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Distribution: Summit of Pico Turquino, Cuba — First record. No. 27^ 
Bucher. 
Pilotrichella flexilis (Sw.) Jaeg. 
Type locality: Mountains in Jamaica. Collected by S. H. Hamilton in 
1902 on Pico Turquino, and by Brother Clement and Brother Leon on the 
Sierra Maestra, Loma del Gato, 1920. Also at higher elevations in Porto Rico^ 
Monte Torrecilla, near Adjuntas and Sierra Luquillo. No. 25, Bucher. 
Meteoriopsis patula (Sw.) Broth. 
Type locality: Summits of Blue Mountains, Jamaica. Distribution not 
uncommon at lower elevations in Province of Oriente, Cuba, on the Sierra Maestra, 
Banao Mountains and Santa Clara. Also in Porto Rico, Monte Torrecilla, near 
Adjuntas and Sierra Luquillo> No. 26a, Bucher. 
Tr achy pus viridulus (Mitt.) Broth. 
Type locality: Andes of Quito. Distributed on rocks near summit of John 
Crow Peak, Jamaica, and Sir John Peak, altitude, 5500-5800 feet. Not recorded 
from Cuba or Jamaica by Brotherus! Altho this species was described by Mitten 
as having entire leaves, the drawings accompanying his type specimens show that 
the leaves are serrulate and agree with the West Indian specimens above recorded. 
No. 26, Bucher — First record. 
Clastohryum americanum Cardot 
Type locality: Mexico 
Distribution: Jamaica, John Crow and Sir John Peak. This species has 
not been recorded heretofore from Cuba, but agrees with 1144 collected by me on 
Sir John Peak, Jamaica, in 1908, and is a slender form of this species. No. 24^ 
Bucher — First record. 
New York Botanical Garden, N. Y. 
LEPTOBRYUM ESGOMELI THER. SP. NOV. 
I. Theriot 
Dioicum. Caespites densi, pu^chre luteo-virides, nitidi, intus tomento 
radiculoso ferrugineo valde intertexi. Caulis erectus, 3 cm. altus, superne fas- 
ciculato-ramosus, ramis elongatis, graci'is, laxe foliosis. Folia oblongo-elliptica^ 
acuta vel subobtusa, integra, haud limbata, marginibus planis, 0.7-0.8 mm. 
longa, 0.2 mm. lata; costa ultra f evanida, basi 30-60^1 crassa; rete pellucido^ 
cellulis longe et anguste rectangularibus vel linearibus, 60-120 n longis, 10-12 ix 
latis, iaferioribus parum dissimilis. Flos masculus terminalis, discoideus, folia 
perigonialia patulo-squarrosa, longissime linearia. Folia perichaetialia erecta, 
externa cauli lis parum majora, interna anguste linearia, 3-5-longiora, basi 
dilatata, costa latissima; pedicellus gracilis, erectus, flexuosus, pallidus, aetate 
