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. 
Forh. xix. p. 142, n.12. BERKEL. Handb. p. 306. Harrm. Sk. Fl. ed. 9, ii. p. 83 
(1864). Fl. Danica, t. 2753 (1867). Mitps, Bry. Siles. p. 383. SCHLIEPH. in Verh. 
Z. B. Gesel. Wien, 1865, p. 388. BratrHw. in Monthl. Micr. Journ. July, 1872, 
pl. xxii. Hosx. Synop. Br. Moss. p. 24. 
Sph, acutifolium vax. rubelum, Russ. Torfm. p. 41. Brarruw. Sphag. Brit. Exsic. 
n. 36. 
* Sil. tenellum var. B. rubellum, Kutnccr. in Schr. der K. Phys. CEk. Gesel. 
zu Konigs. 1872, p. 4. 
Haz.—In marshes at the edges of small pools; rare in fruit. Often growing 
intérmixed with SpA. ¢enellum. 
Evuropre.—In Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Denmark ; not unfrequent. Bavaria, 
