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reported from Mexico and British Honduras. B. Taylorii differs 

 from this species in the following respects: the leaf is of quite dif- 

 ferent form, being much narrower, the basal cells are more con- 

 spicuously differentiated, the upper cells and costa are papillose, 

 and the apex is more acute (PL 1, fig. 9). 



Barbula replicata Tayl., Hook. Jour. Bot. 15(C):49. 1846. 



On shallow soil, near Wedemann place; inland on Santa Maria 

 (Charles or Floreana) Island, Galapagos Islands; January 28, 1934; 

 W. R. Taylor No. 1002. 



Distribution: Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia. 



This is a new record for the Galapagos Islands. 



Hymenostomum sp. 



On shallow soil, inland on Santa Maria (Charles or Floreana) 

 Island, Galapagos Islands; January 28, 1934; W. R. Taylor No. 

 1006. 



These specimens, although sterile, have the characteristic leaf shape 

 and structure of the genus Hymenostomum, of which no members 

 have yet been reported from the Galapagos Islands. 



Bryaceae 



Bryum argentium Hedw. var. lanatum B. et S., Bry. eur. 6(9) :7. 

 pi. 41. 1839. 



On shallow soil, associated with Campylopus introflexus (Hedw.) 

 Brid., near Wedemann place, inland on Santa Maria (Charles or 

 Floreana) Island, Galapagos Islands; January 28, 1934; W. R. 

 Taylor No. loio. 



Distribution: Cosmopolitan in the warmer parts of the earth. 



This species has apparently never before been reported from the 

 Galapagos Islands. 



Bartramiaceae 



Philonotis tenella (C. Mvill.) Besch., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. VI. 

 Ser. 3:207. 1876. 



On tree In dense, wet forest, Gorgona Island (off Narino), Colom- 

 bia ; February 12, 1934; W. R. Taylor No. 1024. 



Distribution: Florida; West Indies; Central and South America. 



