710 344. Sphagnum. 14. MUSCI. Pl.cell.foL 
Sphagnum cauliferum et ramosum palustre molle candicans, reflexis 
ramulis, foliolis latioribus, Raii Syn. 104, 1. 
Muscus terrestris vulgatissimus, Park . 1306. 
Sphagnum palustre, Lin. S. P. 1569. 
Sphagnum obtusi folium, Ehrh. Crypt. 241. 
Sphagnum lati folium, Hedwig. Engl. Bot. 1405. 
Sphagnum cymbifolium, Swartz Suec. 
In bogs. 
Very retentive of moisture, used to pack up live plants 
to send to a distance. 
/3. minus. Stems in close tufts ; leaves closely tiledlike. 
Sphagnum compactum, Schwcegr. Supp. S. 
y. jluitans. Stems very long, slender; leaves scattered, 
distant. 
Sphagnum latifolium fluitans, Turner Muse. Hib. 6. 
Old wives tow. 
2. Sphagnum squarrosum. 
Branches slender at the end ; leaves ovate, pointed, 
scurfy, turned back. 
Sphagnum squarrosum, Weber fy Mohr Reise , 2, 1 ; Engl. Bot. 1498. 
On bogs. 
3. Sphagnum acutifolium . Narrow-leaved bogmoss. 
Branches slender; leaves ovate, lanceolate, crowded. 
Sphagnum cauliferum et ramosum palustre molle candicans, reflexis 
ramulis, foliolis angustioribus, Raii Syn. 104,2. 
Sphagnum acutifolium, Ehrh. Crypt. 12. 
Sphagnum capilli folium, Engl. Bot. 1406. 
On bogs. 
4. Sphagnum cuspidatum. Pointed bogmoss . 
Branches slender; leaves lanceolate, awlshape, weak. 
Sphagnum cuspidatum, Ehrh. Crypt. 25 ; Engl. Bot. 2392. 
In water, on bogs. 
III. 345. PHASCUM. Haller. Squat-moss . 
Receptacle sessile; capsule pedicelled; pedicell terminal ; 
peristome 0; lid adnate, persistent; calyptra halved. — Plants 
often very minute. 
a. Shoots creeping , leafless^ jointed, branched. 
1 . Phascum serratum. Serrated squcil-moss. 
Shoots branched, leafless, jointed ; perichetial leaves lan- 
ceolate, serrated, ribless. 
