Bryum coronatum Schwägr.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Bryaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Plants gregarious in bright green patches. Stems erect, simple or branching, usually about 1 cm. high; leaves not crowded, spreading when moist, about 2 mm. long, lanceolate or elliptic, with the vein excurrent into a smooth, subulate tip; margins bordered by 1 or 2 rows of narrow elongated cells, some times obscurely toothed near the apex; base forming a long-deeurrent wing to the next lower leaf; basal cells oblong; upper cells hexagonal. Dioicous. Pedicel erect or bent, about 15 mm. long; capsule nodding, about 2 mm. long, dark red when mature, with a conspicuous swollen neck (like an acorn-cup or a crown, hence the specific name); lid falling with the large annulus more or less attached; peristome double; teeth brown; endostome pale, its segments split along the keel, with 2-3 slender appendiculate cilia; spores small, green, ripe in winter.
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Discussion
In coppice, on dead wood and stones, New Providence, Abaco and Andros : Florida; West Indies; South America; also in Asia and Africa. Cokonate Beyum. A doubtful species of Bryum was collected by L. J. K. Brace at the quarry, Nassau, New Providence, in February, 1918 (no. 9984) ; the specimens are sterile and do not seem to agree with anything heretofore found.
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Distribution
New Providence, Abaco and Andros : Florida; West Indies; South America; also in Asia and Africa.
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