Flora of North America species comparison

leaves spatulate to broad-spatulate, 0.8–1.5(–2) mm, strongly lacerate across the broad apex and often part way down the margins, border scarcely to strongly broadened at base (0.25 width of base or less);

hyaline cells rhomboid, efibrillose and often 1–2-septate.

leaves to 1.2 × 0.8 mm; rarely hemiisophyllous;

hyaline cells mostly nonseptate, comb-lamellae usually absent, but sometimes weak.

not 5-ranked, quite terete, long, and slender Branch fascicles with 1– 2 spreading and 1–2 pendent branches.

short and blunt-tipped, leaves spreading.

ovate to ovate-lanceolate; 1.1–1.5(–2) mm, slightly concave, straight;

apex involute;

margins entire;

hyaline cells on convex surface with numerous pores along the commissures grading from small pores near leaf apex to large pores at base, concave surface with large round pores at leaf apex and along margins.

ovate to ovate-elliptical, 1.6–2.2 × 1 mm;

hyaline cells on proximal half of convex surface with round to elliptic pores along the commissures;

comb-lamellae on hyaline cell wall where overlying chlorophyllous cells; chlorophyllous cells broadly triangular in transverse section and well-enclosed on convex surface, end wall not thickened.

often monoicous.

dioicous.

unknown.

20–27 µm, finely papillose on both surfaces;

proximal laesura less than 0.5 spore radius.

unknown.

fascicles with 2 spreading and 1 pendent branch.;

branch stems with hyaline cells non-ornamented, no or weak funnel-like projections on the end walls of cortical cells, cortical cell walls usually with large round pores.