B R.AR.Y OF THE U N IVLRSITY OF ILLI NOIS 580-5 - v.25 cop-* MOSSES OF GUATEMALA EDWIN B. BARTRAM FIELDIANA: BOTANY VOLUME 25 Published by CHICAGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM JANUARY 31, 1949 MOSSES OF GUATEMALA MOSSES OF GUATEMALA EDWIN B. BARTRAM FIELDIANA: BOTANY VOLUME 25 Published by CHICAGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM JANUARY 31, 1949 THE LIBRARY OF THE ra 2 3 1949 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY CHICAGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM PRESS CONTENTS Families Included in Volume 25 Sphagnaceae 4 Andreaeaceae 7 Fissidentaceae 8 Ditrichaceae 24 Seligeriaceae 31 Dicranaceae 32 Leucobryaceae 67 Calymperaceae 73 Encalyptaceae 81 Pottiaceae 82 Grimmiaceae 140 Funariaceae 146 Splachnaceae 151 Bryaceae 153 Mniaceae 182 Drepanophyllaceae 184 Eustichiaceae 185 Rhizogoniaceae 186 Meeseaceae 187 Bartramiaceae 189 Erpodiaceae 204 Orthotrichaceae 206 Helicophyllaceae 230 Rhacopilaceae 231 Hedwigiaceae 232 Cryphaeaceae 236 Leucodontaceae * 242 Prionodontaceae 245 Trachypodaceae 247 Pterobryaceae 249 Meteoriaceae 260 Phyllogoniaceae 273 Neckeraceae 275 Lembophyllaceae 288 Pilotrichaceae 290 Hookeriaceae 293 Leucomiaceae 322 Hypopterygiaceae 323 Fabroniaceae 325 Leskeaceae 330 Amblystegiaceae 341 Brachytheciaceae 350 Entodontaceae 362 Plagiotheciaceae 371 Sematophyllaceae 383 Hypnaceae 397 Hylocomiaceae 415 Diphysciaceae 419 Polytrichaceae 420 INTRODUCTION In the course of three botanical expeditions to Guatemala, sponsored by Chicago Natural History Museum, Drs. Paul C. Standley and Julian A. Steyermark accumulated extensive collec- tions of mosses from nearly every department. These collections have been beautifully supplemented by the later explorations of Dr. Aaron J. Sharp during 1945 and 1946 in the highlands of Guate- mala, principally at altitudes between 1,250 and 3,500 yieters, where the bryophyte flora is exceedingly rich and diversified. It has been my privilege to study all of these collections and the results, supplemented by whatever other information I have been able to gather, are presented in the following pages. Although Dr. Sharp's collections have not been listed in full detail, all of his im- portant discoveries, representing an addition of more than seventy species to the previously known flora, are included in the present work. As a result, the moss flora of Guatemala and its affinities are now far better known than those of any other Central American country. As this is the first attempt at a realistic analysis of the mosses of any restricted tropical American country, the task is, to some extent, explorative. For, until many of the tropical American genera are disencumbered of numerous dubious species by careful revisional studies, the specific entities involved are open to a wide variety of interpretations. Being astride the Cordilleran axis, extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific and possessing a highly diversified terrain, Guatemala should and does support a rich moss flora broadly representative of the American tropics. Since the literature relating to tropical American mosses is widely scattered and often difficult of access, it seems desirable to describe briefly, key out and illustrate the species known to occur in this limited area. One of the more interesting problems involves the relationship of the Guatemalan flora with that of the surrounding and contribu- tory regions. As might be logically expected, the Mexican types are abundantly represented. However, the most significant feature is 2 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 the occurrence of numerous species typical of the northern United States and Canada, including Fissidens taxifolius, Ditrichum gigan- teum, Distichium capillaceum, Dicranella varia, Blindia acuta, Dicranum flagellare, Barbula reflexa, Barbula icmadophila, Tortella tortuosa, Grimmia apocarpa, Mnium serratum, Bryum cuspidatum, Meesea longiseta, Orthotrichum anomalum, Cratoneuron filicinum, Campylium stellatum, Campylium chrysophyllum, Hygrohypnum pa- lustre, Drepanocladus aduncus, Brachythecium rutabulum, Eurhyn- chium pulchellum, Plagiothecium denticulatum, Hypnum cupressiforme, Rhytidium rugosum, Hylocomium brevirostre, Diphyscium foliosum and many others of similar affinities. It is probable that this group is made up of species forced southward during glacial times. These species persisted in isolated communities in the highlands of Guate- mala even after the retrograde migration had taken place. Many of these records mark the extreme southern limit of distribution of these species in North America. Evidently the Cordillera served as a main highway of north- south migration. It is interesting, therefore, to record as immigrants from the opposite direction such typical Andean species as Ditrichum gracile, Dicranella vaginata, Campylopus Jamesoni, Amphidium cyathicarpum, Holomitrium pulchellum, Hymenostomum Jamesoni, Streptopogon erythrodontus, Streptopogon rigidus, Entosthodon acidotus, Actinodontium megalocarpum, Eustichia Spruceana, Rhizogonium Lindigii, Eucatagonium politum and Pseudodimerodontium bolivianum, all of which find their northern limits in Guatemala or adjacent Mexico. A small group of tropical Brazilian mosses, comprising Coleo- chaetium Standleyi, Philophyllum tenuifolium and Puiggariella auri- folia, all three genera new to North America, suggests that in the past the tropical American flora may have been more closely in- tegrated than it is now. Among the well-known Caribbean species, found principally in the eastern lowlands, are Sphagnum meridense, Fissidens pellucidus, Dicranella subinclinata, Syrrhopodon ligulatus, Syrrhopodon incom- pletus, Syrrhopodon lycopodioides, Calymperes lonchophyllum, Tortula mniifolia, Philonotis glaucescens, Micromitrium mucronifolium, Pseu- docryphaea flagellifera, Jaegerinopsis squarrosa, Or,thostichopsis tetra- gona, Pireella cymbifolia, Papillaria nigrescens, Meteoriopsis patula, Neckeropsis undulata, Neckeropsis disticha, Helicodontium capillare, Entodon macropodus, Sematophyllum caespitosum and Taxithelium planum. Many of these species reach Florida on the north and range widely into northern South America in the opposite direction. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 3 The following local mosses extend north through Mexico to Arizona and New Mexico: Anoectangium arizonicum, Anoectangium obtusifolium, Merceya ligulata, Husnotiella revoluta, Symblepharis helicophylla, Dicranum rhabdocarpum, Tortula fragilis, Ptychomitrium Leibergii, Ptychomitrium serratum, Brachymenium mexicanum, Bryum truncorum, Orthotrichum Bartramii, Anacolia laevisphaera, Bartramia microstoma, Braunia secunda, Fabronia ciliaris, Fabronia Wrightii and Pleuropus Bonplandii. A smaller group, comprising Ditrichum ambiguum, Timmiella anomala, Barbula vinealis, Grimmia tricho- phylla, Orthodontium pellucens and Eurhynchium praelongum, extends into California. Evidently with increasing distance from the Con- tinental Divide, the number of species common to both areas decreases. The Guatemalan moss flora may be roughly divided into three zones. The lowland mosses up to altitudes of about 1,500 meters are broadly representative of the Caribbean regions. Here such typical families as Fissidentaceae, Pterobryaceae, Meteoriaceae, Hookeriaceae and Sematophyllaceae are abundantly distributed. The second zone, representing the interior highlands from 1,500 or 2,000 meters up to 3,500 meters, supports a much more diversified and highly intriguing flora, including many surprising vagrants from far distant northern and southern latitudes. Such families as Dicranaceae, Pottiaceae, Bryaceae, Bartramiaceae and Orthotri- chaceae are developed to an amazing extent. Pottiaceae alone account for 71 species distributed in 25 genera. The rocky summits of the higher mountains from 3,600 to 4,600 meters above sea level are truly alpine in character. Typical of these bleak, rugged domes are the following rupestrine species: Andreaea rupestris, Distichium capillaceum, Encalypta vulgaris, Grimmia ovalis, Rhacomitrium crispulum and Hedwigidium imberbe. In more sheltered places and a little below the bare rocks the upper fringes of the rich highland flora are encountered. The strange mixtures present a puzzling problem in phytogeog- raphy, especially when two species of the same genus such as Ditrichum giganteum of northern United States and Yukon and Ditrichum gracile of the South American Andes are found growing in