BRITTON: West INDIAN MOSSES 659 
8. PHILONOTIS SPHAERICARPA (Sw.) Brid. Bryol. Univ. 2: 25. 
1827 
Mnium sphaericarpon Sw. Prod. 139. 1788. 
Mnium sphaericarpum Hedw. Descr. 3: 93. 1792. 
Bryum sphaericarpon Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1835. 1806. 
Bartramia sphaericarpa Mitt. Jour. Linn. Soc. 12: 261. 1869. 
HABITAT AND TYPE LOCALITY: “In shady mossy places, summits 
of mountains of southern Jamaica.’ 
DISTRIBUTION: Florida, Jamaica, Porto Rico, St. Thomas, St. 
Kitts, St. Vincent, Martinique, and Guadeloupe; Honduras to 
South America. 
ILLUSTRATION: Hedw. Descr. 3: pl. 38A. 
9g. DITRICHUM RUFESCENS (Hampe) Broth. in E. & P. Nat. Pfl. 
1°: 300. I9QOI 
Mnium strictum Sw. Prodr. 139. 1788. Not Ditrichum strictum 
Hampe. 1867. 
Trichostomum strictum Sw. F1. Ind. Occ. 3: 1761. 1806. 
Trichostomum pallidum strictum Schwaegr. Suppl. 21: 77. 1823. 
Leptotrichum rufescens Hampe, Linnaea 31: 521. 1862. 
Cynontodium strictum Mitt. Jour. Linn. Soc. 12: 42. 1869. 
Cynontodium rufescens Mitt. Jour. Linn. Soc. 12: 44. 1869. 
Leptotrichum mexicanum Sch. ; Besch. Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cher- 
bourg 16: 174. 4872. 
Leptotrichum capillifolium Sch.; Jaeg. Adumb. 1: 388. 1871-72. 
Leptotrichum pseudo-rufescens C. Miill. Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 554. 
1897. 
HABITAT AND TYPE LOCALITY: “Jamaica, on shady slopes in 
sandy wet soil among other mosses, cold places.” 
DISTRIBUTION: Jamaica, 1,500-2,100 meters. Also, Mexico to 
Colombia. 
ILLUSTRATION: Schwaegr. Suppl. fl. 123. 
10. TORTULA AGRARIA (Sw.) Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1763. 1806 
Bryum agrarium Sw. Prod. 139. 1788. 
Bryum acuminatum Sw. Prod. 139. 1788. 
Barbula agraria Hedw. Descr. 3:17. 1792. 
Barbula Raui Aust. Bull. Torrey Club 6:43. 1875. 
