Britton: West Indian mosses 657 



Habitat and type locality: "Near Coldspring, high moun- 

 tains of southern Jamaica, on trunks of trees." 



Distribution: Jamaica and Cuba. 



Illustration: Hedw. Descr. pi. i8 (from Swartz' type). 



Exsiccatae: Sull. Musci Cub. Wright. 76. 



This species has immersed capsules and seems to belong where 

 Mitten has placed it. 



4. Pilotrichum hypnoides (Sw.) p. Beauv. Prod. 83. 1805 

 Fontinalis hypnoides Sw. Prod. 138. 1788. 

 Neckera hypnoidea Hedw. Descr. 3: 43. 1792. 

 Neckera hypnoides Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1790. 1806. 



Habitat and type locality: " Jamaica, on trunks of trees in 

 high mountains." 



Distribution: Jamaica to Trinidad. 



Illustration: Hedw. Descr. pi. 17 (from Swartz' type). 



5. Cryphaea filiformis (Sw.) Brid. Bryol. Univ. 2: 251. 1827 



Fontinalis filij or mis Sw. Prod. 138. 1788. 

 Neckera filiformis Hedw. Descr. 3: 41. 1792. 

 Neckera filiformis Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1786. 1806. 



Habitat and type locality: "Hispaniola, in arid regions on 

 branches of Haematoxylon campechianum." 



Distribution: Jamaica, Cuba, and Santo Domingo; also in 

 South America, Central America and Mexico (Guatemala and 

 Yucatan). 



Illustration: Hedw. Descr. pi. 16 (from Swartz' type). 



Exsiccatae: Sull. Musci Cub. Wright. 67. 



6. PoGONATUM tortile (Sw.) Brid. Bryol. Univ. 2: 108. 1827 



Polytrichum convolutum Sw. Prod. 139. 1788. Not L. 1753. 

 Polytrichum convolutum Hedw. Sp. Muse. 94. 1801. 

 Pogonatum convolutum Beauv. Prod. 85. 1805. 

 Polytrichum tortile Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1839. 1806. 

 Polytrichum domingense Brid. Mant. 201. 1819. 

 Polytrichum cubense Sull. Proc. Am. Acad. 5: 281. 1861. 

 Polytrichum glaucinum Besch. Ann. Sci. Nat. VI. 3: 210. 1876. 

 Polytrichum Husnotianum Besch. 1. c. 

 Polytrichum crispulum Besch. 1. c. 211. 



