666 Britton: West Indian mosses 



Hypnum Tamarisci Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1825. 1806. 

 Hypopterygium brasiliense Sull. U. S. Expl. Exp. 26. 1859. 

 ?Hypopterygium pseudo-tamarisci C. Mull. Linnaea 38: 645. 1874. 



Habitat and type locality: "On trunks of trees, creeping 

 among mosses in the cold regions of Jamaica." 



Distribution: Jamaica. Cuba, Haiti, and Porto Rico; also 

 in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and South America. 



Illustrations: Hedw. Sp. Muse. pi. 62. f. 8-10; Sull. U. S. 

 Expl. Exped. pi. 26. 



Exsiccatae: Sull. Musci Cub. Wright. 130; Pringle, Musci 

 Mex. 10,407. 



26. Pilotrichella flexilis (Sw.) Jaeg. Adumb. 2: 162. 



1875-76 



Hypnum flexile Sw. Prod. 141. 1788. 



Leskea flexilis Hedw. Sp. Muse. 234. 1801. 



Hypnum? flexile Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1830. 1806. 



Meteorium flexile Mitt. Jour. Linn. Soc. 12: 438. 1869. 



Neckera cochlear if olia C. Mull. Syn. 2- 130. 1851. 



heckera turgescens C. Mull. Syn. 2: 131. 1851. 



Pilotrichella eroso-mucronata C. Mull. Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 563. 



1897. 

 Pilotrichella recurvo-mucronaia C. Mull. Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 563. 



1897. 



Habitat and type locality: "Summits of mountains in 



Southern Jamaica." 



Distribution: Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, Porto Rico, Guadeloupe; 

 Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama; Colombia, 

 Ecuador, Bolivia, and Brazil. 



Illustration: Hedw. Sp. Muse. pi. 58. 



Exsiccatae: Pringle, Musci Mex. 10.420, 10,468, Grout, N. A. 

 Musci Pleur. 389. 



27. Papili aria ntgrescens (Sw.) Jaeg. Adumb. 1 : 169. 1875-76 



Hypnum nigrescens Sw. Prod. 141. 1788. 

 Hypnum nigrescens Hedw. Sp. Muse. 250. 1801. 

 Pterogonium nigrescens Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1778. 1806. 

 Neckera nigrescens Schwaegr. Suppl. 3 2 . 1828. 



