S y n o n .— L i n d e . Notis. ur Sallsk. pro Fn. et FI. Fenn. Forh. xiii. p. 400 (1874).
B r a i t h w . Monthl. Micr. Journ. May 1873, p. 215, et Sphag. Brit. Exsic. n. 5
(1877)-
H a b .— In marshes on drier subalpine heaths.
E u r o p e .'—Finland: In Ostrobothnia (Lackstrom), Helsingfors (Lindberg),
Isl. Aland (Bomansson). Denmark: In Isl. Sjaelland (Lange), and Jylland (Jensen).
England: Penzance, Cornwall (Curnow); Yanaton Down, Devon, mixed with
Sph. cymbifolmm (Holmes) ; Sutton Park, Warwick (Bagnall) ; Mardale, Westmoreland,
and Stockton Forest, York (Stabler); New Forest, Hants (George); Wheel-
dale, Goathland, York (Braithwaite). Scotland: Strath Garve, Ross, and Isl. Lewis,
Hebrides (Braithwaite). Ireland: Near Lough Bray, Wicklow, and Connor Hill,
Kerry (Lindberg); in Antrim (Moore).
O f this variety there are two forms, one denser and generally
much tinged with ochraceous, which in this country appears to be
the most widely distributed state of the species, the other laxer,
taller, and entirely green, appears to prefer more shady places, and
is well represented by the Sutton Park specimens. Lindberg
records that it has also been sent from Java by Teysmann, where
it grows among the roots of orchids, and that it is analogous to
var. congeslum o f Sph. cymbifolium.
Var. y. slenophyllum, L in db.
Plants more or less pale lurid green, short, dense, and irregularly
branched. Branch leaves ovate-oblong, less concave and
cucullate, and almost entire above.
S y n o n .— L in d b . Notis. ur Sallsk. pro Fn. et FI. Fenn. Forh. xiii. p. 401 (1874).
B r a i t h w . Monthl. Micr. Journ. May 1873, p. 215; et Sphag. Brit. Exsic. n. 6.
H a e .— In wet bogs and edges of pools.
E u r o p e .— Isl. Hogland (Lindberg). Etigland: Penzance, Cornwall
(Curnow); Staveley, Westmoreland (Barnes); Rowdsey Moss, Ulverston, Lancashire
(Miss Hodgson).
T h is is the rarest form with us, and has not yet been found
with fru it; it corresponds to the var. squarrosulum o f Sph. cymbifo
lium . T h e specimen n. 10 in most copies o f my Lxsicca ta is
this plant.
4. Sphagnum cymbifolium ( L h r h a r t ) , H e dw .
Pl. V.
. Dioicous, pale green, often tinged with purple, the stem with
three layers of cuticular cells. Stem leaves smaller, with smaller
cells. Branch leaves less rigid, more elongated, their hyaline cells
smaller, not papillose internally where united to the chlorophyllose
cells, which are nearer to the concave surface o f leaf.
Perichætial bracts more obtuse, the central ceils much smaller
and shorter.
S y n o n .— Muscus terrestris vulgatissimus, P a r k i n s o n , Theatr. Botan. p . 1306
(1640).
Muscus palustris terrestri similis, R a y , Cat. P l . Angl. p. 208 ( 1 6 7 0 ) ; Syn. ed. i,
p. 18 , 9 ( 16 9 0 ) .
Muscus palustris in ericetis nascens floridus, P l u k e n e t , Phytogr. i. t . l o i , f. i
(1691). R a y , Synops. ed. i, app. p. 241 (1690).
Muscus palustris albicans terrestri similis, capitulis erectis brevibus, pediculis etiam
brevissimis insidentibus, R a y , Syn. ed. 2, p. 37, 4 (1696).
Sphagnum cauliferum a ramosum palustre molle candicans, reflexis ramulis,foliolis
latioribus, D i l l e n . Cat. Giss. p . 2 1 9 (1719), et in R a y , Syn. ed. 3 , p . 1 0 4 , i
( 1 7 2 4 ) .
