SPHAGNUM. 63 



yar. 6 patulum. St. 1. small, ovate-acute, erect, con- 

 cave, minutely auricled, apex 5-tootlied, lower cells 

 without fibres or pores, upper often slightly fibrillose, 

 border broad, narrowing towards apex. Br. 1. ovate- 

 lanceolate, slightly praemorse, with a 8 — i toothed apex, 

 hyaline cells with a few large pores and annular fibres, 

 chl. cells triangular on concave surface of leaf, border 

 extremely narrow, of two rows of cells. Pedicel long. 

 Monoicous. 



Bogs and marshes. July. 



* Varieties more or less rosy or purple. 



/3. DEPLEXUM. Br. all decurved, flagelliform, pink 

 and green, white-tipped j br. 1. longer and narrower. 



y. LiLACiNUM. Fine rosy red suffused with violet. 

 Br. erect and divergent ; br. 1. strongly involute. St. 

 1. rounded at apex. 



Terrington Carr and Westmoreland. 



B. POEPUEEUM. Usually entirely purple. Br. short, 

 curved. L. obtuse. 



6. TKNELLUM. Slender, elongate, pale green and red. 

 Divergent br. arcuate. L. short, obtuse ; st. 1. broadly 

 bordered, fringed at apex. 



** Varieties of a fuscous or pale colour, 



f. FuscuM. Ochraceous brown. Divergent br. short, 

 incurved. L. short, concave, apex rounded, toothed ; 

 st. 1. small, apex rounded, toothed. 



7). LCFEiDUM. Dirty green, fuscous below. Br. 

 .crowded, all erecto-patent. L. acuminate, strongly 

 involute at apex ; st. 1. large, linear, acutely pointed. 



Ben Lawers. 



6, PATULUM. Pale green. St. 1. elongate, acute, 

 upper cells fibrillose, Br. 1, elongate, patent. 