close proximity. It is hardly possible to appraise the full signi- ficance of these facts now, but the evidence surely indicates that Guatemala is one of the principal focal points of geographical dis- tribution in tropical North America. While probably far from complete, the total of approximately 519 species and 205 genera is broadly representative of the local 4 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 mosses and may cover at least 80 per cent of the actual flora. The percentage of endemic species is relatively small. Including the new species, approximately 58, or about 11 per cent of the total known flora, are not known outside of Guatemala. As the adjacent regions are more thoroughly explored, many of these endemics may prove to have a wider distribution than our present knowledge indicates. No one can realize the shortcomings of the task in hand more keenly than I do. Yet I am hopeful that the work may prove useful to students of the local moss flora and in future investigations relating to Mexico and the other Central American countries. The types of all new species are in the author's herbarium. A complete series of Standley's and Steyermark's collections, including duplicate types of the new species collected by them, can be found in the herbarium of Chicago Natural History Museum. The full series collected by Sharp is deposited in the herbarium of the Uni- versity of Tennessee. As many species were collected in large quantities, a wide distribution of representative specimens will no doubt be made among the principal North American herbaria. ORDER 1. SPHAGNALES Typical peat mosses forming dense tufts or cushions in bogs or on wet mountain slopes. Stems elongate, pale green tinged with brown or red, without radicles, composed of a central core of lax cells enclosed in a woody cylinder and surrounded by one to several layers of large, hyaline cells. Branches in fascicles, crowded at tips of stems in dense heads. Branch leaves composed of two kinds of cells in one layer; a network of linear chlorophyllose cells in the meshes of which are large rhomboidal hyaline cells usually porose and reinforced by spiral fibers. Stem leaves similar in structure but dissimilar in shape. Capsules dark brown, subglobose, with a convex lid, on a short fleshy stalk or pseudopodium. Peristome lacking. A very distinct order comprising a single genus, Sphagnum, of cosmopolitan distribution. 1. SPHAGNACEAE 1. SPHAGNUM Linn., Sp. PI. 1106. 1753. 1. Cortical cells of stems and branches not fibrillose 2 Cortical cells of stems and branches fibrillose . . .3 BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 5 2. Chlorophyllose cells of branch leaves exposed on both surfaces, pigment brown 4. S. subsecundum Chlorophyllose cells of branch leaves exposed on inner surface of leaf, pigment red 3. S. meridense 3. Chlorophyllose cells of branch leaves central and included ... 1. S. magellanicum Chlorophyllose cells of branch leaves exposed on inner surface of leaf 2. S. imbricatum 1. SPHAGNUM MAGELLANICUM Brid., Muse. Rec. 2, (1): 24. 1798. Coarse plants tinged with brown. Cortical cells of stems and branches fibrillose. Stem leaves Ungulate; branch leaves broadly ovate, deeply concave, Chlorophyllose cells central and enclosed on both surfaces of leaf by the hyaline cells. (Fig. 1, A-C.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Steyermark 49918, 49921, 49922. Distribution: Labrador to Alaska south to Florida and California, Bermuda, Europe, Asia, South America. Rare locally and confined to alpine regions. 2. SPHAGNUM IMBRICATUM Hornsch., Russow, Beitr. Torfm. 21. 1865. Plants pale greenish brown. Cortical cells of stems and branches fibrillose. Stem leaves Ungulate; branch leaves imbricated, ovate, Chlorophyllose cells exposed on inner surface of leaf, lower hyaline cells ridged or fringed on inner walls where overlying the chloro- phyllose cells. (Fig. 1, D-G.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Steyermark 49912. Distribution: Alaska, eastern North America south to Gulf States, Cuba, British Honduras, Europe, Asia. Alpine meadow. Like the preceding, this species is known locally only from alpine regions. Dr. LeRoy Andrews informs me that he has a collection from British Honduras. The peculiar fringed fibrils on the inner walls of the hyaline leaf cells are a marked feature. 3'. SPHAGNUM MERIDENSE (Hampe) C. M., Syn. 1: 95. 1848. Sphagnum acutifolium meridense Hampe, Linnaea 20: 66. 1847. Rather slender pale plants usually tinged with red. Stem leaves triangular-ovate, bordered, toothed at apex. Branch leaves laxly imbricated, oblong-ovate, concave, abruptly short pointed, apex involute, truncate, toothed. Chlorophyllose cells exposed on inner surface of leaf. (Fig. 1, H-J.) FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 FIGURE 1 A-C, Sphagnum magellanicum: A, stem leaf, X14; B, branch leaf, X14; C, cross section of leaf cells, X270. D-G, Sphagnum imbricatum: D, stem leaf, X14; E, branch leaf, X14; F, basal cells of branch leaf, XllO; G, cross section of leaf cells, X270. H-J, Sphagnum meridense: H, stem leaf, X14; I, branch leaf, X14; J, cross section of leaf cells, X270. Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 92577, 92590, 92620; Steyermark 1*3955. Dept. Huehuetenango: Steyermark 1*971*6, 50183, 51898, 51950, 51951. Dept. El Pro- gresso: Steyermark 1*3097, 1*31*55. Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark 1*2631, 1*3203, 1*3257, 1*3287. Dept. Chiquimula: Steyermark 30989. Dept. Jutiapa: Steyermark 31935. Distribution: Florida, West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America. By far the most frequent species of Sphagnum and apparently broadly distributed at altitudes above 1,200-1,500 meters. The characteristic ruddy tinge is usually a dependable indicator of this species. 4. SPHAGNUM SUBSECUNDUM Nees, Sturm, Deuts. Fl. Crypt. 17. 1819. Rather robust, brittle plants, tinged with brown. Cortical cells of stem in one layer. Stem leaves lingulate, entire. Divergent branches cuspidate pointed, branch leaves broadly ovate, apex truncate, toothed; hyaline cells strongly fibrillose with numerous small pores on the dorsal face; chlorophyllose cells subrectangular in section, exposed on both surfaces of leaf. (Fig. 2, A-D.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Sharp 1*968. Dept. Baja Verapaz: Sharp 511*3. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 7 Distribution: Greenland and Labrador south to Gulf states and Mexico; California to Washington. Wet rocks and swamp area at low to moderately high altitudes. These seem to be the first records of the species in Central America. The brown pigment, cortical cells of the stem in one layer and the chlorophyll cells exposed on both surfaces of the branch leaves are good diagnostic features. ORDER 2. ANDREAEALES Small dark colored, brittle rupestrial mosses of high altitudes. Stems slender, simple or branched. Leaves crowded, cells small, incrassate, in one layer; costa lacking or single. Capsules terminal, exserted on a short pseudopodium when ripe, without lid or peristome, splitting vertically into 4 (6-8) valves at maturity; columella persistent, spores smooth or papillose. 2. ANDREAEACEAE One family and one genus only represented in North America. FIGURE 2 A--D, Sphagnum subsecundum: A, stem leaf, X14, B, branch leaf, X14; C, part of cross section of stem, XllO; D, cross section of leaf cells, X270. E-H, Fissidens Svihlae: E, plant, XI; F, leaf, X30; G, upper leaf cells and margin, X270; H, cells of duplicate blade, X270. 8 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 1. ANDREAEA Hedw., Sp. Muse. 47. 1801. 1. ANDREAEA RUPESTRIS Hedw., Sp. Muse. 47. 1801. Brittle reddish brown plants in dense tufts or cushions. Stems 1-3 cm. long, simple or forked. Leaves crowded, imbricated when dry, ovate-lanceolate, concave, ecostate, muticous or slightly pointed, usually papillose on back, to 1.5 mm. long; cells incrassate, linear below, rounded-quadrate above. Capsules small, finally exserted on a short pseudopodium. (Fig. 3, A-D.) Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 35542, 3551*60,, 3554.7, 35548a, 35549. Dept. Solola: Steyermark 47494. Distribution: Greenland to Alaska, south along mountains to Georgia and California, Europe, Tasmania, New Zealand, southern South America. Exposed rock faces and crevices; locally confined to highest elevations, 3,800-4,600 m. var. ALPESTRIS Thed., Bot. Not. 1849: 79. 1849. Differs from the typical form in the smaller, blunter leaves. Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 35786, 36089. Dept. Quezaltenango : Steyer- mark 34209. Distribution: Greenland south to New York and Alaska south to Montana and Washington; also Europe. ORDER 3. BRYALES The great majority of mosses are comprised in this large order. Variable in detail, they seem to grow from a filamentose protonema. The spores and columella are developed from the endothecium. Capsules borne on a definite seta of variable length, indehiscent or opening by a lid; peristome present or lacking. 3. FISSIDENTACEAE Small to medium sized plants with distichous, equitant leaves flattened in one plane, split to the costa on the inner side of the basal part into two blades clasping the stem. Lamina cells uniform, hexagonal or rounded, usually in one layer; costa ending in or below apex; seta terminal or lateral. Capsule erect or inclined; peristome simple, of 16 teeth, entire or split to or below middle into two subulate forks; spores small. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 9 1. FISSIDENS Hedw., Sp. Muse. 152. 1801. A large and very distinct group with the characters of the family. I have profited largely by Dr. Grout's recent revision of the North American species of Fissidens (Grout 20), which has clarified many problems in this intricate genus. 1. Leaves bordered entirely or in part with elongated cells 2 Leaves not bordered with elongated cells 12 2. Leaves flaccid, cells large and lax 3 Leaves firm, cells small and dense 5 3. Costa ending far below apex, capsules horizontal, asymmetrical 3. F. reticulosus Costa longer, capsules suberect, symmetrical f 4 4. Border distinct to apex 1. F. mollis Border ending well below apex 2. F. dissitifolius 5. Leaf cells unipapillate 6. F. Svihlae Leaf cells smooth or pluripapillate 6 6. Dorsal blade of leaf long decurrent 4. F. longidecurrew Dorsal blade not decurrent 7 7. Stem leaves unbordered, peristome teeth undivided 10. F. muriculatus Stem leaves bordered in part, peristome teeth forked 8 8. Leaf cells papillose, dense and obscure 9 Leaf cells smooth, distinct 11 9. Border weak, confined to basal part of duplicate blades 7. F. leptopodus Border strong, extending to or beyond apex of duplicate blades 10 10. Apical and dorsal blades often variously bordered 8. F. Weiri Apical and dorsal blades not bordered 11. F. elegans 11. Border narrow, of one layer of cells 5. F. repandus Border strong, bistratose 9. F. Steyermarkii 12. Cells of leaf blade in 2 or more layers 24. F. grandifrons Cells of leaf blade in one layer 13 13. Aquatic, slender floating plants 25. F. debilis Not aquatic, plants tufted or gregarious 14 14. Marginal leaf cells incrassate, forming a definite border 17. F. austro-adiantoides Marginal leaf cells not differentiated 15 15. Small plants, leaf margins crenulate 16 Robust plants, leaf margins entire below, apex rounded 20 16. Leaf cells large, smooth, distinct 12. F. pellucidus Leaf cells small, papillose or mammillose, obscure 17 17. Leaf cells pluripapillate, minute plants, leaves rounded. . . 16. F. pusillissimus Leaf cells unipapillate 18 10 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 18. Leaves subacute 13. F. Donnellii Leaves rounded or obtuse 19 19. Leaves less than 1 mm. long, ovate 15. F. Steerei Leaves 1-1.5 mm. long, oblong, abruptly contracted to an obtuse apex 14. F. radicans 20. Setae lateral 21 Setae terminal 23 21. Leaves subentire 22. F. polypodioides Leaf margins crenulate or serrate 22 22. Leaves acute, margins serrulate, costa excurrent 21. F. taxifolius Leaves obtuse, serrate near apex, costa percurrent 23. F. Oerstedianus 23. Leaves broadly acute 20. F. similiretis Leaves broadly rounded 24 24. Leaves lingulate, apex rounded 19. F. lingulatus Leaves oblong-lingulate, apex obtuse 18. F. asplenioides 1. FISSIDENS MOLLIS Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 600. 1869. Dioicous; stems 1-1.5 cm. long, often branched. Leaves strongly contorted when dry, flaccid and laxly spreading when moist, to 4 mm. long, linear-lanceolate, short acuminate, strongly bordered all around, border confluent at apex; costa ending below apex; cells FIGURE 3 A-D, Andreaea rupestris: A, plant, XI; B, leaf, X20; C, apex of leaf, X270; D, leaf of var. rupestris, X20. E-F, Fissidens mollis: E, leaf, X14; F, apex of leaf, XllO. G-H, Fissidens dissitifolius: G, leaf, X14; H, apex of leaf, XllO. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 11 lax, hexagonal, thin-walled, to 40 M long above. Capsule small, inclined. (Fig. 3, E-F). Dept. Izabal: Steyermark ^1781 a. Distribution: Mexico, Costa Rica, West Indies, South America. On damp rocks at low altitude. More robust than F. dissitifolius and distinguished at once by the leaf border continuous to the apex. 2. FISSIDENS DISSITIFOLIUS Sull., Proc. Am. Acad. 5: 274. 1861. Smaller than F. mollis. Stem less than 5 mm. long. Leaves oblong-ovate, short acuminate, about 1.5 mm. long, border narrow and indistinct, ending below apex about opposite tip of costa; costa ending above middle of apical blade; cells laxly hexagonal, to 25-30 fj. long in the apical blade. Capsule small, inclined. (Fig. 3, G-H.) Dept. Chiquimula: Steyermark 30260. Distribution: Mexico, Cuba, Porto Rico. On damp rocks at low altitude. Uncomfortably near the follow- ing species to which it is closely allied. 3. FISSIDENS RETICULOSUS (C.M.) Mitt, Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 603. 1869. Conomilrium reticulosum C. M., Syn. 2: 525. 1851. Conomitrium hookeriaceum C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 173. 1897. Plants small, about 2 mm. high. Leaves 4-9 pairs, contorted when dry, larger upward, to 3 mm. long, lanceolate, acuminate, bordered to near apex; costa ending near middle of apical blade; cells lax, 35-40 M long, 10-14 n wide, thin-walled. Capsule nodding or horizontal, asymmetrical; urn less than 1 mm. long. Distribution: Mexico, West Indies. No Guatemalan collections have been seen but C. hookeriaceum C.M. is cited as a synonym of F. reticulosus (Grout 16, p. 171). The shorter costa and asymmetrical capsules should distinguish it from F. dissitifolius. 4. FISSIDENS LONGIDECURRENS The>., Smithson. Misc. Coll. 78 2 : 10. 1926. Slender, tufted, brownish yellow plants. Stems to 12-15 mm. long, laxly foliate. Leaves strongly crispate when dry, oblong- lanceolate, broadly acuminate, bordered all around, to 2 mm. long, 12 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 dorsal blade long decurrent; costa ending just below apex; cells irregularly hexagonal, 6-8 M- Capsule small, suberect. (Fig. 4, A-B.) Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 671*70. Distribution: Mexico. Shaded bank at high altitude. Readily identified by the long decurrent dorsal blade often extending nearly to the next leaf below. 5. FISSIDENS REPANDUS Wils., Kew Journ. Bot. 3: 52. 1851. Fissidens tortilis Hampe & C. M., Bot. Zeit. 22: 340. 1864. Fissidens Carionis C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 171. 1897. Fissidens fasciculato-bryoides C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 172. 1897. Small greenish yellow plants in lax colonies. Stems 6-8 mm. long. Leaves decurved and much crisped when dry, lanceolate, bordered all around, to 2 mm. long, short and broadly acuminate, dorsal lamina narrowed toward base; costa ending just below apex; cells small, rounded, hexagonal, 8-10 n- Seta 6-7 mm. long; capsule horizontal to suberect; urn oblong, 1 mm. long. (Fig. 4, C-E.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 701+69, 701+73. Dept. Huehuetenango: Steyer- mark 501+57. Dept. Quezaltenango: Steyermark 31+086a, 31+092a; Standley 85199. Dept. Sacatepequez: Standley 58650. Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark 291+52. B T D FIGURE 4 A-B, Fissidens longidecurrens: A, part of stem and leaf, X14; B, apex of leaf, X110. C-E, Fissidens repandus: C, plant, XI; D, leaf, X14; E, apex of leaf, XllO. F-I, Fissidens leptopodus: F, plant, XI; G, leaf, X14; H, apex of leaf, XllO; I, basal margin of duplicate blade, X270. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 13 Distribution: Florida, Mexico, West Indies, South America. On soil, trees and walls at moderate altitudes. This seems to be a rather frequent species locally. The small size and strongly crisped leaves bordered throughout will serve to identify it easily. 6. FISSIDENS SviHLAE Bartr., Bryol. 50: 202. 