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 - Pale green, scattered or in depressed tufts. Leaves imbricated, the dorsal lobe widely spreading, plane or nearly so, obliquely ovate, about 0.5 mm. long, rounded at the apex; lobule inflated, ovoid-cylindrical, involute, apex tipped with uniformly thickened walls, averaging about 10 m; basal ocelli much larger, usually occurring in groups of two to six; underleaves normally contiguous, orbicular, plane, bifid about half way with acute lobes and sinus; inflorescence dioecious; female inflorescence borne on a short branch with a single subfloral innovation; bracts with plane lobules, otherwise much like the leaves; perianth unknown; caducous leaves borne on short spreading branches with crowded persistent underleaves and limited growth.
Species Description - Pale green, scattered or in depressed tufts. Leaves imbricated, the dorsal lobe widely spreading, plane or nearly so, obliquely ovate, about 0.5 mm. long, rounded at the apex; lobule inflated, ovoid-cylindrical, involute, apex tipped with uniformly thickened walls, averaging about 10 m; basal ocelli much larger, usually occurring in groups of two to six; underleaves normally contiguous, orbicular, plane, bifid about half way with acute lobes and sinus; inflorescence dioecious; female inflorescence borne on a short branch with a single subfloral innovation; bracts with plane lobules, otherwise much like the leaves; perianth unknown; caducous leaves borne on short spreading branches with crowded persistent underleaves and limited growth.
Distribution:
New Providence Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies|
New Providence Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies|