SPHAGNUM PYLÆSH, Brid.
Tab. 6.
Forte idem ac præcedens; non aliter diversum quam colore sæpe in atro-viridum transeunte, caule graciliore longiore (in ipsa aqua interdum 8–12-unciali) dissitius folioso, ramulisque magis evolutis deorsum curvatis. Flores ct fructus desunt.
Spagnum Pylæsh, Brid. Bryol. Univ. 1, p. 750.
Sphagnum sedoides var., Sulliv. & Lesqx. Musc. Bor.-Amer. Exsicc. (ed. 1), No. 4; Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 12.
Sphagnum cymbifolium, forma juvenilis, Mull. Synop. Musc. 1, p. 92.
Hab. Newfoundland, La Pylaie. Table Rock Mountain, South Carolina, Gray, Lesquereux. Willey Mountain, New Hampshire, James. New Jersey, Austin.
See remarks respecting this and S. sedoides under S. cyclophyllum.
TAB. 6.—Sphagnum Pylæsh.
1. Plantæ naturali magnitudine.
2. Pars caulis cum ramulo.
3. Folia caulina.
4. Apex folii.
5. 6. Sectiones transversalis folii.
7. Areolatio ejusdem.
8. Folium ramuli.
9. Sectio transversalis caulis.
