Hymenostomum flavescens E.Britton
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Pottiaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Plants usually light yellowish-green. Stems short, 3-5 mm. high; leaves 1.5-2 mm. long; apex lanceolate, incurved and eucullate, base broader and hyaline; margins inrolled, entire; vein stout, rough above, ending in the mucronate point; lower cells clear and smooth, up to 67 µ long; upper cells only 8µ long, densely papillose on both surfaces, with 3-4 small papillae. Dioicous. Pedicel slender, 10-15 mm. long, erect; capsule ovoid-cylindric, 1-1.25 mm. long with the beaked lid; calyptra eucullate, twisted; peristome and annulus none, the mouth bordered by 5-6 rows of smaller, denser, quadrate cells; walls thin; spores brown, papillose, ripe in winter.
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Distribution
New Providence, Eleuthera, Andros, Great Bahama, Abaco and Acklin's Island. Type from Pinder's Point, Great Bahama, Britton and Millspaugh 2515. Feb., 1905.
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