Flora of North America species comparison

leaves short-rectangular, 0.8–1.1 mm, hyaline cells mostly non-septate and absent comb-fibrils.

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.

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

ovate to ovate-elliptic, 1.4–1.8 mm;

hyaline cells on convex surface with numerous pores along the commissures;

comb-lamellae obvious only in proximal 1/2 of leaf; chlorophyllous cells broadly triangular in transverse section and well-enclosed on the convex surface.

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.

dioecious.

often monoicous.

(22) 24–27(–28) µm, surface granulate.

20–27 µm, finely papillose on both surfaces;

proximal laesura less than 0.5 spore radius.

fascicles with 2 spreading and 1–2 hanging branches.;

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.