1947. Small, gregarious plants, yellowish green. Stems 1-2 mm. high. Leaves erect-spreading, slightly flexuous when dry, about 1.5 mm. long, narrowly lanceolate, entire, acuminate, bordered all around with a narrow cartilaginous band of linear cells; costa percurrent; upper leaf cells hexagonal, diam. 8-10 n, strongly unipapillate, cells of duplicate blades lax, hyaline and smooth, to 40 or 50 /* long. Seta 5 mm. long; capsule erect, minute; peristome teeth deeply cleft. (Fig. 2, E-H.) Dept. Suchiate: near Chicacoa, Svihla 2871. Endemic. Nearest F. yucatanensis Steere but leaf cells less than half as large. The papillae are about 5 /x high and are best seen in profile on the upper leaves which are slightly twisted when the plant is mounted entire. In many respects and especially the lax areolation of the duplicate blades this species closely resembles F. Kegelianus C. M. but the unipapillate leaf cells are at once distinctive. 7. FISSIDENS LEPTOPODUS Card., Rev. Bryol. 37: 120. 1910. Fissidens michoacanus Th6r., Smithson. Misc. Coll. 78 2 : 12. 1926. Small sordid green plants. Stems 2-3 mm. high. Leaves 5-20 pairs, 1-1.25 mm. long, oblong-lanceolate, acute; costa ending in or near apex; upper leaves indistinctly bordered toward base of duplicate blades with several elongated cells; margins crenulate; cells small, obscure, densely papillose. Capsule ovoid, suberect. (Fig. 4, F-I.) Dept. Peten: Bartlett 12155, 121*85, 1251*5, 12553; Lundell 2100a. Distribution: Mexico, Trinidad. On disintegrated limestone at low altitudes. F. Garberi L. & J. in which the border is confined to the perichaetial leaves should eventually be found in Guatemala but so far I have seen no collec- tion that could be definitely referred to this species. 14 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 8. FISSIDENS WEIRI Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 602. 1869. Fissidens Howelli Bartr., Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. IV. 21 : 78. 1933. Small yellowish green plants, closely gregarious. Stems 4-5 mm. long with 6-9 pairs of leaves. Leaves erect-spreading, little altered when dry, about 2 mm. long, oblong-lanceolate, acute, border strong and pellucid below, distantly denticulate, ending far below apex of apical blade and often spurred on the inner side above; costa pellucid, ending just below apex; margins of apical blade minutely crenulate where unbordered; cells minute, very obscure, densely and minutely papillose. Seta terminal, 2-3.5 mm. long; capsule suberect, cylin- drical, urn 1 mm. long. (Fig. 5, A-C.) Dept. El Progresso: Steyermark 4.3697. Distribution: West Indies, Galapagos Islands, Brazil. On earth at high altitude. A plastic species but easily recognized by the variable leaf border, often lacking on the apical and dorsal blades but when well developed extending half way or more up the apical blade and frequently spurred on the inner edge. 9. FISSIDENS STEYERMARKII Bartr., No. Amer. Flora 15 3 : 177. 1943. Dioicous. Rather robust, dull green terrestrial plants, densely gregarious. Stems to 1.5 cm. long and 3-4 mm. wide with leaves, sparsely radiculose below. Leaves in numerous pairs, the lower minute, gradually larger upward, the upper to 3.5 mm. long and 0.6 mm. wide, lightly contorted when dry, erect-spreading and often falcate when moist, oblong-lanceolate, short acuminate, bordered all around, the border strong, cartilaginous, bistratose and confluent with the percurrent costa at apex; cells distinct, hexagonal, with firm pellucid walls, 8-10 M in diam., smooth or very faintly papillose. Seta terminal, solitary, about 8 mm. long; capsule inclined, urn 1 mm. long; lid short, conical, deep red; peristome teeth about 375 n high, deeply bifid, the forks erect, coarsely and densely papillose; spores pale, papillose, diam. 10-18 M- (Fig. 5, D-F.) Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 36576 TYPE. Dept. Quezaltenango: Steyer- mark 33889. Dept. Suchitepequez : Steyermark 35310. Endemic. On moist rocks and slopes at medium to high altitudes. Although evidently near F. plurisetus Bartr. of Panama the distinctions are sharply defined and well maintained. In F. Steyer- markii the setae are constantly solitary in all three collections representing over a hundred fruiting plants; in all parts these plants BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 15 are about twice the size of F. plurisetus and the leaf cells by contrast are distinct and smooth or very faintly papillose. 10. FISSIDENS MURICULATUS Spruce, Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 593. 1869. Small slender plants with numerous pairs of leaves. Stems 4-5 mm. long. Leaves curved when dry, 1-1.5 mm. long, oblong, broadly acute, not bordered, dorsal blade ending in a rounded lobe at base; margins crenulate all around; costa nearly percurrent; cells obscure, 6-8 ju, rather bluntly papillose. Perichaetial leaves indistinctly bordered at base of duplicate blades; seta terminal, 1.5 mm. long; capsules suberect, peristome teeth entire. (Fig. 5, G-J.) Dept. Sacatepequez: Standley 88961 a. Distribution: West Indies, Brazil. On tree at moderate altitude. The undivided peristome teeth and faintly bordered perichaetial leaves are clearly diagnostic. Dr. Grout has confirmed the determination with the comment that the papillae of the leaf cells are shorter and blunter than in the type. If Moenkemeyera is recognized as a valid genus this species would belong there. B H FIGURE 5 A-C, Fissidens Weiri: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14; C, part of margin of apical blade, X270. D-F, Fissidens Steyermarkii: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X14; F, apex of leaf, X 110. G-J, Fissidens muriculatus: G, plant, Xl; H, leaf, X14; I, apex of leaf, XllO; J, part of peristome, XllO. 16 FIELD IANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 FIGURE 6 A-B, Fissidens pellucidus: A, leaf, X30; B, upper leaf cells and margin, X320. C-D, Fissidens pusillissimus: C, leaf, X 68; D, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. E-G, Fissidens taxifolius: E, plant, XI; F, leaf, X20; G, apex of leaf, XllO. 11. FISSIDENS ELEGANS Brid., Bryol. Univ. 2: 691. 1827. Small dull green plants, laxly gregarious. Stems 4-5 mm. long. Leaves numerous, curved with deflexed points when dry, oblong- lanceolate, acute, about 1 mm. long, strongly bordered on the duplicate blades only; margins of apical and dorsal blades minutely crenulate; costa pellucid, percurrent; cells minute, about 5 /*, obscure, papillose. Seta terminal, about 4 mm. long; capsule suberect. (Fig. 7, A-D.) Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 86644 (distributed as F. radicans). Distribution: Mexico, West Indies, South America. On wet rock at moderate altitude. The strongly bordered dupli- cate blades and unbordered apical and dorsal blades distinguish this species from any of its local allies. 12. FISSIDENS PELLUCIDUS Hornsch., Linnaea 15: 146. 1841. F. subcrenatua Schp., in C. M. Syn. 2: 531. 1851. F. rufulus Sull., Proc. Am. Acad. 5: 275. 1861. F. Wrightii Jaeg., Enum. Fissid. 12. 1869. Small gregarious plants, green tinged with reddish brown. Stems about 5 mm. long, with 8 or 10 pairs of leaves, 1.5 mm. wide with BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 17 leaves. Leaves slightly curved when dry, well spaced, not over- lapping, 1 mm. long, oblong-ovate, bluntly acute, unbordered, dorsal blade ending abruptly at base of costa; margins crenulate; costa strong, brownish, ending below apex; leaf cells hexagonal, smooth, large and pellucid, to 15 n in diam. Seta slender, 3 mm. long; capsule small, ovoid, erect. (Fig. 6, A-B.) Dept. Baja Verapaz: Sharp 5181. Distribution: Georgia, Mexico, West Indies to Brazil. Moist bank at moderate altitude. The small size, unbordered leaves with relatively large, smooth, pellucid cells are distinctive as compared with all the other Guatemalan species. 13. FISSIDENS DONNELLII Aust., Bot. Gaz. 4: 151. 1879. Autoicous; minute plants. Stems short. Leaves numerous, narrowly oblong, usually broadly subacute, unbordered, crenulate all around; costa ending 3-5 cells below apex; cells unipapillate. Seta terminal, 2-4 mm. long; capsule small, erect. (Fig. 7, E-F.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Steyermark M086, 44957, 44968. Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 84S17. Distribution: Florida, Mexico, West Indies. B FIGURE 7 A-D, Fissidens elegans: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14; C, apex of leaf, XllO; D, apex of duplicate blades, XllO. E-F, Fissidens Donnellii: E, leaf, X14; F, apex of leaf, X270. G-I, Fissidens radicans: G, leaf, X14; H, apex of leaf, XllO; I, apex of leaf, X270. 