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JAMAICA MOSSES AND HEPATICA. 
By Henry Boswett, M.A. 
RING the earlier months of 1886 Mr. W. Joshua forwarded 
to me ‘for identification three or four parcels of te and Hepatice, 
collected in the neighbourhood of Gordon Town y Mr. Hart. They 
comprise a number of oe and beactid ¢ species, several of 
recorded bos other parts “ot South America or the Islands, as 
Venezuela, Guadaloupe, Cuba, &e., with one Scapania that ma ay be 
new altoget ther. Hence it is evident that the cryptogamic treasures 
of the ‘‘Land of wood and water’’* are by no means ex austed, 
but rich, copious, and varied, leaving room to hope for yet further 
novelties; although many travellers have paid attention to them 
ae exists, I believe, no complete or general list of Jamaica 
species, and the n umber recorded in Jaeger and Sauerbeck’s 
‘ Adumbratio Veccore . probably far below what would be 
Several of the Hepatice are also very fine and handsome, 
especially Plagiochila and Mastigobr. deste The presence of a Sca- 
e ce struck me as very remarkable, no species of this 
sume es’ northern genus baving ever, so oad as I knew, been 
of ore sae it is scarce oly posatile to Se 
mericani,’ and the * Sie Fe veetbaraae in an article like 3 
the present it seems unnecessary to introduce the new ghrey ee 
arrangement and nomenclature, which will be found fully set forth 
* aymace te native name, 
