Caption: A, habit. B, stem bearing sporophyte. C, capsule. D, perigonium from branch. E, basal alar region. F, mid-laminal cells. G, exothecial cells. H, spores. I, branch leaves. J, apical cells. K, peristome tooth (A, D?G, I W.W.Watts Q230 (NSW); B, C, H, J, K, B.C.Tan 94-870 NSW). Scale bars : 1 mm for habit, capsules, leaves; 50 ?m for spores, 100mm for cellular drawings including peristome.
Reproduced from H.P.Ramsay, W.B.Schofield & B.C.Tan,The Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 95: 25, fig. 11 [as Meiothecium tenellum] (2004). Illustrators: Catherine Wardrop & H.P. Ramsay
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