Flora of North America species comparison

ovate to oblong-lanceolate, apex acute, mucronate to short-awned, occasionally comparatively long-awned, margins recurved proximally to nearly plane, not or weakly bordered distally with slightly thicker-walled cells;

costa excurrent, lacking an adaxial pad of cells, distally narrow, 2(–3) cells across adaxial surface;

distal laminal cells distally quadrate-hexagonal, width 13–17 µm, 1:1, weakly simply papillose or smooth.

obovate to occasionally ovate, apex acute or broadly acute, awned, margins recurved or plane proximally, not bordered;

costa excurrent into the awn, lacking an adaxial pad of cells, distally narrow, 2–3 cells across the convex adaxial surface;

distal laminal cells hexagonal to rhomboidal, width 15–22 µm wide, 1:1 near apex but elongate at mid leaf and basally, smooth.

very short.

0.8–1.1 cm.

autoicous.

autoicous.

cleistocarpic, spheric to very short-ellipsoid, erect, mostly 0.9–1.3 mm;

peristome absent;

operculum not differentiated.

systylius, short-cylindric, erect and nearly straight, urn 1.5–2 mm;

peristome 200–250 µm, teeth 16, straight, divided to near base but variously fused or perforate, basal membrane low;

operculum 0.5–0.7 mm.

(25–)33–40 µm, spheric, densely papillose.

22–30(–35) µm, spheric, warty papillose.

immersed.

exerted.