Flora of North America species comparison

mostly branched;

axillary hyaline nodules absent;

central strand present.

unbranched and branched;

axillary hyaline nodules absent;

central strand present or absent.

as many as 15 pairs, often undulate, oblong to lanceolate, obtuse to broadly acute, cuspidate, to 2.7 mm × 0.6 mm;

dorsal lamina truncate-rounded proximally, ending at insertion, not decurrent;

vaginant laminae 2/3 the leaf length, ± equal, minor lamina ending on or near margin;

margin evenly serrulate, often crenulate-serrulate on dorsal and ventral laminae, elimbate;

costa ending in cuspidate apex, taxifolius-type;

laminal cells 1-stratose, distinct, smooth, bulging, firm-walled, irregularly hexagonal, 8–11 µm frequently paler at margin, conspicuously mammillose in vaginant laminae, larger and clearer juxtacostally.

as many as 25 pairs, often undulate, oblong-lingulate, abruptly narrowed to rounded-obtuse apex, 1.2–2 × 0.3–0.4 mm;

dorsal lamina narrowed proximally, rounded, ending a short distance before insertion;

vaginant laminae 1/2–2/3 the leaf length, acute, ± unequal, minor lamina ending near margin;

margin crenulate, elimbate;

costa ending 4–10 cells before apex, oblongifolius-type, distal part of leaf in transverse section showing 4 enlarged cells arranged in 2 rows;

laminal cells in dorsal and ventral laminae 1-stratose, distinct, lenticularly thickened but appearing mammillose, firm-walled, irregularly hexagonal, 6–9 µm, juxtacostal and interior cells of vaginant laminae 1-stratose, smooth, plane, larger;

medial marginal cells of vaginant laminae not differing perceptively from interior cells.

to 17 mm.

to 4.5 mm.

rhizautoicous;

perigonia on short branches proximal to elongate stems;

perichaetia on short, proximal, axillary branches.

cladautoicous;

perigonia and perichaetia on main stems and branches.

theca slightly inclined, slightly arcuate, bilaterally symmetric, to 1.5 mm;

peristome taxifolius-type;

operculum to 1 mm.

theca erect, radially symmetric, 0.3–1 mm;

peristome similiretis-type;

operculum 0.5–0.6 mm.

cucullate, smooth, to 2 mm.

0.7–0.8 mm.

13–18 µm.

11–15 µm.

1 per perichaetium.

1 per perichaetium.