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The duplicate type from which Schwaegrichen's plate was 

 drawn has been loaned to us from Geneva and corresponds with 

 all of this plate except the calyptra, which is lacking; but the 

 hyaline basal cells are not clearly indicated. It is evidently a 

 species of Syrrhopodon with entire leaf margins bordered by elon- 

 gated cells and does not agree with any known to us thus far from 

 the West Indies. 



Habitat and type locality: Hispaniola. "On branches of 

 Haematoxylon and Mimosa Unmis-cati." 



Distribution: Known only from the original collection. 



Illustration: Schw^aegr. Suppl. i: 60. pi. ly. 181 1. 



14. HoLOMITRIU^r calycinum (Sw.) Mitt. Jour. Linn. Soc. 12: 60. 



1869 

 Bryum calcycinum Sw. Prod. 139. 1788. 

 Weisia calycina Hedw. Sp. Muse. 70. 1801. 

 Cecalyphum? caliciniim Beauv. Prod. Aetheog. 50. 1805. 

 Dicranum calycinum Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1768. 1806. 



Habitat and type locality: "On roots of trees in high moun- 

 tains. Jamaica." 



Distribution: Known only from Jamaica. 



Illustration: Hedw. Sp. Muse. pi. 14. f. 1-5. 



15. FissiDENS PALMATUS (Sw.) Hedw. Descr. 3: 69. 1792 

 Hypnum palmatum Sw. Prod. 140. 1788. 

 Dicranum palmatum Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1774. 1806. 

 Skitophyllum palmatum De la Pyl. Jour, de Bot. II. 4: 146. 1814. 



Habitat and type locality: " In shady clayey places at roots 

 of palms. Jamaica. Collected also on high trunk of Areca 

 oleracea, in a cavity filled with rotten leaves." 



Distribution: Jamaica, Cuba, and St. Thomas. 



Illustrations: Hedw. Descr. pi. joA. 1792 (from Swartz' 

 type) ; De la Pyl. Jour, de Bot. pi. JS- f- 6. 1814. 



Exsiccatae: Sull. Musci Cub. Wright. //. 



16. Fissidens polypodioides (Sw.) Hedw. Descr. 3: 63. 1792 

 Hypnum polypodioides Sw. Prod. 140. 1788. 

 Dicranum polypodioides Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1772. 1806. 

 Skitophyllum polypodioides De la Pyl. Jour, de Bot. II. 3 : 153. 1814. 