18 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 On wet banks and calcareous rocks at medium to high altitudes. The toothed margin of the duplicate blades may be a distinctive feature of this species. 14. FISSIDENS RADICANS Mont., Ann. Sci. Nat. 11, 14: 345. 1840. Slightly larger than F. Donnellii. Stems often innovating. Leaves oblong, 1-1.5 mm. long, scarcely tapering above until just below apex where the blade is contracted to a short, obtuse point; costa ending below apex; margins of duplicate blades finely crenulate and similar to apical margins. Dept. Peten: Lundell 3387 in part. (Fig. 1, G-I.) Distribution: Florida, Mexico, Panama, Porto Rico, British and French Guiana. A lowland species. The larger size and different shaped leaves will help to distinguish this species from F. Donnellii. 15. FISSIDENS STEEREI Grout, No. Amer. Flora 15 3 : 191. 1943. Minute plants similar to F. Donnellii. Leaves less than 1 mm. long, broadly ovate, rounded at apex, unbordered, crenulate-serrate all around; costa ending 5-8 cells below apex; cells hexagonal, 8-10 n, coarsely unipapillate, the marginal row somewhat transversely elongate and pellucid. Sporophyte unknown. (Fig. 8, A-C.) Dept. Jalapa: Steyermark 32913. Distribution: Porto Rico. Base of waterfall at medium altitude. The relatively broader, shorter leaves, rounded at apex and with the costa ending slightly lower will distinguish this species from F. Donnellii. 16. FISSIDENS PUSILLISSIMUS Steere, Ann. Bryol. 10: 116. 1938. Minute, laxly gregarious plants, yellowish green. Stems less than 2 mm. long and less than 1 mm. wide with leaves. Leaves in 4 to 6 pairs, 0.3-0.5 mm. long, oblong, obtusely rounded, un- bordered; costa strong, brownish, ending well below apex; margins papillose-crenulate all around; dorsal blade ending at leaf insertion or in the reduced lower leaves ending some distance above base of costa; cells strongly pluripapillose and obscure. (Fig. 6, C-D.) Dept. Peten: Lundell 29^8. Distribution: British Honduras. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 19 Bark of tree at low altitude. A rare lowland species so small and inconspicuous that it is likely to be collected only by chance. The obscure pluripapillose leaf cells should distinguish this species from its near allies in the Crenularia Section without much trouble. 17. FISSIDENS AUSTRO-ADIANTOIDES C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 547. 1897. Fissidens incrassatolimbatus Card., Rev. Bryol. 37: 119. 1910. Robust plants, 6-7 cm. high, branched. Stems to 8 mm. wide with leaves, densely foliate. Leaves flexuous with contorted points when dry 5-6 mm. long, 1 mm. wide, oblong-lanceolate, short acuminate, bordered all around with a distinct band of incrassate cells in 4-5 rows and in 2 layers in spots; margins coarsely and ir- regularly toothed toward apex; costa percurrent; cells 12-15 M in diam., irregularly rounded, with thick, pellucid walls. Sporophyte not seen. (Fig. 8, D-E.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Turckheim 7722 (as F. incrassatolimbatus Card.); Standley 7160k, 89819. Dept. Huehuetenango : Steyermark 48865, 48575, 48866a. Distribution: Jamaica. On rocks and trees at medium altitudes. I have a single plant from the type collection of F. incrassatolimbatus Card. (Turckheim FIGURE 8 A-C, Fissidens Steerei: A, leaf, X14; B, leaf, X54; C, apex of leaf, X270. D-E, Fissidens austro-adiantoides: D, leaf, X14; E, apex of leaf, XllO. F-H, Fissidens asplenioides: F, leaf, X14; G, apex of leaf, XllO; H, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. 20 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 7722} which seems to be inseparable from the collections cited above which Dr. Grout has referred to F. austro-adiantoides C. M. In all of these collections the border is bistratose in spots here and there but never continuously. The apical teeth are irregular and vary considerably on the same plant. I have not seen any authentic material of F. Bourgaeanus Besch., but the distinctions seem rather vague and I should not be surprised if eventually both F. austro- adiantoides and F. incrassatolimbatus will have to be included in F. Bourgaeanus. 18. FISSIDENS ASPLENIOIDES Hedw. Sp. Muse. 156. 1801. Rather robust yellowish green plants growing in dense colonies. Stems usually simple, 1.5-5 cm. long, densely foliate. Leaves erect-spreading with strongly circinate tips when dry, about 3 mm. long, 0.5 mm. wide, ligulate, unbordere'd, obtusely rounded at apex; margins minutely crenulate all around; costa ending well below apex; cells irregularly hexagonal, dense, not incrassate, 8-10 M- Seta terminal, 4-6 mm. long; capsule oblong, inclined. (Fig. 8, F-H.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 69651, 70502, 71151. Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 35988, 36010, 36488, 36494, 36647; Standley 68483, 864.58. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 65942. Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 65328, 83267, 83279, 83504, 83685, 84607, 85121, 85529, 85939, 85667, 85951, 85998; Steyermark 34723, 35111, 35139, 35153. Dept. Suchitepequez : Steyermark 46852. Dept. Sacatepequez: Standley 58957. Dept. Solola: Standley 62350, 62749. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 61529, 62013, 79906. Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark 42221, 42672, 43204. Dept. Chiquimula: Steyermark 30922. Distribution: Wide in tropical regions throughout the world. On damp banks, rocks and trees at medium to high altitudes. Easily recognized by the slender fronds with the leaf points neatly coiled backwards when dry. It is often richly colored and is by far the commonest species of the genus throughout Central America. 19. FISSIDENS LINGULATUS C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 172. 1897. IFissidens gracilifrondeus C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 172. 1897. Moderately large plants. Stems to 1.5 cm. long. Leaves to 20 pairs, broadly rounded and slightly crenulate at apex, about 2 mm. long; costa ending below apex; duplicate blades to % the length of the leaf; cells rounded, 7-10 n, mammillose, smaller toward margins. (Fig. 9, A-B.) Cuesta de Atitlan: Bernoulli & Cario 115. Distribution: Mexico. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 21 The only plants I have seen are from Mexico and these seem to differ from F. asplenioides in the broader leaves with the apices uniformly rounded without any suggestion of an apiculus. The duplicate blades are also relatively longer but the distinctions are neither sharp nor very convincing. 20. FISSIDENS SIMILIRETIS Sull. var. GUADALUPENSIS (Schimp.) Grout, No. Amer. Flora 15 3 : 193. 1943. Very similar in every way to F. asplenioides except that the leaf apex is broadly acute instead of obtusely rounded. (Fig. 9, C-D.) Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 35701*, 361*92 (both distrib. as F. asplenioides). Distribution: With the species, West Indies. On shaded banks at high altitudes. The distinctions between these plants and F. asplenioides are slight. In fact the series of F. asplenioides from Guatemala shows considerable variation in the form of the leaf apex from broadly rounded to obtuse and minutely apiculate so that both F. lingulatus and F. similiretis guadalupensis as represented here might be included in the form circle of F. as- plenioides without much violence to conservative judgment. FIGURE 9 A-B, Fissidens lingulatus: A, leaf, X14; B, apex of leaf, XI 10. C-D, Fissidens similiretis var. guadalupensis: C, leaf, X14; D, apex of leaf, X110. E-G, Fissidens polypodioides: E, leaf, X14; F, apex of leaf, X54; G, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. 22 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 21. FISSIDENS TAXIFOLIUS Hedw., Sp. Muse. 155. 1801. Medium sized plants, laxly gregarious, dark green. Stems 6-7 mm. high, about 3 mm. wide with leaves. Leaves numerous, crowded, with strongly circinate tips when dry, widely spreading when moist, 2 mm. long, oblong-lanceolate, acute or short acuminate, unbordered; margins serrulate all around; costa pale, short excurrent; cells small, dense, opaque, rounded-hexagonal, diam. 8-10 n, convex on free surfaces, one or two rows at margins paler but not forming a distinct border. Setae lateral from near base of stem, , to 15 mm. long; capsule inclined, asymmetrical, peristome teeth bright red. (Fig. 6, E-G.