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Musci Cubenses, or Mosses collected by Charles Wright in the 

 Eastern Part of the Island of Cuba during the Years 185G, 

 1857, and 1858. By William S. Sullivant. 



Gen. SPHAGNUM, Dill 



1. S. CYMBiFOLiuM, Elir. ; Sch. Nat. Hist. Sphaig. p. 73, t. 19. — 

 Wet places on the tops of high mountains. — Specimens without fruit : 

 the cortical utricles of the branches often destitute of fibres. 



Gen. POTTIA, Ehr. 



2. P. ToRTULA, C. 3Iull. Syyiop. Muse. 1, p. 559 ; Schtvcpgr. Suppl. 

 t. 175. — On rocks. 



3. P. Barbula, C. Mull. I. c. p. 558 ; Schwaegr. Suppl. I. c. — On 

 rocks along mountain rivulets. — Remains of a peristome resembling 

 that of Barbula were found on some of the specimens. 



Gen. WEISSIA, Hedw. 



4. W. EDENTDLA (sp. nov.) : dioica, capsula oblonga gymnostoma 

 exannulata, caeterum W. crispatce simillima. — On the ground in shady 

 thickets. 



5. W. VIRIDULA, Brid. ; Bryol. Europ. t. 21 k, 22. — On banks 

 by road-sides. 



Gen. PHYSCOMITRIUM, Brid. 



6. P. SPATHULATUJi, G. 3full. Synop. Muse. 1,/^. 118 ? — Wet places 

 by road-sides in woods. 



Gen. GYMNOSTOMUM, Hedw. 



7. G. iMMERSUjr, Sulliv. Icones Muscorum, ined. t. 5G. — Moist 

 places along shaded roads. 



8. G. RUPESTRE, Schwcegr., var. statura majore, cicspite laxa, foliis 

 lineari-lanceolatis acutis : forsan species propria. — On steep, shaded 

 banks, along rivulets. 



Gen. FUNARIA, Schreh. 



9. F. HYGROMETRiCA, Hedw. / Bryol. Europ. t. 305. — On the 

 ground ; common. 



Gen. FISSIDENS, Hedw. 



10. F. POLYPODioiDES, Hedw. Muse, frond. 3, p. C3, t. 27. — On 

 banks in dense woods. 



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