656 Brixton: WEst Indian mosses 



I. Neckera jamaicense (Gmel.) E. G. Britton, comb. nov. 



Fontinalis crispa Sw. Prod. 138. 1788. Not Hypniim crispumL. 



Sp. PI. 1 124. 1753. 

 Hypnum jamaicense Gmel. Syst. Nat. 2: 1341. 1791. 

 Neckera undulata Hedw. Descr. 3: 51. 1792. 

 Neckera undulata Hedw.; Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1780. 1806. 

 Neckeropsis undulata Kindb. Eu. & N. A. Bryin. i: 20. 1897. 



Habitat and type locality: "On trunks of trees In dense low 

 woods, Jamaica." 



Distribution: Not uncommon on trees from Florida and the 

 Greater and Lesser Antilles to Trinidad ; Mexico, Guatemala, and 

 Panama; also In South America. 



Illustrations: Dill. Hist. Muse. 294. pi. 32. f. 8; Hedw. 

 Descr. pi. 21 (from Swartz' type). 



Exsiccatae: Austin, Musci App. Suppl. S^9'> Sull. MuscI Cub. 

 Wright. 75; Husnot, PI. Ant. Fr. 155; Grout, N. A. Musci Pleur. 

 230. 



2. Neckera disticha (Sw.) Hedw. Descr. 3: 53. 1792 



Fontinalis disticha Sw. Prod. 138. 1788. 

 Neckera disticha Hedw. Descr. 3: 53. 1792. 

 Neckera disticha Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1784. 1806. 

 Neckeropsis disticha Kindb. Eu. & N. A. Bryin. i: 20. 1897. 



Habitat and type locality: On trunks of trees, Jamaica 

 and Hispaniola. 



Distribution: Less common, on trees. Florida and the Greater 

 and Lesser Antilles to South America; In Central America from 

 Mexico to Panama; also in Africa. 



Illustration: Hedw. Descr. pi. 22 (from Swa|-tz' type). 



Exsiccatae: Austin, Musci App. Suppl. sjo. 



3. Pterobryum filicinum (Sw.) Mitt. Jour. Linn. Soc. 12: 425. 



1869 



Fontinalis filicina Sw . Prod. 138. 1788. 

 Neckera filicin a Hedw. Descr. 3: 45. 1792. 

 Pilotrichum filicinum P. Beauv. Prod. 83. 1805. 

 Neckera filicina Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1788. 1806. 

 Pireella filicina Cardot, Rev. Bryol. 40: 18. 1913. 



