Flora of North America species comparison

leaves stiff, erect-appressed when dry, narrowly lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 2–4.5 mm;

margins recurved to narrowly revolute to near apex, entire;

apex sharply to slenderly acute;

basal laminal cells elongate to rectangular, walls thick, ± nodose;

distal cells 6–13 µm, 1-stratose, papillae 1 or 2 per cell, conic and small, or 2-fid and low.

leaves erect-appressed when dry, oblong-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 2.5–4 mm;

margins recurved-revolute to near apex, entire or sometimes irregularly serrulate near apex;

apex obtuse, cucullate;

basal laminal cells short-rectangular, walls thin, somewhat nodose;

distal cells to 20 µm, 1-stratose, smooth or papillae 1 or 2 per cell, conic, low.

to 1.8 mm.

to 1.5 mm.

gonioautoicous.

gonioautoicous.

immersed, emergent, or slightly exserted, usually 1/3 emergent, globose ovate, ovate-oblong, or short-oblong, 1.3–1.8 mm, slightly or distinctly 8-ribbed 1/2–2/3 length;

stomata superficial;

peristome single, rarely double;

prostome large, conspicuous, or rudimentary;

exostome teeth 16, erect or sometimes spreading-recurved when old, smooth, scattered-papillose, or coarsely papillose-granulate;

endostome segments absent, or rarely 8, rudimentary, of 1 row of cells, smooth or roughened.

immersed, oblong to oblong-ovate, 1.5–2 mm, strongly 8-ribbed entire length;

stomata immersed;

peristome double;

prostome sometimes present, low;

exostome teeth 8 splitting to 16, erect, loosely reflexed when old, densely papillose-striate;

endostome segments (8–)16, well developed, of 1 or 2 rows of cells, finely papillose.

oblong, smooth, hairy or rarely naked, hairs finely papillose.

conic-oblong, papillose, naked.

13–21 µm.

to 15 µm.

asexual reproduction absent.

asexual reproduction absent.