Aongstroemia julacea (Hook.) Mitt.

Plants small, caespitose, green to yellow-green; terricolous. Stems slender, julaceous, 5-10 mm high, simple; in section round, central strand of medium size, inner cortical cells large, in 3 rows, weakly thickened, outer cortical cells in 1-2 rows, stereids, reddish. Leaves appressed wet or dry; short-oval, 0.4-0.8 mm long; apex rounded-apiculate to acute; margins plane, erose-denticulate by projecting cell ends of adjoining marginal cells. Costa ending below apex; in section cells undifferentiated, in 3 rows, stereids and substereids. Upper laminal cells rectangular to rhombic, incrassate; basal cells slightly larger, quadrate, weakly thickened. Sporophyte not known in Southern Africa.