SPHAGNUM. 49 



apex recurved, projecting, perforated. St. 1. large, 

 reflexed, ovate-oblong, margin incurved, cells densely 

 fibrose with a few pores above, near base empty. Br. 1. 

 broadly ovate, elongato-lanceolate, margin incurved in 

 upper half, margined ; chl. cells triangular on back of 

 leaf, interposed between the hyaline, which are strongly 

 fibrose. Male amentula orange-coloured. 



Spongy heaths, &c., in hilly places. May, June. 



Lancashire, Yorkshire, Sussex, Kent, Scotland, 

 Ireland. 



11. S. rubellum, Wils. St. 2—5 inches, slender, 

 purple, with slender, deflexed, sometimes curved 

 branches, bark cells destitute of pores j st. 1. large, 

 erect, ovate-oblong, concave, obtuse, subsecund, with 

 a minutely toothed apex and narrow margin, cells 

 without fibres or pores. Br. 1. ovate or oblong-ovate, 

 gradually acuminate, apex with three stout teeth and 

 a few smaller ones below, cells with annular fibres and 

 a few pores, becoming narrower towards the edge, chl. 

 cells triangular, interposed on upper surface. Caps, 

 almost included. 



Bogs among grass and carices, f r. rare. June, July. 



12. S. laricinum. Spruce {negleetum, Angst.). St. 

 4 — 6 inches, pale yellowish-brown, bark pale of 2 — 3 

 layers of cells. Br. crowded 3 — 4, of which 1 — 2 are 

 divergent, the others pendent but not appressed. St. 

 1. small, ovate, cucullate, minutely fimbriate, basal cells 

 utricular, middle and lateral very narrow, apical, 

 rhomboid, with scarcely any fibres or pores. Br. 1. 

 ovate, shortly and bluntly acuminate, point with 3 — 5 

 teeth, recurved, broadly bordered, cells with annular 

 fibres and many pores, chl. cells elliptic, central 

 between the hyaline. Ped. bracts oblong, scarcely 



