slightly secund, oblong, truncate, with several obtuse teeth, the
areolation as in the branch leaves.
H ab .— In deep bogs. Fr. July and August.
E u r o p e .— Finland: Petrosawodsk (Nylander, 1850); Asikkala, Tavastland
(Norrlin, 1864); Lafsbole, Aland Isl. c. fr. (Bomansson, 1864). Sweden: Skarp-
neck, above Kala Berget, Stockholm, c. fr. (1858), by Lake Sandsjon (1853), and
at Grycksbo, c. fr. (1854, Lindberg) ; near Örebro, Nerike, c. fr. (i860), and Skoga-
holm (1869, C. Hartman) ; Hoor in Skane (t86o, Berggren). Norway: VSrstien,
Dovrefjeld (1854, Zetterstedt). Livland: Near woods at Techelfer (Girgensohn).
Germany: Jungfernhaide, Berlin, c. fr. (Nordmann). England: Terrington Carr,
near Welburn, Yorkshire (1846, Spruce) ; Vale Royal Park, Cheshire (1865), and
near Holyhead (Wilson) ; near Bowness and Barbon Fell, Westmoreland (Barnes).
Scotland: Loch Libo, Ayrshire ; near Donne, and Glen Falloch, Perthshire (McKinlay).
N. A m e r ic a .— Cranberry Marshes, Northern Ohio, c. fr. (1849, Sullivant) ;
Closter, New Jersey, c. fr. (Austin) ; Sandlake, New York (Peck).
Closely as this species resembles Sph. subsecundum, it may be
immediately distinguished from it by a section o f the stem, which
in the latter species exhibits only a single layer o f sharply defined
cuticular cells; in Sph. laricinum there are always two strata o f these
cells, and not unfrequently a third more or less complete series o f
smaller size is also present. T h e hyaline cells o f the branch leaves
are larger and have fewer pores, and the inner perichætial bracts
have the apex obtuse with a distinct notch ; the rarity o f the fruit,
however, prevents the latter character being often available.
Angstrom seems to have confused the plant with Sph. inlermedium,
as he describes the chlorophyllose cells as trigonous, and free on
the dorsal surface o f leaf.
Var. lereliusculum, L indb.
Stems slender, with large oblong, obtuse leaves, somewhat
fringed or toothed at apex. Branches crowded, terete, incurved,
or more or less circinate ; branch leaves short, ve ry broad, concave.
S y n o n .— subsecundum var. isophyllum, Russ. Torfm. p. 73, p. p.
SpJi. neglectum var. A u s t . M u s e . Appal, p. 7 , n . 2 7.
Sph. frtcinum var. teretiusculum, Lindb. in Notis. ur Sallsk. pro Fn. et FI.
Fenn. Forh. xiii. p. 402.
H ab.— I n m a rsh y p la c e s in w oods.
Ev'b.ovtl.— F inland : Kroksnas, near Borgi, (1861, Sælan) ; Reivila, Hollola
(^63, Norrlm); Varesjoki, Ostrobothnia (1872, Lackstrom). Sweden: Loka,
Vestmanland (1854, Hamnstrom) ; between Skutijaur and Storavaviken, Lapland
(1856, Lindberg); and Nammats, Quickjokk (1867, Holmgren). Norway: Nystue-
dalen, Dovreijeld (1865, Berggren). Livland: Techelfer, near Dorpat (Russow).
N. A m e r ic a .— Closter, New Jersey (Austin).
Professor Lindberg states that this corresponds to Sph. subsecundum
var. conlorlum.
Var. y. plalyphyllum (S u l l .), L indb .
Stems short, with Ungulate leaves which are distinctly auricled.
Branches short, rather obtuse, with imbricated leaves which are
rounded ovate, pointed, v e ry broad and concave.
Sy n o n .— Sph. subsecundum var. /S. isophyllum, Russ. Torfm. p. 73, p. p.
Sph. plalyphyllum, n. sp. ? vel. var. Sph. negkctii Su l l . Mss. Dec. 1868.
Sph. cochlearifolium, W il s . Mss. in Herb, suo (Mus. Brit.).
Sph. laricinum var. plalyphyllum, L in d b . in Notis. ur Sallsk. pro Fn. et Fi. Fenn.
Forh. xiii. p. 403 (1874). B r a it h w . Sphag. Brit. Exsic. n. 14 (1877).
H ab.— In peaty places, among short grass. Rare.
Yx '&.oyb,.—-Finland: Hardom, in Nyland (Arrhenius, 1868) ; Asikkala, in Tavastland
(Norrlin, 1864) ; Sarvivaara, in Ostrobothnia (Lackstróm) ; Karesuanto, in
Lapland (Norrlin, 1867). Sweden: Olsbacka, in Gestrikland (R. Hartman, 1855) ;
Sphagnum cyclophyllum.— Professor Lindberg is now o f opinion
that this must be maintained as a distinct species ; and the Aland
plant which he had confounded with it, he names Sph. laricinum.
Var. sub simplex. (Muse. Scand. p. 11.)
Mosses of Un. St. p. 11, n. 7 (1856) ; Icon. Muse. p. 13, t. 6 (1864), et id. Suppl.
p. 16, t. 7 (1874). A u s t in , Muse. Appal, p. 11, n. 25 (1870).
Sph. subsecundum var. 7. simplidssimum, M il d e , Bryol. Siles. p. 393 (1869)?
Sph. Drummondii, W il s . M ss. in Herb, suo (Mus. Brit.).
H ab.—Wet mountain heaths.
O E u r o p e .— Finland: Eckerd, in the Aland Islands (Reuter and Eifving, 1871).
Silesia : Kuhplan, near Langwaltersdorf and Gorbersdorf (Milde) ?
N. A m e r ic a .— New Orleans (Drummond) ; mountains of Alabama (Lesquereux) ;
New Jersey (James); Southern New Jersey, c. fr. (Austin).
This variety corresponds to Sph. subsecundtim var. obesum,
and differs so completely in aspect from the typical state that few
botanists would refer them to the same sp e c ie s ; some o f the