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III. — On Bog Mosses. By E. Braithwaite, M.D., F.L.S., &c. 
Plates XCII. and XCIII. 
18. Sphagnum intermedium Hoffmann. 
Deutschlands Flora II. p. 22 (1796). 
Plate XCII. 
Syn, — Sphagnum palustre, molle^ deflexum, squamis capillaceis. Dill. Hist. Muse, 
p. 243, tab. 32, fig. 2 A {ll^iySph. recurvum P. Beauv. Prodr. p. 88 (1805).— 
Bkid. Bry. Univ. I. p. 13 (1826).— Lindb. Torfm. No. 3 (1862).— Berkeley Handb. 
Br. Mosses, p. 308 (1863). Sph. cuspidatum Nees, Hsch. & St. Bry. Germ. p. 23, 
Tab. IV. Fi^. 9 (1823).— O.^ull. Synop. Muse. I. p. 96 (1849).— Schpb. Torfm. 
p. 60, Tab. XVI, fig. 1 (1858). Synop. p. 675 (1860). Kussow Torfm. p. 55 
(1865). — Milde Bry. Siles. p. 383 (1869). — et p.p. aliorum auct. Sph. cuspidati- 
forme Brbutel Bot. Zeit. 1824, p. 407. — Brid. Bry. Un. I. p. 752. Sph. Mougeotii 
ScHPR. in Moug. & Nestl. St. Crypt. Vog.— Rhen. fasc. XIV, No. 1306. Sph. 
flexuosum DozT & Molk. F1. Batav. p. 76, tab. III. Sph. cuspidatum and var. ^, 
recurvum WiLSON Bry. Brit. p. 21. 
Bioicous. Plants robust^ straight, in large, dense or lax tufts ; 
yellow-green, pale green or sometimes pale ferruginous above, pale 
hrown or whitish below. Stems 6-12 in. high, greenish white ; the 
cortical cells small, thin, not porose, in 2-3 layers ; woody zone 
narrow, pale yellowish. Cauline leaves rejlexed, rather small, 
ovato- triangular, minutely auricled, without fibres or pores. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 
Plate XCII. 
Sphagnum intermedium. 
a. — Female plant, a — Part of male plant. 
1. — ^Part of stem with branch fascicle. 
2. — ^Male inflorescence. 2 b. — Bract with antheridium. 
3. — Perichsetium and fruit. 4. — Bract from same. 
5. — Stem leaf. 5 a a. — Areolation of apex, 5. — Stem leaf of var. riparium. 
6. — Leaf of divergent branch. 6'. — The same in a dry state. 6 a?.— Section. 
6 p. — Point of same. 6 c.— Cell from middle x 200. 
7. — Basal intermediate leaves. 
8. — Leaf of a pendent branch. 
9 X. — Part of section of stem. 
10. — Part of a branch denuded of leaves. 
Plate XCIIL 
Sphagnum cuspidatum. 
a. — Female plant, a — Male plant. 
1. — Part of stem with branch fascicle. 
2 b. — Bract with antheridium. 
4. — Perichsetial bract. 
5. — Stem leaves. 5 a a. — Areolation of apex. 
6. — Branch leaves. 6 x. — Section. 6 p. — Point of same 
X 200. 
7. — Basal intermediate leaf. 
9 X. — Part of section of stem. 
/3. — Var. plumosum. 6 fi. — Branch leaf of same. 
y. — Var, hypnoides. 
6 S. — Branch leaf of var. Torreyi. 
6 c. — Cell from middle 
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