672 Brixton: West Indian mosses 



and Martinique, to Trinidad and South America; also Mexico and 

 Costa Rica. 



Illustration: Hedw. Sp. Muse. pi. 4q. 



37. Sematophyllum pungens (Sw.) Mitt. Jour. Linn. Soc. 12* 



477. 1869 



Hypnum pungens Sw. Prod. 142. 1788. 

 Hypnum pungens Hedw, Sp. Muse. 237. 1801. 

 Leskea pungens Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1806. 1806. 

 Pufigentella ptmgens C. Miill. Hedwigia 37: 260. 1898. 



Habitat and type locality: " Roots of trees in moist woods, 

 mountains of Jamaica." 



Distribution: Jamaica, Cuba, Porto Rico, Virgin Islands, 

 Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Dominica to South America; also 

 Mexico and Guatemala to Panama. 



Illustration: Hedw. Sp. Muse. pi. 60 (from Swartz' type). 



Exsiccatae: Sull. Musci Cub. Wright. 104; Husnot, PI. Ant. 

 Fr. 186. 



38. Pleuropus congestus (Sw.) Broth. E. & P. Nat. Pfl. i^: 



1 138. 1908 

 Hypnum congestum Sw. Prod. 142. 1788. 

 Hypnum congestum Hedw. Sp. Muse. 283. 1801. 

 Leskea congesta Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1809. 1806. 

 Homalothecium congestum Jaeg. Adumb. 2: 311. 1877-78. 



Habitat and type locality: "On old trunks of trees, interior 

 of Jamaica." 



Distribution: Jamaica, Haiti, Montserrat, and Dutch Guiana. 



Illustration: Hedw. Sp. Muse. pi. 74. f. 4-7. 1801. 



Excepting for the illustration given by Hedwig, little is known 

 of this species in modern times. Mitten and Brotherus had not 

 seen specimens. At the British Museum there is a specimen 

 labelled ''Leskea congesta Sw. Ind. Occ. ex CI. Swartzio. J. Vahl," 

 which is evidently a mixture of Palamocladium leskeoides and 

 Clastohryum irichophyllum . Hedwig's description calls for a plant 

 with entire somewhat secund, falcate leaves and a horizontal 

 capsule, characters which do not agree with either of the species 

 named above. 



