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, 1 8 5 0 ) ; Asikkala, Tavastland
(Norrlm, 1 8 6 4 ) ; Lafsbole, Aland Isl. c. fr. (Bomansson, 1 8 6 4 ) . Sweden: Skarp-
neck, above Kala Berget, Stockholm, c. fr. ( 1 8 5 8 ) , by Lake Sandsjon ( 1 8 5 3 ) , and
at Grycksbo, c . fr. ( 1 8 5 4 , Lindberg); near Orebro, Nerike, c . fr. ( i8 6 0 ) , and Skoga-
holm ( 1 8 6 9 , C. Hartman); Hoor in Sk&ne ( i8 6 0 , Berggren). Norway: VSrstien,
Dovrefjeld ( 1 8 5 4 , Zetterstedt). Livland: Near woods at Techelfer (Girgensohn).
Gcrtnany: Jungfernhaide, Berlin, c . fr. (Nordmann). England: Terrington Carr,
near Welburn, Yorkshire ( 1 8 4 6 , Spruce); Vale Royal Park, Cheshire ( 1 8 6 5 ) , and
near Holyhead (Wilson); near Bowness and Barbon Fell, Westmoreland (Barnes).
Scotland: Loch Libo, Ayrshire; near Doune, and Glen Falloch, Perthshire (McKinlay).
N. A m e r i c a .— Cranberry Marshes, Northern Ohio, c . fr. ( 1 S 4 9 , Sullivant) ;
S y n o n . - suhsecundum var. ¿8. isophyllum, Russ. Torfm. p. 73, p. p.
Sph. neglectum var. A u s t . Muse. Appal, p. 7, n. 27.
Sph. laricinum var. teretiusculum, L in d b . in Notis. ur Sallsk. pro Fn. et FI.
Fenn. Forh. xiii. p. 402.
H a b.—^In marshy places in woods.
'Ex 'B.o^z..— F inland : Kroksnäs, near Borgâ (1861, Sælan); Reivila, Hollola
(1863, Norrlin); Varesjoki, Ostrobothnia (1872, Lackström). 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 lingulate leaves which are distinctly auricled.
Branches short, rather obtuse, with imbricated leaves which are
rounded ovate, pointed, ve ry broad and concave.
Sy n o n .— Sph. subsecundum var. (8. isophyllum, Russ. Torfm. p. 73, p. p.
Sph. platyphyllum, n. sp. ? vel. var. Sph. neglectit Su l l . M ss. Dec. 1868.
Sph. cochlearifolium, WiLS. Mss. in Herb, suo (Mus. Brit.).
Sph. laricinum S2cr:. platyphyllum, L in d b . in Notis. ur Sallsk. pro Fn. etFl. 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.
E u r o p e .— Finland: Hardom, in Nyland (Arrhenius, 1868); Asikkala, in Tavastland
(Norrlin, 1864) ; Sarvivaara, in Ostrobothnia (Lackstrom) ; Karesuanto, in
Lapland (Norrlm, 1867). Sweden: Olsbacka, in Gestrikland (R. Hartman, 1855);
Grycksbo, in Dalarne (Lindberg, 1854) ; Norrlunda, Lapland (J. Angstrom, i860).
Norway: Ullensager, Romerige, c. fr. (Blytt); Sogndalsvand (Wulfsberg, 1867);
Nystuhoe, Dovrefjeld (Berggren, 1865). Esthland : Seewald, Reval (Russow).
Scotland: Perthshire, shore of Loch Katrine (Mr. Lyle, 1852) ; Ben Ledi (Dr. Stirton).
Wales : Top of pass between Aber and Llanwrst (Professor Lawson, 1874).
N. A m e r ic a .— New Jersey (Sullivant).
This corresponds to var. auriculalum o f Sph. subsecundum, and
is usually more stunted in growth than the other forms of the
species.
Var. S. cyclophyllum ( S u l l . L esq.), L indb .
Stems short, turgid, 1 -4 in. long, quite simple or with one or
more short solitary branches, pale and glaucous. Stem leaves ve ry
large, widely orbicular-ovate, flaccid, deeply concave. Capsules
small, globose, immersed in a lateral bud-like perichætium; the
bracts oblong-ovate, concave, eroso-truncate at apex.
Sy n o n .— Sph. obtusifolium var. 8. turgidum (non Brid.), H k . W il s . in Drumm.
Muse. Bor.-Amer. ser. 2, n. 17 (1841).
Sph. cyclophyllum, S u l l . L e sq . Muse. Bor.-Amer. ed. r, n. 5'(1856). Su l l .
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. y. simplidssimum, M il d e , Bryol. Siles. p. 393 (1869) ?
Sph. Drummondii, W il s . Mss. in Herb, suo (Mus. Brit.).
H ab.—Wet mountain heaths.
E u r o p e .— Finland: Eckero, 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. subsecundum var. obesum,
and differs so completely in aspect from the typical state that few
botanists would refer them to the same species ; some o f the
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