SPHAGNUM MOLLE, Sulliv.
Tab. 4.
Plantæ tenella, delicatulæ, dense cæspitosæ, e viridulo albescentes vel dilutissime fuscesccntcs.
Caulis subindivisus, 2–3-uncialis, strato corticali dupliei indutus, confertissime ramulosus: ramulis 2–3 fasciculatis subconsimilibus erecto-patentibus; cellulis corticalibus in strato simplici dispositis inaequalibus, majoribus elongatis apice recurvulo truncato apertis.
Folia caulina approximata, ampla, oblonga, obtusa, patentia et deflexa; cellulis byalinis baud vel parce spiriferis: folia ramulina tenerrima, oblongo-ovata, recta vel recurvula, superne convoluta, apice truncato denticulata, angustissime marginata; cellulis byalinis latiuscule angulato-fusiformibus, poris et fibrillis baud nunierosis; cellulis cbloropbyllosis tenuissimis, ad concavaum folii faciem emersis inque sectione transversali triangularibus.
Flores dioici: antberidia secus ramulos proprios erectos breves disposita, subglobosa, longe pedicellata, perigonialibus lateralia; parapbysibus filiformibus ramosis.
Capsula globosa, in caulis capitulo emersa: perichæstium haud dissolutum; folia superiora late oblongo-ovata, convolnta, summo apice 2–3-dentato constricta; rete inferne prosencbymaticum, elongato-bexagono-rbomboidcum e cellulis bomomorpbis exstructum, superne spbagnoideum; poris atque fibrillis omnino nullis.
Sphagnum molle, Sulliv. Muse. Alleghan. No. 205; Mosses U. States, p. 13; Sulliv. & Lesqx. Musc. Bor.-Amer. Exsice. (ed. 1), No. 16.
Sphagnum tabulare, Sulliv. Musc. Alleghan. No. 204; Mosses U. States, p. 12, pro parte.
Sphagnum compactum & var., Brid. e Müll. Synop. Musc. 2, p. 539.
