NO. 1 steere: mosses 11 



material becomes available for comparison before considering the 

 creation of a new species to fit these specimens. 



The rather constant presence of a row of two or three suddenly 

 inflated hyaline or occasionally colored alar cells in this genus sug- 

 gests that its affinities may be with the Sematophyllaceae rather 

 than with the Hypnaceae. 



Distribution: Trinidad; French and British Guiana; Angola, 

 Congo; Madagascar. 



