656 BrITTON: West INDIAN MOSSES 
1. Neckera jamaicense (Gmel.) E. G. Britton, comb. nov. 
Fontinalis crispa Sw. Prod. 138. 1788. Not Hypnum crispum L. 
op. Fl. F124. (91753. 
Hypnum jamaicense Gmel. Syst. Nat. 2: 1341. 1791. 
Neckera undulata Hedw. Descr. 3: 51. 1792. 
Neckera undulata Hedw.; Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1780. 1806. 
Neckeropsis undulata Kindb. Eu. & N. A. Bryin. 1:20. 1897. 
HABITAT AND TYPE LOCALITY: ‘‘On trunks of trees in dense low 
woods, Jamaica.” 
DIsTRIBUTION: Not uncommon on trees from Florida and the 
Greater and Lesser Antilles to Trinidad; Mexico, Guatemala, and 
“Panama; also in South America. 
_ Ittustrations: Dill. Hist. Musc. 294. pl. 32. f. 8; Hedw. 
Descr. pl. 21 (from Swartz’ type). 
ExsIccaTarE: Austin, Musci App. Suppl. 529; Sull. Musci Cub. 
Wright. 75; Husnot, Pl. Ant. Fr. 155; Grout, N. A. Musci Pleur. 
230. 
2. NECKERA DISTICHA (Sw.) Hedw. Descr. 3:53. 1792 
Fontinalis disticha Sw. Prod. 138. 1788. 
Neckera disticha Hedw. Descr. 3: 53. 1792. 
Neckera disticha Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1784. 1806. 
Neckeropsis disticha Kindb. Eu. & N. A. Bryin. 1:20. 1897. 
HABITAT AND TYPE LOCALITY: On trunks of trees, Jamaica 
and Hispaniola. 
DISTRIBUTION: Less common, on trees, Florida and the Greater 
and Lesser Antilles to South America; in Central America from 
Mexico to Panama; also in Africa. 
ILLustRatTion: Hedw. Descr. pl. 22 (from Swartz’ type). 
ExsiccaTaE: Austin, Musci App. Suppl. 530. 
3. PTEROBRYUM FILIcINUM (Sw.) Mitt. Jour. Linn. Soc. 12: 425+ 
1869 
Fontinalis fiicina Sw. Prod. 138. 1788. 
Neckera filicina Hedw. Descr, 3: 45. 1792. 
Pilotrichum filicinum P. Beauv. Prod. 83. 1805. 
Neckera filicina Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1788. 1806. 
Pireella filicina Cardot, Rev. Bryol. 40: 18. 1913. 
