Centrolepis ciliata (Hook.F.) Druce

Mosslike, 1–8 cm. high, in very broad cushions often more than 30 cm. across. Roots comparatively thick, c. 0.5 mm. diam. Stems very closely packed. Lvs 0.5–2.5 cm. long, distichous, closely imbricate, setaceous, lamina channelled or terete, tip minutely acicular; sheath with ciliate margins, often produced at the tip into a ligule. Flowering stems > lvs. Glume-like bracts 2, ± equal, minutely papillate, tips inrolled, apparently opp. but the lowermost encloses a short peduncle bearing the upper glume and its fls. Pseudanthia 1–2 in the lower bract, 1–(2) in the upper, each subtended by a hyaline scale. ♂ 1 or 0 in each pseudanthium. ♀ (1)–2 in each pseudanthium; stigmas bright red, not connate at the base. Seed slightly < 1 mm. long, oblong-elliptical, pale yellow, apiculate at each end, one tip very dark.