15. Pogonatum proliferum(Griff.) Mitt. 南亚小金发藓 nan ya xiao jin fa xian
J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot., Suppl. 2: 152. 1859. Polytrichum proliferum Griff., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 2: 475. 1842. Type: India. Khasia, Griffith s.n.
Pogonatum narburgii Broth., Nat. Pfl. I(3): 690. 1905, nom. nud.
Pogonatum takao-montanum Horik., J. Jap. Bot. 11: 505. f. 7. 1935. Type: China. Taiwan, Ping-tung Co., Horikawa s.n.
Polytrichum gymnophyllum (Mitt.) Kindb., Enum. Bryin. Exot. 72. 1888. Pogonatum gymnophyllum Mitt., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot., Suppl. 2: 152. 1859.
Plants robust, brownish green, often in large patches. Stems single, rarely branched above, up to 10 cm high, 0.8–1.2 cm wide with leaves. Basal leaves small, scale-like; upper leaves constricted from a sheathing base to a lanceolate limb, twisted or slightly crisped when dry, erect patent when moist, 0.6–1.2 cm × 1.2–1.8 mm, apices acute; leaf margins with multi-celled sharp teeth; costa brown, dentate at the back near apex; lamellae sparse, only on the ventral surface of costa, 1–2 cells high, rounded oval, thin-walled, smooth, in cross section apical cells of lamellae slightly elongate; upper leaf cells irregular or rounded hexagonal, thick-walled; basal leaf cells quadrate to rectangular. Dioicous. Setae dark brown, 2–4 cm long, single; capsules inclined, oblong ovoid to cylindrical, ca. 3–5 mm long, brown, smooth; opercula beaked; peristome teeth 32, with dark brown stripes. Calyptrae covering with dense yellowish hairs. Spores 9–14 µm in diameter.