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16. Sphagnum Lindbergii, Scuiprr. 
Pu. XXIII. 
Monoicous ; glossy yellowish green tinged with reddish brown, 
the stem with 3-4 layers of cuticular cells. Stem leaves auricled, 
broadly lingulate ; the apex broadly truncate and fringed. 
Branch leaves in five rows, not undulated, ovato-lanceolate, 
toothed at apex; the chlorophyllose cells elliptic, enclosed by the 
hyaline, but nearest the back of leaf. Perichztia large, inflated ; 
bracts oblong, truncate and fimbriate at apex. 
Synon.— Sph. Lindbergit, Scuimp. Torfm. p. 67, t. 25 (1858) ; Synops. p- 679 
(1860), et ed. 2, p. 832 (1876). Linpz. in Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Forh. xix. p. 136, n. 2 
(1862). Haris, Skand. FL ed. 9, p. 81 (1864). Russow, Beitr. zur Kennt: Torfm. 
p- 54 (1864). ScHLIEPH. in Verh. Z. B. Gesel. Wien, 1865, p. 398. Munk, Bry. 
Siles. p. 389 (1869). Austin, Musc. Appal. n. 40 (1870). Bratruw. Sphag. Brit. 
Exsic. n. 45 (exot.). 
Sph. cuspidatum, LINDB. in Bot. Notiser, 1856, p. 122. 
Sph. cuspidatum B. fulvum, and Sph. fulyvum, SENDTNER, Mss. 
Monoicous ; growing in large dense tufts, glossy yellowish 
green, tinged with ferruginous or purplish brown. 
Stems 6-12 in. high, solid, dark brown; the peripheral cells 
rufous red, not much thickened; the cuticular cells irregular in 
size, without pores, forming 3-4 strata, Stem leaves crowded, 
reflexed, broadly lingulate, auricled ; the apex broad, transversely 
truncate and fringed; basal cells hexagonal, in four rows, pale 
brown, then becoming narrow and elongated, with a few imperfect 
fibres in the lateral cells, these narrow cells bound a central 
triangle, the base of which is formed by the apical margin, and 
this space is occupied by large, loose, rhombic cells, broader and 
2-3 partite at the apex of leaf; without fibres and pores, both of 
which occur sparingly in the auricles. 
Ramuli 4-5 in a fascicle, 2-3 arcuate, divergent, the others 
pendent, elongated, and closely appressed to the stem ; retort cells 
of the branches larger, recurved at apex. 
Leaves of divergent branches numerous, in five ranks, firm, not 
undulated, rather glossy, brownish or ferruginous green, ovate at 
base, becoming lanceolate above, toothed and involute at apex; 
hyaline cells elongated, with numerous annular and spiral fibres, 
and many minute pores at margin; chlorophyllose cells narrow, 
elliptic in section, quite enclosed but nearest to back of leaf; border 
widest at base, formed of 3-4 rows of very narrow cells. 
