Leucobryum albicans Lindberg 1863

Leucobryum albicans (Schwaegr.) Lindb. Oefv. Sv. Vet.-Akad
Forh. 20: 402. 1863.
Dicranum albicans Schwaegr. Suppl. 2 2 : 122. 1827.
Leucobryum longifolium Hampe; C. Mull. I/innaea 17: 317. 1843.
Pseudautoicous : male plants as in L. giganteum: fertile plants large, approaching the smaller forms of L. giganteum in size, with branching stems up to 4 cm. or more high and bearing spreading-flexuous, often somewhat secund, crowded leaves: stem-leaves 8-14 mm. long, from an ovate base, gradually tapering to a tubulose point 2-4 times as long with the apex denticulate to entire; costa in cross-section near the b^"se~s1fovnng _ Tlayer orTelIs"a^io^~an3TrTJelow~tne ~ chlorocysts along the middle, with mostly a few rows of cells in a double layer above and below, usually nearer the margin than the middle of the costa; leaf-blade 6-9 c ells wide below; perichaetial leaves shorter than the upper stem-leaves, the inner ones with a convolute base about one half their length: seta 15-25 mm. long: capsule nodding, often distinctly strumose, much contracted, curved and ribbed when dry, scarcely 2 mm. long; ajuju^u^ finely^ develope^^ of 2 or 3 rows of cells; peristome-teeth divided one half down or more, about 120 fi wide at the base; lid with a slender beak about as long as the capsule: spores slightly rough, 12-14/* in diameter.
Type locality: Near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Distribution: Cuba; also in South America.