Monographs Details:
Authority:
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Family:
Leskeaceae
Leskeaceae
Description:
Species Description - Plants dark green or yellow. Stems creeping and rooting, sometimes quite slender and branching irregularly; branches short and simple, erect; leaves crowded, spreading or secund, ovate, acuminate, small, up to 0.5 mm. long, those of the branches smaller and less acuminate than those of the stem; vein excurrent into a long tip; margins minutely toothed; cells small, square or oblong, papillose only on the back; leaves at base of pedicel longer and paler, erect. Pedicel 2-2.5 cm. long, slender, erect; capsule 1 mm. long, horizontal and curved; annulus falling with the conic lid; peristome double, the inner with keeled segments and 3 cilia; spores smooth, maturing in summer.
Species Description - Plants dark green or yellow. Stems creeping and rooting, sometimes quite slender and branching irregularly; branches short and simple, erect; leaves crowded, spreading or secund, ovate, acuminate, small, up to 0.5 mm. long, those of the branches smaller and less acuminate than those of the stem; vein excurrent into a long tip; margins minutely toothed; cells small, square or oblong, papillose only on the back; leaves at base of pedicel longer and paler, erect. Pedicel 2-2.5 cm. long, slender, erect; capsule 1 mm. long, horizontal and curved; annulus falling with the conic lid; peristome double, the inner with keeled segments and 3 cilia; spores smooth, maturing in summer.
Distribution:
Cuba South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Exuma Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Bermuda South America| Cuba South America| Jamaica South America| Puerto Rico South America| Mexico North America| South America|
Cuba South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Exuma Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Bermuda South America| Cuba South America| Jamaica South America| Puerto Rico South America| Mexico North America| South America|