sphagnologist (sfagnolojist)

[ nolog-y+ -ist.] In bot., a student of the Sphag naceæ; one who is an authority on, or interested in the study of, the Sphagnaceæ. Jour. Roy. Micros. Soc., 2d ser., VI. 108. [ sphagnology (sfag-nol'ō-ji), n. The special study of the Sphagnacex. num + Gr. -λογία, peat-mo es; abounding in bog or peat-mo es. See Sphagnum. Sphagnum (sfag'num), n. [NL. (Dillenius, 1741), Sphecius ters, see Sphagnaceæ. The plants of this genus are widely diffused over the temperate parts of the globe, and enter largely into the composition of peat. There are about 25 North American species and many varieties or forms, about the validity of which the best authorities differ widely. The most diforms be dis tinguished by well-marked characters, but these seem to merge into one another by a complete series of connecting links. See peat1, peat - mo , Bryacea. 2. [l. c.] A ma a, Fertile plant of Sphagnum cuspid a tum, var. plumosum; b, or quantity of. mo of this genus: often used attributively: as, sphagnum mo ; sphagnum bog. Sphagolobus (sfa-gol'- - the capsule of Sphagnum subse o-bus), n. [NL. (Ca- cundum; c, the antheridium of ban is, 1860), Gr. cells of the leaf of Sphagnum σφαγή, the throat, + cymbifolium. λοβός, lobe.] A genus of hornbills, of the family Bucerotidæ, characterized by the peculiar form of the casque and by the curly crest. The IMG:content-1708.jpg:[merged small][graphic] IMG:content-1709.png:[graphic] Sphagolobus atratus. only species is S. atratus of western Africa, of a blackish color with the tail dark-green and broadly tipped with white.