Brixton: West Indian mosses 659 



8. Philonotis sphaericarpa (Sw.) Brid. Bryol. Univ. 2: 25. 



1827 



Mnium sphaericarpon Sw. Prod. 139. 1788. 

 Mnium sphaericarpiim Hedw. Descr. 3: 93. 1792. 

 Bryum sphaericarpon Sw. FI. Ind. Occ. 3: 1835. 1806. 

 Bartramia sphaericarpa Mitt. Jour. Linn. Soc. 12: 261. 1869. 



Habitat and type locality: " In shady mossy places, summits 

 of mountains of southern Jamaica." 



Distribution: Florida, Jamaica, Porto Rico, St. Thomas, St. 

 Kitts, St. Vincent, Martinique, and Guadeloupe; Honduras to 

 South America. 



Illustration: Hedw. Descr. 3: pi. 38 A. 



9. DiTRiCHUM RUFESCENS (Hampe) Broth, in E. & P. Nat. Pfl. 



i^: 300. 1901 



Mnium strictum Sw. Prodr. 139. 1788. Not Ditrichum strictum 

 Hampe. 1867. 



Trichostomum strictum Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1761. 1806. 



Trichostomum pallidum strictum Schwaegr. Suppl. 2^: 77. 1823. 



Leptotrichum rufescens Hampe, Linnaea 31: 521. 1862. 



Cynontodium strictum Mitt. Jour. Linn. Soc. 12: 42. 1869. 



Cynontodium rufescens Mitt. Jour. Linn. Soc. 12: 44. 1869. 



Leptotrichum mexicanum Sch.; Besch. Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cher- 

 bourg 16: 174. 1872. 



Leptotrichum capillifolium Sch.; Jaeg. Adumb. i: 388. 1871-72. 



Leptotrichum pseudo-rufescens C. Miill. Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 554. 



1897- 



Habitat and type locality: "Jamaica, on shady slopes in 

 sandy wet soil among other mosses, cold places." 



Distribution: Jamaica, 1,500-2,100 meters. Also, Mexico to 

 Colombia. 



Illustration: Schwaegr. Suppl. pi. 123. 



10. ToRTULA AGRARiA (Sw.) Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1763. 1806 



Bryum agrarium Sw. Prod. 139. 1788. 

 Bryum acuminatum Sw. Prod. 139. 1788. 

 Barhula agraria Hedw. Descr. 3: 17. 1792. 

 Barbula Raui Aust. Bull. Torrey Club 6: 43. 1875. 



