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13. Sphagnum maximum Warnst. in ee: xxx, 160 (1891). 
Syn. S. australe Schimp., non Mitte 
I have not seen this, which is dosierinsd as resembling a robust 
form of S. cymbifoliwm. Warnstorf cites two New Zealand collec- 
tions, by Kirk and Hochstetter, but does not specify the localities. 
14. Sphagnum cymbifolium Ehrh. Hannov. Mag. 1780, p. 235. 
The type species of the Subsection. Probably less common in 
New Zealand than 8S. subbicolor. 
15; Sphagnum ela page C.M. in litt., e Warnst. in Hedwig. 
xxxix, 106 (190 
Described as a cast compact plant, pale above, brownish below. 
Gathered on summit of Ben Lomond by Schauinsland. 
16. siege cymbophylloides Warnst. in Hedwig. xlvii, 79 
(1907). 
This is perhaps one of the more frequent plants of this Sub- 
section in Nex Zealand. It must not be confused with the Australian 
and Tasmanian S. cymbifolioides C.M 
17. ei gers _otagoense Warnst. in Beih. zum Bot. Centralbl. xvi, 
250 
From the ciel this can be only very slightly different 
from the las 
18. nies subbicolor Hams in Flora, 1880, 
S. centrale Jens. in Bihang til K. Sa Vet.- Akad. 
andl. xxi, 34 (1896). 
leaves, but then not tard to recognize. (This lcasik ghee: ever, 
will not separate it from the two preceding spe 
t robably one of the more common species. 
trachynotum C.M. MS. in Helms, Neuseel. Laubm. 44, belongs 
Ss. 4 
here, as does also S. trachyacron C.M. MS. in herb. Beckett 
19. ieee magellanicum Brid. Muse. Recent. ii, 28 98). 
Syn. S. medium Limpr. in Bot. Centralbl. vii, aE 1881). 
Readily distinguished from ~ but the next species by careful 
sectioning of the chlorophyllose 
is species is not seco’ from New Zealand by Warnstorf, 
og I have it from a bog, Brabourne, N-W. Nelson, Jan. 1925, coll. 
H. H. Allan (67), ¢ 
20. Sphagnum Dielsianum Warnst. in Beih. zum Bot. Centralbl. 
Xvi, 249 (1904). 
Extre remely near to S. magellanicum, but differs in the form of 
the stem leaves, not much longer than broad; they are also generally 
efibrose. 
Collected on Spee Broken River, in shady Nuthofagus forest 
in stream, by Diel 
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