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Sharp 2987. Dept. Baja Verapaz: Sharp 2860. Distribution : Canada and eastern United States south to Florida, Missouri and Arizona. Shaded banks and slopes at moderate altitudes. Here the leaves are more sharply pointed than in most of the United States collec- tions but otherwise the agreement is close. This is a significant discovery in line with the occurrence of so many north temperate types in the highlands of Guatemala. The species has not been recorded before in North America south of the Mexican border. 22. FISSIDENS POLYPODIOIDES Hedw., Sp. Muse. 154. 1801. Dioicous; robust, frondose yellowish green plants. Stems simple or sparingly branched, 2-8 cm. long, 5-7 mm. wide. Leaves numer- ous, not crowded, curved at tips when dry, oblong-lingulate, abruptly rounded and bluntly apiculate, entire, not bordered, 4-5 mm. long, 1 mm. wide above; costa percurrent; cells hexagonal, to 20 n long, smaller toward margins. Setae lateral, about 1 cm. long; capsule inclined, narrowly pyriform. (Fig. 9, E-G.) Dept. Huehuetenango : Steyermark 49748. Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 37261. Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark 29962, 42658, 43306. Dept. Chiquimula: Steyermark 31020. Distribution: Southeastern United States, Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America. On damp banks, rocks and trees at medium to high altitudes. Although the apical margins are usually repand and the apex varies considerably in outline the teeth are not quite as sharp and pro- nounced as in F. Oerstedianus. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 23 23. FISSIDENS OERSTEDIANUS C. M., Syn. 2: 529. 1851. Slightly more robust than the preceding species, fronds 8-10 mm. wide. Leaves serrate near apex with sharp, irregular teeth. Capsule horizontal, subcylindric. (Fig. 10, A-B.) Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark $318. Distribution: Costa Rica, Panama. On moist banks at high altitude. The distinctions between this species and F. polypodioides are not always as clear as they might be and I am doubtful if they can be specifically separated. 24. FISSIDENS GRANDIFRONS Brid., Muse. Rec. Suppl. 1 : 170. 1806. Dull brownish green plants in dense mats. Stems 2-4 cm. long or longer, rigid, often branched below, densely foliate, fronds 2-3 mm. wide. Leaves rigidly erect-spreading, about 3 mm. long, unbordered, linear-lanceolate, bluntly acute, entire, opaque; costa ending in apex; cells hexagonal, incrassate, in 2 or more layers except at margins. Setae lateral, capsules erect, fruit rare. (Fig. 10, C-D.) Dept. Huehuetenango : Steyermark 5000,4, 50005. Dept. San Marcos: Steyer- mark 36897. Distribution: Southern Canada, United States, Mexico, Europe, Asia. FIGURE 10 A-B, Fissidens Oerstedianus: A, leaf, X8; B, apex of leaf, X54. C-D, Fissidens grandifrons: C, leaf, X14; D, apex of leaf, X54. E-G, Fissidens debilis: E, leaf, X8; F, apex of leaf, X54; G, upper leaf cells, X270. 24 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 On wet rocks or submerged in streams in calcareous regions at high altitudes. These collections seem to represent the southern limit of distribution in North America. 25. FISSIDENS DEBILIS Schwaegr., Suppl. I 2 : 11. 1816. Fissidens julianus Schimp., Flora 21: 271. 1838. Conomitrium Turckheimi C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 173. 1897. Slender floating plants, yellowish at tips, dark brown below. Stems branching, 3 cm. long or often much longer. Leaves distant, spreading, flexuous when dry, to 5-6 mm. long, linear-lanceolate, bluntly acute; costa ending well below apex; cells irregularly hexa- gonal, to 25 p. long, smaller toward margins. Fruit rare, terminal on short lateral branches, seta shorter than capsule. (Fig. 10, E-G.) Dept. Jutiapa: Standley 75512. Distribution: United States, Mexico, South America, Europe, Africa. On rocks in stream at moderate altitude. This sterile collection is one of the smaller forms with stems only 2-3 cm. long. Muller also cites two collections from Alta Verapaz. 4. DITRICHACEAE Slender densely caespitose plants. Stems erect, sparingly branched. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, entire or slightly toothed near apex; costa percurrent; cells smooth, not differentiated at basal angles. Seta erect; capsules erect or nodding; peristome simple, of 16 slender teeth, entire or split nearly to base into 2 filiform forks; lid conical or beaked; annulus broad; spores small. 1. Capsules immersed, peristome lacking 1. Bryomanginia Capsules exserted, peristome present 2 2. Leaves 2 ranked, peristome teeth obliquely striolate 2. Distichium Leaves not 2 ranked, peristome teeth papillose 3 3. Upper leaf cells elongate, capsules smooth 4. Ditrichum Upper leaf cells quadrate, capsule furrowed when dry 3. Ceratodon 1. BRYOMANGINIA TheY., Rec. de Trav. Crypt. 1. 1931. Small, densely tufted alpine plants. Leaves linear, concave, obtuse, entire; costa faint, short; cells oval, smooth, elongate below. Seta short; capsule small, ovoid, immersed; peristome lacking; annulus large; lid convex. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 25 1. BRYOMANGINIA SAINT PIERREI Thr., Rec. de Trav. Crypt. 2. 1931. Autoicous; small, brittle, reddish brown plants growing in dense, compact cushions. Stems erect, to 1.5 cm. high. Leaves erect, 1.5 mm. long, linear, deeply concave, obtuse; margins erect, entire; costa about 50 n wide below, narrower upward, poorly defined, ending near or above mid-leaf; upper cells oval, incrassate, smooth, oblique, to 15 n long, 6-8 /* wide, inner basal cells rectangular, pellucid, 12- 15 n wide, to 75 M long, narrower toward margins. Capsule ovoid, smooth, 0.5-0.6 mm. long, immersed or emergent, on a short, fleshy seta about 0.5 mm. long; peristome none; annulus large and persis- tent, about 65 M high, of 2-3 rows of cells; lid convex, mammillate; spores pale brown, minutely papillose, diam. 25 /x- (Fig. 11, A-E.) Dept. San Marcos: Sharp 5^23. Distribution: Mexico. Non-calcareous boulder near summit of Volcan Tajumulco. A rare, alpine species previously known only from the type locality on Nevada de Toluca, Mexico. Superficially the plants are suggestive of Andreaea but the structural details are of course distinctive. 2. DISTICHIUM Bry. Eur. fasc. 29-30. 1846. Slender, silky plants in dense tufts. Stems dichotomously branched, densely tomentose below. Leaves distichous, abruptly D FIGURE 11 A-E, Bryomanginia Saint Pierrei: A, plant, XI; B, capsule, X20; C, leaf, X20; D, upper leaf cells and margin, X270; E, basal leaf cells, X270. F-H, Ditrichum rufescens: F, plant, Xl; G, leaf, X12; H, capsule, XlO. 26 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 narrowed to a spreading, subulate point from an oblong, sheathing base; costa long excurrent. Seta elongate; capsule suberect; peri- stome teeth irregularly divided. 1. DISTICHIUM CAPILLACEUM (Hedw.) Bry. Eur. fasc. 29-30. 1846. Cynontodium capillaceum Hedw., Sp. Muse. 57. 1801. Plants densely tufted or mixed with other mosses. Stems to 3 cm. or more high. Leaves 4-5 mm. long, in 2 ranks, the slender, spreading, coarsely papillose point longer than the erect, clasping base. Costa long excurrent; basal cells linear, gradually becoming subquadrate above shoulders. Seta slender, to 2 cm. long; capsule erect, oblong-cylindric; peristome teeth 16, obliquely striolate. (Fig. 12, A-C.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Standley 81627, 81672, 83090a. Distribution: Cosmopolitan in temperate, arctic and antarctic regions and at high altitudes in the tropics. On rocks in alpine regions. The widely spreading, papillose leaf points readily separate this species from any of the local species of Ditrichum. 3. CERATODON Brid., Bryol. Univ. 1:480. 1826. Plants densely tufted. Stems erect, closely foliate. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, contorted when dry; margins recurved; costa short excurrent; cells smooth, subquadrate, elongate below. Seta erect, elongate; capsule suberect; peristome teeth split nearly to base. 1. CERATODON STENOCARPUS Bry. Eur. fasc. 29-30. 1846. Ceratodon vulcanicus C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 191. 1897. Tufts yellowish above, brown below. Stems to 2 cm. or more long. Leaves crowded, curved and contorted when dry, 1.5-2 mm. long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate; margins recurved nearly to apex, coarsely toothed near tip; costa subpercurrent; upper cells quadrate, incrassate, basal cells rectangular. Seta about 2 cm. long, pale yellow; capsules suberect or often arcuate and inclined, brown, urn 2 mm. long, sulcate when dry; peristome teeth brown, sharply papillose, divided nearly to base. (Fig. 12, D-F.