Bryodesma njamnjamense (Hieron.) Sojak

Plant creeping, olive-green, densely tufted; main stem dorsiventral in position and length of leaves, up to 15 cm long; branches short, 1–2-forked, often recurved at apices when dry; roots scattered along length of plant, up to 3.5 cm long. Leaves dimorphic; median (upper) leaves linear-lanceolate,base adnate, apex gradually tapering into a short opaque yellowish-white seta up to 1/4 the length of the lamina, margins with tooth-like cilia towards apex and longer ones towards base; also often some denticles by the midrib on surface towards the apex, ± 2 × 0.25 mm; lateral (under) leaves more linear, slightly longer, up to 2.5 mm long. Strobili 3–10 x 1.2–1.3 mm; sporophylls in 4 ranks, those on the upper side lanceolate, ± 2 x 1 mm, gradually tapering to a sharp point, with ciliate margins and those on the lower side slightly longer and broader.

njam-njamensis: type specimen collected by Schweinfurth in Njam-njam, Sudan.

Rocky places ; rocky slopes in open bushland, wet peaty patches on granite outcrops and in crevices, shallow humus pockets on flat granite rocks in open woodland.

See African distribution.

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Dem. Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sudan and South Sudan, Tanzania , Uganda, Zambia.

Lithophytic, terrestrial.