Leucoloma tortellum Jaeger 1872

Leucoloma tortellum (Mitt.) Jaeger, Ber. St. Gall
Nat. Ges. 1870-71: 413. 1872.
Poecilophyllum tortellum Mitt. Jour. Linn. Soc. 12: 94. 1869.
Flowers and fruit unknown: plants in low mats, yellowish or dull-green at the surface, dusky-brown within; stems branching, 1-2 cm. high, with leaves spreading on all sides from the base when either wet or dry, the apex when dry crispate: stem-leaves 2.5-3 mm. long, from a somewhat ovate base gradually narrowed to a mostly nearly linear, grooved point, with blunt, slightly denticulate apex; costa nearly or quite percurrent, about 30 it wide below; leaf-surfaces minutely and densely papillose on both sides three fourths down the leaf or more, the margins above papillose, below from near the middle to the basehyaline, with 2 or 3 rows of long, narrow cells; upper leaf-cells rather obscure, roundish or nearly square, about 5 by 5 ju, the short cells extending three fourths down the leaf or more, gradually becoming rectangular in the base, about 6-8 ju wide by 12-25 /* long, with slightly thickened walls; alar cells brownish, forming a large, often inflated cluster, extending nearly to the costa.
Type locality: Distribution : Guadeloupe ;