POGONATUM BRACHYPHYLLUM, Michx.
Tab. 48.
Plantæ humiles, rigidæ, dense gregariæ, olivaceo-virides, demum fusco-rubentes, c prothallio radiculari innovantes.
Caulis linea brevior, e basi sola radiculos numerosissimos proferens, rosulato-foliosus.
Folia conferta; inferiora minuta, squamiformia, decolora; caetera multo majora duplo triplore caule longiora, media valde patentia, summa erectiuscula, e basi lata brevi membranacea laxe oblongo-reticulata amplectante oblongo-lanceolata, obtusiuscale acuta, margine integra; costa superne dilatata dense lamelligera totamque fere paginam explente; lamellis latis margine incrassatis.
Flores dioici: masculi hucusque ignoti.
Capsula e collo parvulo gibboso-ovata et brevi-oblonga, cernua, pachyderma, cellulis parietis externi prominulis papillosa, luteo-fusca, sicca plus minus costulata atque sub ore ampliato constricta; columella 4–6-alata; pedicello 7–10-lineari firmo atro-purpureo sicco dextrorsum torto; peristomii dentibus 32 ligulatis acutis rufo-aurantiis ad margines hyalino-albescentibus, membrana basilari exserta; operculo depresse convexo-conico apiculato; mitra villosa calyptræ brunneo-rufa ultra capsulæ medium producta.
Pogonatum brachyphyllum, Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2, p. 294; Schwægr. Suppl. t. 156; Brid. Bryol. Univ. 2, p. 113; Sulliv. & Lesqx. Musc. Bor. Amer. Exsicc. (ed. 1), No. 211.
Hab. Moist clayey banks, Texas, Wright. Louisiana, Drummond. Green County, Mississippi, Tice. Wilmington, North Carolina, Curtis.
Pogonatum brachyphyllum is a somewhat smaller species than P. brevicaule, and has a much shorter stem, as well as rosulate
