SPHAGNACEAE, 359 
Section II. INOPHLOEA. 
Subseet. Cymprrouia Lindb. 
The species of this subsection resemble one another closely in 
habit, me are only to be distinguished by careful microscopic 
examinatio 
KEy. 
Inner walls of hyaline cells of branch-leaves 
DR DINOBG: ee oF oie tr eae tres ie ee ee ee S. papillosum 
Inner walls of hyaline cells of branch-leaves 
smooth 
Chlorophyllose cells of branch-leaves in rp 
ion narrowly triangular or narrowly 
trapezioid, free (with a thickened wall) 
on 
face. 
y layer of stem — reddish- 
brown; plant very robust .... .... S. maximum 
Woody layer of stem eto 
ston oes es 1-2 mm. long, .8-.9 mm 
often fibrose __...... i S. cymbifolium 
Stem: leaves ra 5 mm: long, .75 
efibrose ..... S. microcephalum 
m ostly 
ssi oegn po of praner: leaves in sec- 
tio pindle-shaped or _ barrel-shaped, 
not yo face or both faces, with 
Oiickawed wa 
Epidermal gr Awe of stem 3-stratose, 
woody layer pale brown ania 
- ng, “7 
wide, mostly fibrose. Sasi 
inm; long; 1.3mm. wide =<... S. cymbophyl- 
loides 
i oop oka of stem Ss 5 yesingo 
oody 1 bro dark 
ene rple. __Stemleaves L7. cue long, 
75-8 wide , mostly efibrose. 
Swnsieloh ation Ig 6-2 mm. long 
mm, WAGR 6s ee a S. otagoénse 
the u p 
mm long, 1.45-1.5 mm. see a S. subbicolor 
Rae Fo Rise. — of branch-leaves in 
transverse ection small, elliptic, 
enclosed in whdaear by the hyaline a 
Stem epidermis ee Ste. 
a 
e mm, 
often Hirose ab0OVe. 8S. magellanicum 
Stem epidermis with few fibres. " Stem- 
eaves 1.3 mm. long, 1.14 mm. wide, 
Wsually efibrose. 2 pe S. Dielsianum 
12. Sphagnum papillosum Lindb. in Act. Soe. Se. fenn. x, 280 (1872). 
Warnstorf records this as collected in New Zealand by Dall. 
It is to be recognized principally by the atin walls of the valine 
cells of the bench: leaves, where they adjoin the chlorophyllose o nes, 
being finely oc in Otherwise it generally resembles other species 
of this Subsection 
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