minus conuenimit. — Peclunculi craffi, albi. Theca eiiacuata ut in praecedente
punctis nigricantibus intus extusque confperfa,.
Nonne hue pertinet?
Sphagnum oblongmn caul^erecto ramofo,’ ramulis diftantibus alternis,
fo liis ouatis obtufis concauis, floribus terminalibus et axillaribiis pyxidibus
ouato - oblongis , pedicello longo. Palis. Beauv. Prude. Mous.r. p. S,3 , quod
celebcrriiiius auctor e Carolina retulit, quodque etiam Muhlenberg prope Lan-
cajler in Penfylvani.a leg it.
S. capillifolmm trunco erecto d iu i fo , ramulis fasciculatis fubaequalibus de
flexis, fo liis ob longis carinatis anguftis a cutis , thecae obouatae ex-
fertae pcdiiiiculo longiusculo gracili.
Sphagnum capilltfalium. -Muse. Rec. V. II, p. 24. S. capilUfolium
molle et g ra c ile , fo liis lan ceo latis, concauis, fporangiis oblongo - ro-
turidis (oualibus),. Hedw, fp. Muse. p. Swarz. Muse. Su.c. p. ig .
Smith, fl. Brit. V. I ll p. 1146. Turn. Muse. Hib. p. 6. S. gracile
Rich. fl. Am. Bor. Mich. F. II. p. 285. .5- oculifolium Ehrh. S. alpinum
Ruling — Dill. Muse. 243. t, 3 2 ./ , 2. A
In¡ iisdem locis ac Sphagnum cymbifolium et faepe promiscue cum
eo v iu it. Canada etiam illu d g ign it. Capfula autumno vigent.
Capfulae v igentes obouatae, eiiacuatae fere cylindricae vrniformes,
Perichaetialia pro aliorum folio riim exiguitate grandia.
V a r ia t i , pedunculis breuiíTimis, capfulis elongatis fiibcylindricis.
a. pedunculis tres ad quatuor lineas lo n g is , fiibrotundis.
t 3. pentaflichen trunco erecto fim p lic i, ramulis alternatim fasciculatis fub.
aequalibus deflexis fubqiiaternis , fo liis carinatis ob longis acutis paten
ti- reflex! pen taftichis, thecà fubglobofà lon g iu s pédunculata.
Sphagnum recuruum caule erecto ram o fo , rairiiilis lon gis apice atte-
n iia tis , fo liis lanceolatis ramofis, floribus terminalibus, pyxidibus
oblongis pedúnculo mediocri. Palis. Beauv. Prodr. Mouss, p . 88.
Germ.
Geilm. Fiihfreyhiges Torfmoos. Gall, Tourhette a cinq rangs.
E x America feptentrionali a Boscq allatum Cel. Decandolles dedit.
F l 2]- e
Stirps elegantilTima. Ramorum fafclcuU vsque ad trunci apicem
diftlnc ti, a lterni, approximati. Ramuli tres ad quinqué fn fingulo fafci-
cu lo , fubaequales, doflexi, atten uati, pentagoni. Folia angulta, carinata,
o b lon go- lanceolata, acuta, ficcitate ac himiidllate pariter reflexiufcula,
ramulis ita circumpofita v t feries 5 diftinctilfimas lenilfime apicem verfus fefe
inflectentcs confpiciendas pracbeant. Theca fu b g lob o fa, pedúnculo bafi
magnis perichaetialibus cincto quaruor circitei lineas longo in firu c ta , eu.r-
r.uata fub lente punctis concauis confperfa. Co lor totius plantae fordide
albus Caulis minime rubet.
?. rttpillifolio, cujus fo lia etiam rite obferuata in quinqué feries fed
obfcuriifimas dispofita cerni'ntiir, affine. A t caulis non d iu ifu s , ramuli
magis aequales, pauciores in fingulo fa fc icu lo , fupremi exacte pentagoni,
fo lia in trunco deorfum fpectantia cauli appreffa, ramea planiufcula ficcitate
etiam reflexa, capfula tandem fubglobofa longiu s p eduncolata affatim d iflin-
guunt. Habitus etiam grandior elegantior.
t S. cuspidatum trunco d iu ifo , ramulis fafciculatis fubaequalibus deflexis
gracilefcenti- cufpidaus, fo liis elongatis acutis planiiifculis laxis patu
lis ficcitate vndulatis , thecà fubglobofa longius pedunculatâ.
Sphagnum cufpidatumram'is deflexis, fo liis fubulatis patentibus planis
vn d u la to -a cum in a tis . Haffm. Deut. Fl. F. II. p. 22, Ehrh. Crypt. 251.
Smith, fl Brit. F. III. p. 1 14 7 — Dill. Muse. p. 344. t. 3 2 ./ . 2. B
S. capilUfolium v . cuspidatum. Muse. Rec, F. II. p. 25.
Germ. Zugefpiztes Torfmoos. Gall. Tourbette pointue. An gl, Long
leaved floating Bog- moss.
D ille n iu s , v t v id e tu r , jamdiu in Angliâ detexit; inter recentiores
autem Hoffmann et Perfoon pr imi in Hercynia leg e ru nt, inde in Sllefiae loco
die griflc Iferwiife dicto Liidivig, circa Ratisbonam Duval et piope Sihweriit
Muse, Suppt, Pars I. C in