Bryum capillare Hedw.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Bryaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Bryum capillare Hedw.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Plants growing in rather dense, dark green cushions. Stems short, sparingly branched; leaves crowded in a rosette at the apex, curled and twisted when dry, ovate to lanceolate, acuminate, the margins bordered by 1 or 2 rows of narrow cells, entire or slightly toothed near apex; vein ending in the top or excurrent; upper cells hexagonal, basal oblong, smooth. Pedicel long, red, bent at base, paler and twisted above; capsule elongated, nodding; neck distinct; lid small, apiculate; annulus large; peristome brown; teeth paler and papillose above; endostome with a basal membrane and appendiculate cilia; spores ripe in spring.

  • Distribution

    On base of palms in snd, a widely distributed and variable species, Great Bahama and Lignum Vitae Cay : Florida ; West Indies ; South America ; also in Europe and Africa. Hair-like Bryum.

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