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Distribution: West Indies; northern South America. 

 This is apparently the first record for Central America. 



OcTOBLEPHARUM ALBiDUM Hedw., Dcscr. Musc. Frond. 3:15. 1792. 



On humus and rotting wood, Bahia Honda, Panama (west coast); 

 February 21, 1934; W. R. Taylor Nos. iio8, 1122. 



Distribution: Widely distributed throughout tropical regions; 

 Galapagos Islands. 



OcTOBLEPHARUM puLviNATUM (Dozy ct Molk.) Mitt. Joum. Linn. 

 Soc, Bot. 12:109. 1869. 



On trunk of tree, Gorgona Island (oflF Narino), Colombia; Feb- 

 ruary 12, 1934; W. R. Taylor No. 1020. 



Distribution: West Indies; Central and South America. 



Calymperaceae 



Calymperes Disciforme C. Miill., Linnaea 21:183. 1848. 



On trees, in forest, Bahia Honda, Panama (west coast) ; Febru- 

 ary 21, 1934; W. R. Taylor Nos. iioj,ii2i. 



Distribution: Santo Domingo; northern South America. 



This seems to be one of the first reports of this species from 

 Central America. 



Calymperes Donnellii Aust., Bot. Gaz. 4:151. 1879. 



On trunk of tree in dense forest, Gorgona Island (off Narino), 

 Colombia; February 12, 1934; W. R. Taylor No. 1023. 



Distribution: Florida; West Indies; Guatemala; Panama. 



This collection apparently represents a southern extension to the 

 known geographical range of the species. 



Syrrhopodon incompletus Schwaegr. Suppl. 2 (2): 119. 1824. 



On trees in forest, Bahia Honda, Panama (west coast) ; February 

 21, 1934; W. R. Taylor Nos. 1109, iiii. 



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

 Galapagos Islands. 



POTTIACEAE 



Barbula (Hydrogonium) Taylorii Bartram et Steere sp., nov. 

 Plate 1, figures 6-8 



Planta sterilis, perennis, aquatica, simplex vel leviter ramosa; 

 caules 2-4 cm. longi, paralleli, debiles, supra frondosi, infra nudi; 

 folia triseriata, acyclica, madidata squarroso-patentia, exsiccata pa- 



