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The leaves are pentastichously arranged; and those of the primary branches are nearly twice as long as the ramuline, and bear an elongated subulate flexuose acumen about 0.6 mm. in length.
--Antony Gepp, 1901, "Mosses" in Catalogue of the African Plants collected by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch in 1853-1861, 2(2): 292
February 23, 2008