16. Brachythecium homocladum Müll. Hal. 同枝青藓 tong zhi qing xian
Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 3: 126. 1896. Type: China. Shaanxi, Giraldi s.n.
Plants medium-sized to rather large, yellowish green, glossy, in large mats. Stems prostrate, 3.5–5.0 cm long, irregularly branched, with branches 2.0–2.5 cm long, julaceous, attenuate, somewhat curved at tips. Stem and branch leaves similar, imbricate when dry, spreading when moist, oblong-ovate, 1.53–2.03 mm × 0.72–1.08 mm, concave, narrowly acute or shortly acuminate at apex, slightly secund; margins entire below, minutely serrulate near apex, often incurved below mid-leaf, somewhat decurrent at base; costae stout at base, slender above, ending at 1/2 to 3/4 the leaf length; median leaf cells elongate-rhomboidal to linear, 57–60 µm × 6–8 µm, with angled ends; alar cells well differentiated, extending close to costa at leaf base, quadrate to shortly rectangular. Sporophytes not seen.