Monographs Details:
Authority:
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Family:
Lejeuneaceae
Lejeuneaceae
Description:
Species Description - Plants pale or bright green, scattered or forming loose depressed mats. Leaves distant, the dorsal lobe erect or slightly spreading, ovate, about 0.15 long, rounded at the apex, entire or nearly so; lobule strongly inflated, almost as long as the lobe, ovate, usually involute, the apex tipped with a single, almost straight, blunt cell; leaf cells averaging about 12 n, usually thin-walled throughout; underleaves distant, ovate to orbicular, bifid more than one half with suberect, subulate lobes and a broad sinus, margin entire; inflorescence dioecious; female inflorescence borne on an elongated branch with a single subfloral innovation; bracts about twice as long as the leaves, the lobe rounded to acute, the lobule narrower, usually acute; bractole slightly connate, oblong, bifid less than one half with sharp divisions; perianth pyriform, the keels smooth.
Species Description - Plants pale or bright green, scattered or forming loose depressed mats. Leaves distant, the dorsal lobe erect or slightly spreading, ovate, about 0.15 long, rounded at the apex, entire or nearly so; lobule strongly inflated, almost as long as the lobe, ovate, usually involute, the apex tipped with a single, almost straight, blunt cell; leaf cells averaging about 12 n, usually thin-walled throughout; underleaves distant, ovate to orbicular, bifid more than one half with suberect, subulate lobes and a broad sinus, margin entire; inflorescence dioecious; female inflorescence borne on an elongated branch with a single subfloral innovation; bracts about twice as long as the leaves, the lobe rounded to acute, the lobule narrower, usually acute; bractole slightly connate, oblong, bifid less than one half with sharp divisions; perianth pyriform, the keels smooth.
Distribution:
New Providence Bahamas South America| Crooked Island Bahamas South America| United States of America North America|
New Providence Bahamas South America| Crooked Island Bahamas South America| United States of America North America|