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Standley 83092. Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 35787, 36118. Dept. Totonicapan : Standley 62699a, 8^63, 8^551 . Dept. Quezaltenango : Steyermark 3^212, 3^625; Standley 67620, 85751 a, 85752. Dept. Chimaltenango : Standley 61909, 80602. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 27 Distribution: Southern Arizona, Mexico, south along Andes to Bolivia, also southern Europe, tropical Asia, Africa. On ledges, rocks and dry banks at high altitudes. These col- lections are uniformly different from the cosmopolitan C. purpureus in the pale setae and more erect, paler capsules. Occasionally a capsule will be nearly horizontal but the great majority are only slightly inclined to suberect. 4. DITRICHUM (Timm.) Hampe, Flora 50: 181. 1867. Small tufted plants. Stems erect. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, subulate-acuminate; costa strong; upper cells linear or oval, basal cells rectangular, alar cells not differentiated. Seta slender, elongate; capsules erect or slightly curved; peristome teeth 16, papillose, divided to base or cleft above. 1. Leaf base oblong, abruptly narrowed at shoulders 1. D. gracile Leaf base ovate, gradually narrowed upward 2 2. Stems 6-10 cm. long 3 Stems 2-3.5 cm. long 4 3. Leaves 5-8 mm. long 3. D. giganteum Leaves 3-4 mm. long 2. D. longicaule U( c X8. H FIGURE 12 A-C, Distichium capillaceum: A, leaf, X8; B, apex of leaf, XllO; C, capsule, D-F, Ceratodon stenocarpus: D, plant, XI; E, leaf, X20; F, capsule, X8. G-I, Ditrichum gracile: G, leaf, X8; H, apex of leaf, XllO; I, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. 28 FIELD IANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 4. Seta 5 mm. long, peristome teeth irregularly cleft, not bifid. 4. D. Steyermarkii Seta 1-2 cm. long, peristome teeth split to base 5 5. Dioicous, seta to 1 cm. long 5. D. ambiguum Paroicous, seta to 2 cm. long 6. D. rufescens 1. DITRICHUM GRACILE (Mitt.) Par., Ind. Bryol. ed. 1 : 393. 1895. Cynontodium gracile Mitt., Jour. Linn. Soc. 12: 43. 1869. Dioicous; slender, glossy, tawny plants. Stems 2-4 cm. long. Leaves erect with points often spirally twisted when dry, to 4 mm. long, abruptly linear-subulate from an oblong, clasping base, toothed at extreme apex; costa long excurrent; basal cells linear, incrassate, often very narrow and hyaline toward margins, quickly shorter toward leaf shoulders, irregularly oval above. Seta about 12 mm. long; capsule suberect. (Fig. 12, G-I.) Dept. Solola: Steyermark -47.437, .47503. Distribution: Mexico, Ecuador. On exposed rocky summit of Volcan Atitlan. The spiral twisting of the leaf points is quite obvious. Several species of the southern hemisphere show the same character but it is not shared by any other North American species I know of. 2. DITRICHUM LONGICAULE Bartr., Bryol. 49: 109. 1946. Tall, slender plants in yellowish green tufts. Stems to 10 cm. long, sparsely radiculose below. Leaves suberect, to 4.25 mm. long, not crowded, curved and flexuous when dry, rather quickly con- tracted from an oblong-ovate, concave base to a long, narrowly linear subula, flat above and coarsely toothed at apex; margins erect; costa broad below, long excurrent; basal cells linear with thickened, pellucid walls, much shorter and irregularly oval above. Sporophyte unknown. (Fig. 13, A-C.) Dept. San Marcos: Between San Sebastian and summit of Volcan Tajumulco, alt. 3,800-4,600 m., Steyermark 355 H, TYPE. Similar in general appearance to robust forms of D. flexicaule but distinct in the flat, linear leaf subula which is coarsely toothed at and near the extreme apex. D. crinale (Tayl.) Par. of Ecuador has longer leaves (6-7 mm.) with longer, finer, setaceous points. 3. DITRICHUM GIGANTEUM Williams, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Card. 2: 113. 1901. Dioicous; plants in deep, dense tufts, yellowish green above, brown below. Stems branched, 10 cm. or more long. Leaves BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 29 laxly spreading, often falcate, to 7-8 mm. long, narrowly lanceolate, gradually long acuminate, slightly toothed near apex; costa long excurrent; basal cells linear with thick, pitted walls, upper cells oval. (Fig. 13, D-F.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Standley 83085, 83086, 83087, 83090c, 83091 a. Distribution: Alaska, northern United States. In shade of juniperus forest at high altitudes. Although lacking fruit the identity of these collections is reasonably sure. The gap in distribution is wide but not without precedent when the alpine moss flora of Guatemala is considered as a whole. 4. DITRICHUM STEYERMARKII Bartr., Bryol. 49: 110. 1946. Slender, dull yellowish green plants, densely tufted. Stems 1.5- 2 cm. high, simple or branched above, sparingly radiculose below. Leaves erect-appressed when dry, erect-spreading when moist, 3.5- 4 mm. long, gradually subulate-acuminate from an oblong, concave base, sharply serrate at extreme apex; costa broad and indistinct below, short excurrent; upper leaf cells subquadrate, diam. 8-10 n, basal cells narrowly rectangular, hyaline. Perichaetial leaves ] B Li H J FIGURE 13 A-C, Ditrichum longicaule: A, leaf, X14; B, apex of leaf, XllO; C, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. D-F, Ditrichum giganteum: D, leaf, X8; E, apex of leaf, XllO; F, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. G-J, Ditrichum Steyermarkii: G, plant, Xl; H, leaf, X14; I, apex of leaf, XllO; J, part of peristome, XllO. 30 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 abruptly narrowed from a clasping base to a linear-subulate point. Seta short, 5 mm. long; capsule erect, ovoid-cylindrical, barely exceeding the tips of the perichaetial leaves; urn scarcely 2 mm. long; operculum red, conic-rostrate, 1 mm. long; peristome teeth 16, pale, densely papillose, irregularly cleft, not bifid; spores smooth, diam. 10 M - (Fig. 13, G-J.) Dept. San Marcos: Along road between San Sebastian at km. 21 and km. 8, 8-18 miles northwest of San Marcos, alt. 2,700-3,800 m., Steyermark 35657, TYPE. Crevices of banks of dry slope. A highly individual species characterized by the short setae and irregularly cleft peristome teeth. 5. DITRICHUM AMBIGUUM Best, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 20 : 117. 1893. Dioicous; dull yellowish green plants. Stems to 1.5 cm. high. Leaves crowded, erect with spreading points when dry, 1.5-2 mm. long, ovate-lanceolate, subulate-acuminate; margins slightly re- curved, entire or weakly toothed; costa percurrent; cells rectangular, incrassate. Seta 8-9 mm. long; capsule erect, cylindric; lid conic- rostrate, nearly 1 mm. long; peristome teeth divided to the short basal membrane, densely and sharply papillose. (Fig. 14, A-D.) Dept. Sacatepequez: Standley 6024.5. Distribution: British Columbia to California. On dry open bank at moderate altitude. The differences between this collection and authentic material of D. ambiguum are negligible and I have little hesitation in referring them here. 6. DITRICHUM RUFESCENS (Hampe) Broth., E. & P. Nat. Pflanzenf. I 3 : 300. 1901. Leptotrichum rufescens Hampe, Linnaea 31: 521. 1862. Paroicous; antheridia in a bud-like cluster just below the peri- chaetium. Slender, silky plants, densely tufted, green above, reddish brown below. Stems erect, to 1 cm. high, sparsely radiculose. Leaves erect, flexuous, the uppermost to 3.5 mm. long, slenderly subulate- acuminate from a short, ovate base; margins erect, entire; costa broad and poorly defined below, excurrent with a few blunt teeth at apex; cells linear, smooth. Seta to 2 cm. long, pale, becoming reddish with age; capsule slightly curved, urn to 3 mm. long, small- mouthed; lid conic-rostrate, 1 mm. long; annulus broad; peristome teeth erect, pale red, cleft to base into 2 filiform, densely papillose forks; spores smooth, pale, diam. 10-12 /*. (Fig. 11, F-H.) BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 31 Dept. El Quiche: Sharp 5307. Dept. Huehuetenango : Sharp 4879, 4950. Distribution: Mexico to Colombia, West Indies, Venezuela. Moist, shaded banks at moderately high altitudes. This species fruits freely and will be easily recognized by the paroicous inflores- cence. 