666 BRITTON: WEsT INDIAN MOSSES 
Hypnum Tamarisci Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1825. 1806. 
Hypopterygium brastliense Sull. U.S. Expl. Exp. 26. 1859. | 
?Hypopterygium pseudo-tamarisci C. Miill. 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. Musc. pl. 62. f. 8-zo; Sull. U. S. 
Expl. Exped. pl. 26. 
ExsiccaTAE: Sull. Musci Cub. Wright. 230; Pringle, Musci 
Mex. 70,497. 
26. PILOTRICHELLA FLEXILIS (Sw.) Jaeg. Adumb. 2: 162. 
1875-76 
Hypnum flexile Sw. Prod. 141. 1788. 
Leskea flexilis Hedw. Sp. Musc. 234. 1801. 
Hypnum? flexile Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1830. 1806. 
Meteorium flexile Mitt. Jour. Linn. Soc. 12: 438. 1869. 
Neckera cochlearifolia C. Mill. Syn. 2: 130. 1851. 
Neckera turgescens C. Miill. Syn. 2: 131. 1851. 
Pilotrichella eroso-mucronata C. Miill. Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 563. 
1897. 
Pilotrichella recurvo-mucronata C. Miill. Bull. Herb. Boiss. §: 563- 
- 97. . . 
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. Musc. pl. 58. 
EXsICcATAE: Pringle, Musci Mex. 10,420, 10,468, Grout, N. A. 
Musci Pleur. 389. 
27. PAPILLARIA NIGRESCENS (Sw.) Jaeg. Adumb.1:169. 1875-76 
Hypnum nigrescens Sw. Prod. 141. 1788. 
Hypnum nigrescens Hedw. Sp. Musc. 250. 1801. 
Pierogonium nigrescens Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1778. 1806. 
Neckera nigrescens Schwaegr. Suppl. 32. 1828. 
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