SPHAGNUM MÜLLERI, Schimp.
Tab. 5.
Plantæ dclicatulæ, viridulæ vel sordidc albescentes, raro colore dilute purpurascente tinctæ.
Caulis 1–4-uneialis, tenuis; strato tegmentario duplici: ramuli 3–4-fasciculati, in plantis humilioribus erecto-patentes condensati, in elatioribus 1–2 arcuato-deflexi, caiteri graciliores, flagelliformes, penduli; cellulis corticalibus elongatis in strato unico dispositis, illis porigeris apice lenissime recurvis.
Folia caulina magna, oblongo- vel obovato-lanceolata; cellulis hyalinis spirigeris et porosis: folia ramulina e basi ad medium amplexicaulia erecta, dehinc squarrosa, ex oblongo lanceolata, superne involuto-concava, margine crenato angustissimo, apice (ut in caulinis) plus minus grosse dentato; cellulis hyalinis angulato-serpentinis fibrillis porisque instructis; cellulis chloro-phyllosis situ sectioneque transversali speciei prsecedentis.
Flores monoici: amentula mascula brevia, crassiuscula, violacea, in ramulis comalibus et horizontalibus (numquam in dependentibus) posita.
Capsula terminalis, globosa, emersa: folia perichætialia laxiuscula, curvula, oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, limbo lato versus apicem irregulariter dentatam sensim latiore circumducta; cellulis hyalinis ad folii partem superiorem fibrillis et poris instructis, ad inferiorem carentibus: sporae sulphureæ.
Sphagnum Mülleri, Schimp. Gesch. d. Torfm. p. 73, t. 26, Synop. Muse. Europ. p. 686.
Sphagnum molluscoides, Müll. Synop. Musc. 2, p. 539.
Sphagnum acutifolium var.? Sulliv. Musc. Alleghan. No. 203. (1845.)
Sphagnum Tabulare, Sulliv. & Lesqx. Musc. Bor.-Auier. Exsice. (ed. 1), No. 15; Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 12, pro parte.
