114 THE BOG-MOSSES OF ESSEX.
SPHAGNA ACUTIFOLIA.
Sphagnum acutifolium Warnst.
[Most, if not all, the old records of this species belong
to the next.] I have not seen the following: N. Essex
(Dixon), near Chelmsford (Greenwood).
var. purpureum, Wils.
Near Chelmsford (Greenwood).
S. subnitens Russ. and Warnst.
"Bog near the Bald-faced Stag" (Forster) !; Warley
Common (young undeveloped form) !!
var. purpurascens Schlieph.
Epping Forest (English) !; Tiptree Heath (Varenne) !;
Linguard Common !!
var. versicolor Warnst.
Thomas' Quarters, Epping Forest !!; Galleywood
Common (Varenne) !!; Linguard Common !!; Wood-
ham Walter Common and Bergholt Heath (Varenne) !
var. virescens Warnst.
Thomas' Quarters, Epping Forest !!
SPHAGNA SQUARROSA.
S. squarrosum Pers.
"Forest near Snaresbrook" (Forster) !; Galleywood
Common (Greenwood)
var subsquarrosum Russ.
Theydon and High Beach (English); Galleywood
Common !!; Pod's Wood (Varenne)
var. imbricatum Schimp.
Near "Rising Sun," Walthamstow
(Parsons) !!; Galleywood Common
SPHAGNA CUSPIDATA.
S. cuspidatum Ehrh.
N. Essex (Dixon). [In the absence of a specimen it is
impossible to tell to which of the segregates this
belongs.]
S. recurvum var, mucronatum Warnst.
Between Theydon and Wake Arms !!; Epping Forest
(English) !; Woodham Mortimer Common (Varenne). !