Sphagnum palustre molle deflexum, squamis cymbiformibus. D i l l . Hist. Muse,
p. 240, t. 32, f. I (1741), et Herbar. fo b 32, n. i .
sph.palustre a, L., Sp. Pl. ii. p. 1106 ( i 7 5 3 )- H u d s . FI. Angl. p. 395 (1762)-
FI. Danica, t. 474(1769). W e i s s , Crypt. Gotting, p. 263(1770). W i t h e r . Bot.
Arr. Br. Veg. ed. i, p. 659 (1776). R e l h a n , FI. Cantab, p. 394, n. 770 (1785).
S ib t h . Fb Oxon. p. 273 (1794)- A b b o t , Fb Bedf. p. 228, n. 743 (1798)- H u l l ,
Brit. Fb pt. 2, p. 245 (1799). L i n d b . Act. Soc. Scient. Fenn. x. p. 8 (1871).
Sph. palustre cymbifolium, E h r h . Hannov. Mag. 1780, p. 235.
Sph. cymbifolium, H e d w . Fund. Muse. ii. p. 86, t. i, f. i (1782). S c h r a n k ,
Baiersch. Fb ii. p. 434 (1789). S w a r t z , Muse. Suec. p. 19 (1798). B r i d . Muse.
Ree. ii. pt. I, p. 21 (1798); Sp. Muse. i. p. 12 (1816); Mant. Muse. p. i (1819);
Bryob Univ. i. p. 2 (1826). R ö h l . Moosgesch. Deutsch!, p. 28 (1800). S c h u l t z ,
Fb Starg. p. 275 (1806). P. B e a u v . Prodr. p. 87 (1805). N. H s c h . S t . Bryob
Germ. i. p. 6 (1823). C. M ü l l . Synops. i. p. gi (1849). WiLS. Bryob Brit,
p. 17, t. 4(1855). S u l l . Mosses of United States, p. 11, n. i (1856). S c h im p .
Torf. p. 69, t. 19 (1858) ; Synops. Muse. Eur. p. 684 (i860) ; et ed. 2, p. 847 (1876).
L in d b . in Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Forh. xix. p. 143, n. 14 (1862). S c h l i e p h . in Verb. Z. B.
Geseb Wien, 1865, p. 412. K l i n g g . in Sehr, der K. Phys. OEk. Geseb zu Königs.
72, p. 9. M i l d e , Bryob Siles. p. 395 (1869). H a r tm . Sk. Fl. ed. 6, p. 435. H o b k .
Syn. Br. Moss. p. 23 (1873). B r a i t h w . Sphag. Brit. Exsic. n. 7 and 8 (1877).
Sph. obtusifolium, E h r h . Pb Crypt. n. 241 (1792). R o t h , Fb Germ. iii. p. 118
(1793). H o f f m . Deutsch!. Fb ii. p. 21 (1795). W e b . M o h r , Bot. Taschen, p. 72
(1807). S c h k u h r , Deut. Moose, p. 13, t. 5 (1810). V o i t , Muse. Herbip. p. 10
(1812). S t u r m , Deutsch!. Fb ii. 12. R ö h l . Deutsch!. Fb iii. p. 35 (1813). F u n c k ,
Samml. n. 229; Moos-tasch. t. 2 (1821). H o o k . T a y . Muse. Br. p. 3, t. 4 (1818).
M a r t . Fb Cr. Erlang, p. 117 (1817). G r a y , Nat. Arr. Brit. Pb i. p. 709 (1821).
Sph. latifolium, H e d w . Sp. Muse. p. 27 (1801). T u r n . Muse. Hib. p. 5 (1804).
S m i t h , Fl. Brit. p. 1145 (1804); Eng. Bot. t. 1405 (1805). S c h w ä g . Suppb I. pt. i,
p. 12 (1811). W a h l e n . Fb Lapp. p. 300 (1812); Fb Carpat. p. 333 (1814).
Z e n k . D i e t r . Muse. Thuring. fase, i, n. 19 (1821).
Sph. vulgare, M i c h x . Fl. Bor.-Amer. ii. p. 285 (1803).
Dioicous ; growing in large masses, usually unmixed with other
species, pale greenish white, frequently tinged with purple.