Dioicum; caespitosum, caespitibus densis, elatis, atro-viridibus; caulis 8-10 cm altus, erectus. strictiusculus, e basi laxiuscule foliosus, simplex; folia sicca tortilia, profunde canaliculala, humida patentia, strictiuscula, subplana, infima minuta, superiora sensim majora, e basi erecta, vaginante, c. 2 mm longa et c. 2 mm lata raplim lineari-lanceolata, breviter acuminata, acuta, lamina ad 7 mm usque longa, marginibus erectis, in parte superiore laminae argute serratis, serraturis cellula unica hyalina vel rufescente, acuta terminatis, nervo applanato, in parte superiore basis c. 0.2 mm lato, dorso superne spinuloso, lamellis crebris, circiter 45, ab uno strato cellularum (2-4) constructs, cellula marginali in sectione transversa majore, pulvinariter elevata, cellulis basilaribus elongate subrectangularibus, marginalibus vix brevioribus, sed anguslioribus, laminalibus minutis, subrotundis; bracteae perichaetii foliis similes, altius vaginantes; seta 3-5 cm alta, sicca flexuosula, rubra, laevissima; theca erecta, deoperculata horizontalis, asymmetrica, subcylindrica, sicca indistincte plicata, demum atrofusca, ubique papillosa; operculum e basi plana in rostellum breve, curvatulum abrupte angustatum; calyptra pallide ferruginea, dense pilosa. Planta mascula ignota.
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