668 Britton: West Indian mosses 



Habitat and type locality: "On trunks of trees in woods, 

 interior of Jamaica." 



Distribution: Jamaica and Grenada ("Costa Rica"?). 



Illustrations: Hedw. Sp. Muse. pi. 46. f. 8-13 (from Swartz' 

 type). 



30. Lepidopilum polytrichoides (Sw.) Brid. Bryol. Univ. 2; 



269. 1827 



Hypnum polytrichoides Sw. Prod. 141. 1788. 

 Hypnum polytrichoides Hedw. Sp. Muse. 244. 1801. 

 Orthotrichum polytrichoides Brid. Muse. Recent. 2 2 : 31. 1801. 

 Neckera polytrichoides Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1794. 1806. 

 Lepidopilum. polytrichoides var. coslaricense Ren. & Card. Bull. 



Soc. Roy. Bot. Belg. 32 1 : 192. 1893. 

 Hookeria Carionis C. Mull. Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 205. 1897. 



Habitat and type locality: "On branches of trees and 

 shrubs, also on rocks, mountains of Jamaica and Hispaniola." 



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

 Martinique, Montserrat, and St. Vincent to South America: also, 

 Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Panama. 



Illustrations: Hedw. Sp. Muse. pi. 61 (from Swartz' type); 

 Schwaegr. Suppl. 3: pi. 231. 



Exsiccatae: Husnot, PI. Ant. Fr. 156. 



31. Helicodontium capillars (Sw.) Jaeg. Adumb. 2: 225. 



1876-77 



Hypnum capillare Sw. Prod. 141. 1788. 

 Leskea capillaris Hedw. Descr. 4: 25. 1793. 

 Leskea capillaris Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1813. 1806. 



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

 Jamaica." 



Distribution: Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, Porto Rico; also in 

 Mexico and South America. 



Illustration: Hedw. Descr. 4: pi. 10. 



Exsiccatae: Sull. Musci Cub. Wright. 70; Pringle, Musci 

 Mex. 759. 



