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Annotated List of Species 
i. Sphagnum magellanicum Brid. (S. medium Limpr.), 
Margin of pond, Silver Islet, Thunder Cape, June 23, 1912 (No. 336) O. E. 
Jennings & R. H. Daily; Bog margin of twin lakes 1 mile south of Nipigon, 
July 2, 1912 *(634) 0 . E. Jennings & R. H. Daily; Spruce muskeg west of Heron 
Bay R. R. Station, July 20, 1912 (1355) 0 . E. Jennings & R. H. Daily; Open 
bog near Porphyry Island lighthouse, July 23, 1913 (3689)] Spruce muskeg 
at Fort William Mission, Sept. 5, 1913 ( 5208 , 5210 ) ; Open bog at Orient siding, 
south end of Lake Nipigon, July 2, 1914 ( 6i6o)\ Boggy margin of little lake 
between Orient Bay and Virgin Falls, south end of Lake Nipigon, July 8, 1914 
( 6335 ) and July 19, 1914 {6537)', Spruce muskeg on gentle slope at north end 
of Ombabika Bay, north end of Lake Nipigon, Aug. 17, 1914 ( [7046 ); Muskeg 
at east end of Pelican Lake, Graham, Sept. 5, 1914 ( 7481 ). Macoun reports 
it from Lake Nipigon * 1 2 3 . 
The distribution of this species is: “Labrador southward to Alabama and 
Florida; [Central Pennsylvania — O. E. J.]; Michigan; Minnesota; California; 
Vancouver Island to Alaska; Bermuda; also in Europe, Asia, and South Amer- 
ica.” 4 In common with a considerable number of other plants occurring in 
northwestern Ontario, this species, as far as its distribution is known, has in 
North America a range which may be likened to an hour-glass, wide at both 
ends and narrowing down in the middle. However, the abundant occurrence 
of this species in practically all parts of the region visited would indicate that 
its range may extend much farther to the north in the middle portion of Canada. 
It is of interest at the present time to note that this is practically the only 
one of the good surgical sphagnums occurring in northwestern Ontario. 5 6 7 8 9 Not 
having in mind this practical use of the moss when collecting the specimens, 
3 Macoun, in Catalogue of Canadian Plants, Part VI — Musci. 1892 (Geol. & Nat. Hist. Surv. 
Canada), reports the following sphagnums from the general region covered by our expeditions. 
The reports are taken verbatim from the Catalogue without any attempt being made to straighten 
out the synonymy, nor to verify the reports according to more modern treatments of the genus: 
1. 5 . Girgensohnii Russ. “On the portage path, four miles east of Kakabeka Falls, west of 
Lake Superior.” “Peat bog, Newboro, near Kingston, Ont. {Prof. Lawson).” 
2. S. fuscum var. fuscescens Warnst. “In a swamp near the Pic, Lake Superior.” 
3. S. acutifolium var. palescens Warnst. “In the hollows of granite rocks on a small island 
off the northeast coast of Lake Superior, nearly opposite the lower end of Michipicoten Island.” 
4. 5 . acutifolium var. rubrum Warnst. “Peat bogs, Lake Nipigon, Ont. {Macoun).” 
5. 5 . teres var. squarrosulum Lesq. “In a swamp 15 miles west of Port Arthur, Lake Supe- 
rior {Macoun) .” 
6. S. compaclum var. subsquarrosum Warnst. “Bogs along Nipigon River, Ont.” 
7. 5 . subsecundum Nees. “Bogs, Lake Nipigon, Ont.” 
8. 5 . cymbifolium Ehrh. Very common in peat bogs throughout Ontario, but seldom sep- 
arated from the variety,” i. e. var. laeve Warnst. 
9. 5 . medium var. laeve f. purpurascens Russ. “Peat bogs along Lake Nepigon.” 
4 Andrews. A. LeRoy. North American Flora. 
5 Nichols, G. E. War Work for Bryologists. Bryoi.oc-ist 21 : 53-56. July, 1918. 
Hotson, J. W. Sphagnum as a Surgical Dressing, Science, N. S. 48 : 203-208. Aug. 30, 
1918, 
