Sematophyllum sericifolium Mitt.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Sematophyllaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Plants in thin glossy patches on rotten wood. Stems short and slender; branches erect; leaves crowded, not secund, spreading when moist, up to 1 mm. long and only 0.2 mm. wide at base, sharply pointed and mucronate, with inrolled entire margins, and large curved inflated alar cells; ecostate; the cells linear, about 10 times longer than wide; perichaetial leaves shorter, up to 0.85 mm. long, clearly serrate and sometimes suddenly subulate and coarsely toothed at the shoulder. Autoicous; pedicel short, only 5-8 mm. long, slender, curved; capsule erect or slightly inclined, ovoid; lid with a long slender beak; calyptra covering only the beak; walls of collenchyma cells; mouth bordered by red cells; peristome double, the teeth with a deep outer median groove, yellow and striate, paler and papillose at apex, within with deep lamellae extending almost to the apex; endostome papillose with 2 slender cilia; spores rough, small, ripe in spring.
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Distribution
A few plants were collected at Nicholl's Town, Andros, by J. I. and A. R. Northrop in 1890 : Cuba ; Jamaica ; Hispaniola ; Puerto Rico ; Virgin Islands to Grenada.
Cuba South America| Jamaica South America| West Indies| Puerto Rico South America| Water Island Virgin Islands South America| Grenada South America|