. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Botany. A REVISION OF AFRICAN SPHAGNALES 97. Fig. 9 Sphagnum reichardtii Hampe ex Warnst. A, adaxial surface of branch leaf; B, branch leaves (left) and stem leaf (right); C, apical region of stem leaf; D, adaxial surface of stem leaf; E, abaxial surface of branch leaf, unmodified form; F, transverse section of leaf (all drawn from the type). been collected. In this connection, however, it is interesting to compare the material of 5. scotiae (=5. violascens) from Ascension. It has much the same overall form and structure as S. reichardtii (and
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Botany. A REVISION OF AFRICAN SPHAGNALES 97. Fig. 9 Sphagnum reichardtii Hampe ex Warnst. A, adaxial surface of branch leaf; B, branch leaves (left) and stem leaf (right); C, apical region of stem leaf; D, adaxial surface of stem leaf; E, abaxial surface of branch leaf, unmodified form; F, transverse section of leaf (all drawn from the type). been collected. In this connection, however, it is interesting to compare the material of 5. scotiae (=5. violascens) from Ascension. It has much the same overall form and structure as S. reichardtii (and had, in fact, been subsequently misidentified as S. cuspidatum) but lacks the characteristic subdivision of the leucocysts by which the present taxon is distinguished. Warnstorf s description (1890) of the species is based principally, if not exclusively, on the collection of G. de l'lsle, whereas Hampe's nomen nudum pertained to the earlier collections made, presumably by Jelinek and Hochstetter, during the Novara expedition, 1857/59. It appears that the latter material no longer exists. 5. Sphagnum fimbriatum Wilson (Fig. 10) in J. D. Hooker, Crypt, bot. antarct. voy.: 92{1845). Type: Falkland Islands,/. D. Hooker (BM). Plants elongate, rather small, green or pale straw-coloured; capitula with more or less conspicuous, projecting stem-buds. Fascicles usually rather remote, composed of 4-5 distinctly dimorphic branches: 2(-3) spreading branches elongate, thin, finely tapering, 15-0-20-0 (-30-0) mm long; 2(-3) pendent branches very attenuated, pale, appressed to stems. Stems pale, yellowish to very pale brown, 0-7-0-9 mm diameter; cortex well developed, consisting of 2-3. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). London : BM(NH)
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