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leaves widely ovate. The most robust of the New Zealand species, 
with the colour and habit of the bia se Subsection, and fre- 
quently difficult to separate without microscopic examination, 
especially in the dry state. Careful sepals pores of ie branch-leaves 
in the moist state, however, will show at once that the apex is not 
cucullate, Siok truncate and tooth ed. 
S. Campbellianum C.M. in herb. Beckett belongs here. 
Warsctoet gives the following varieties :— 
oak australe (Mitt.) (S. australe Mitt. in Journ. Linn. Soe., 
Bot., iv, 106. S. erosum Warnst. in Hedwig. xxix, 
Ticks shic crowded and aes pointing upw ards. 
S. falctrameum C.M. in herb. Beckett be oes her 
Var. Helmsii (Warnst.) (S. Helmsii Warnst. in Hedwig XXix, 
Resembling dense forms of S. ig Nooo Stem leaves much 
smaller than the preceding forms, .85-1 mm. long. 
Var. ericetorum (C.M.) Warnst. (s. ‘erie stibaian C.M. MS. S. 
—— Warnst. in Hedwig. xxxix, 10 
ry dense, low tufts. Stem leaves large, 1.8 mm. long and 
1 mm. wi ike: branches very dense, branch-leaves very concave, wide, 
searcely pointe 
tham I, Schauinsland. 
Subseet. Cusprpata Schlieph. 
Kry 
Stem-leaves fibrose, ovate-lingulate, rounded and 
toothed at apex, 1.25 mm. long; border much 
Witened Herow ee ee 3. S. subcuspi- 
datum 
Stem-leaves triangular oa ig rounded and 
toot 
above 
of stem-leaves much broader 
Sisto narrowly 
lane eolate, sharply serrulate 4. 8. elegans 
Border of" Cg test litte broader 
Hagel ch-leaves 
lan édiaia: ver finely meerance 5. S. Kirkii 
Branchleaves entire. 
Stem-leaves large, 1-1.25 mm. long, 
8 SE WAGE Ss es 6. S. linguae- 
folium 
Stem-leaves fibro: 
Branckleavec: serrate ADVE Oe a 7. 8. irritans 
Branch-leaves entire 8. S. Setchellii 
Stem-leaves period ar, apex acute or truncate, 
not rounde 
Chlorophyllose Bag: = brane eaves in sec- 
les angular, enclosed 
weneral tack MAE SE Rp eats oe 9. S. lanceolatum 
Chiorophyltos cells _ or less trapezioid, 
pC oth facen ee ee 10. 8S. cuspidatum 
3. Sphagnum subcuspidatum C.M. & Warnst. in Hedwig. xxxvi, 155 
(1897). 
Warnstorf records this from Lake Te Anau (Beckett). I have 
it also from North Auckland, coll. H. B. Matthews. It is distin- 