5. SELIGERIACEAE Slender or small mostly rupestral plants. Leaves subulate- acuminate from a broader base; costa strong, excurrent; cells smooth, alar group strongly differentiated in Blindia. Seta erect or curved; capsule pyriform, wide-mouthed; peristome single, of 16 undivided teeth. 1. BLINDIA Bry. Eur. fasc. 33-36. 1846. Plants medium sized. Stems branched. Leaves lanceolate; cells narrow, smooth, incrassate, inflated and colored at basal angles in a conspicuous group. Seta elongate; capsule turbinate when dry, peristome teeth 16, smooth, entire; annulus lacking. 1. BLINDIA ACUTA (Hedw.) Bry. Eur. fasc. 33-36. 1846. Weisia acuta Hedw., Sp. Muse. 71. 1801. B H FIGURE 14 A-D, Ditrichum ambiguum: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14; C, apex of leaf, XllO; D, part of peristome, XllO. E-H, Blindia acuta: E, plant, Xl; F, leaf, X14; G, apex of leaf, XllO; H, basal leaf cells, X270. I-K, Trematodon longicollis: I, plant, Xl; J, leaf, X14; K, capsule, X8. 32 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 Dioicous; plants tufted; stems slender, branched. Leaves sub- secund, long subulate from a triangular-lanceolate, concave base, 3-3.5 mm. long, entire; costa strong, long excurrent, obscurely toothed at tip; cells linear, smooth, very incrassate, shorter at ex- treme base and colored across insertion, alar group large and con- spicuous, subquadrate, deep brown. Seta 3-10 mm. long; capsule turbinate when dry and empty. (Fig. 14, E-H.) Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 83684. Distribution: Greenland to Alaska south to northern United States, Europe, Asia. On wet sand at high altitude. This collection is sterile but as far as the vegetative characters are concerned it is certainly good Blindia acuta. 6. DICRANACEAE Plants often robust, closely tufted. Stems simple or forked, densely foliate, tomentose below. Leaves erect or secund, often crispate, lanceolate; costa single, usually well developed; basal cells rectangular, smaller and usually subquadrate above, alar group usually strongly differentiated. Seta mostly elongate, straight or cygneous; capsules erect or curved, cylindric or ovoid, often plicate; peristome single, of 16 teeth, cleft to or below middle, usually strio- late below, papillose above; lid conic-rostrate; calyptra cucullate, entire or fringed at base. 1. Capsule neck slender and spongy, longer than urn 1. Trematodon Capsule neck inconspicuous, shorter than urn 2 2. Alar cells clearly differentiated 3 Alar cells not or scarcely differentiated 9 3. Costa broad, }/$ the width of leaf base or more 4 Costa narrow, less than ^ the width of leaf base 7 4. Seta strongly cygneous or flexuous when moist 5 Seta erect and straight 6 5. Upper leaf cells oval or rhomboidal, calyptra usually fringed . . 5. Campylopus Upper leaf cells linear, calyptra not fringed 8. Dicranodontium 6. Calyptra fringed, peristome teeth undivided 7. Pilopogon Calyptra not fringed, peristome teeth bifid 6. Atradylocarpus 7. Leaves with a hyaline border 17. Leucoloma Leaves not bordered 8 8. Peristome teeth papillose, perichaetium conspicuous 15. Holomitrium Peristome teeth striolate, perichaetium inconspicuous 16. Dicranum BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 33 9. Leaf cells mammillose or papillose 10 Leaf cells smooth 11 10. Peristome lacking, leaf cells papillose 10. Amphidium Peristome present, leaf cells mammillose 12. Oncophorus 11. Costa broad, occupying more than Yi of leaf base 9. Brothera Costa narrow, less than % the width of leaf base 12 12. Seta stout, strongly curved when moist 4. Campylopodium Seta slender, erect 13 13. Leaves appressed, male flower conspicuous, discoid 2. Aongstroemia Leaves spreading, male flower inconspicuous, gemmiform 14 14. Leaves erect-spreading, not crispate 3. Dicranella, Leaves crispate when dry 15 15. Small, delicate plants, capsule 8 ribbed, seta short 11. Rhabdoweisia Larger plants, capsule smooth, seta elongate 16 16. Leaf base obovate, sheathing, abruptly narrowed to blade. .13. Symblepharis Leaf base oblong, gradually narrowed upward 14. Dicrarioweisia 1. TREMATODON Michx., Fl. Bor. Amer. 2: 289. 1803. Small gregarious plants. Leaves slenderly pointed from an ovate, concave base; costa ending below apex; cells smooth. Seta elongate; capsule curved, with a neck about twice as long as urn; peristome single, of 16 teeth. 1. TREMATODON LONGICOLLIS Michx., Fl. Bor. Amer. 2: 289. 1803. Trematodon reflexus C. M., Syn. 1 : 459. 1848. Autoicous: stems 2-3 mm. high. Leaves spreading, flexuous, abruptly linear from an ovate, concave base, blunt and toothed at apex; costa stout, ending under apex; cells rectangular, more elon- gate below. Seta yellow, 1-3 cm. long; capsule curved, cylindric, urn 2 mm. long, neck often longer than urn and strumose at base; peristome teeth reddish brown from a low basal membrane, verti- cally striolate; annulus broad; lid long beaked; spores about 20/z in diam. (Fig. 14, I-K.) Distribution: Eastern United States, Mexico, Cuba, South America, Europe, Philippines, New Guinea, Ceylon. This widely distributed species has been recorded from Guate- mala but I have seen no local collections and it does not appear in any of Standley's or Steyermark's collections. 34 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 u D t H FIGURE 15 A-C, Aongstroemia jamaicensis: A, fertile plant, Xl; B, male plant, Xl; C, leaf, X 14. D-F, Aongstroemia orientalis: D, plants, Xl; E and F, leaves, X27. G-I, Dicranella vaginata: G, plant, Xl; H, leaf, X14; I, capsule, X8. 2. AONGSTROEMIA Bry. Eur. fasc. 33-36. 1846. Stems short to slender and elongate, julaceous. Leaves ap- pressed, ovate; costa strong; cells rather elongate and smooth. Seta smooth, erect; capsule erect, ovoid-cylindric; peristome teeth when present inserted below rim, often split or perforate. Plants 4-6 cm. high, leaves acuminate 1. A. jamaicensis Plants less than 1 cm. high, leaves obtuse 2. A. orientalis 1. AONGSTROEMIA JAMAICENSIS C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 554. 1897. Dioicous; antheridial buds conspicuous. Plants glossy; stems mostly simple, laxly tufted, to 6-7 cm. high. Leaves appressed, abruptly subulate from an oblong-ovate, clasping base, to 4-5 mm. long; margins erect; costa long excurrent in a slender, smooth awn; lowest cells rectangular, becoming linear- vermicular upward. Seta 3-4 mm. long; capsule cylindric, urn 1.5-2 mm. long, brown, exceeded by tips of perichaetial leaves; peristome teeth reddish, narrow, papillose, forked about half way down, perforate below. (Fig. 15, A-C.) Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 35951, 3 61*1*1 a, 36^2; Standley 864.20. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 65920, 659^1. Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 6807 It, 8^926. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 35 Distribution: Jamaica, Mexico, Costa Rica. Damp banks at high altitudes. The delicate, filiform, glossy stems of this species are distinctive and not likely to be confused with anything else. 2. AONGSTROEMIA ORIENTALIS Mitt., Trans. Linn. Soc. 2: 154. 1891. Small, slender, yellowish green plants, closely gregarious. Stems simple or little branched, less than 1 cm. long. Leaves minute, appressed with secund points, 0.5-0.8 mm. long, ovate, obtuse; margins erose-denticulate nearly to base; costa ending below apex; cells oval-rhomboidal, smooth, incrassate, elongate below. Seta 8-10 mm. long; capsule erect; peristome lacking. (Fig. 15, D-F.) Dept. Huehuetenango : Steyermark 50228. Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 36090, 361 18a. Distribution: Mexico, Himalayas, Burma, Yunnan, Philippine Islands. Dry slopes at high altitudes. This curious little moss has been found in fruit in Mexico but the local collections are sterile. 3. DICRANELLA Schimp., Coroll. Bry. Eur. fasc. 13. 1855. Small terrestrial plants growing in tufts or mats. Leaves spread- ing, narrowly lanceolate; costa stout; cells smooth, alar group not differentiated. Seta slender, erect; capsules erect or inclined; peristome of 16 reddish teeth usually cleft to about middle; lid conic- rostrate, oblique. 1. Leaves squarrose-spreading, from an erect, obovate, sheathing base 1. D. vaginata Leaves erect-spreading from insertion 2 2. Capsules cernuous, asymmetrical 4. D. varia Capsules erect, symmetrical 3 3. Peristome teeth irregularly papillose on outer surface 4 Peristome teeth striolate on outer surface 5 4. Peristome teeth 225-250 n high, leaves abruptly narrowed from an oblong base 6. D. Sharpii Peristome teeth 100 n high, leaves ovate-lanceolate 5. D. alpina 5. Seta 10-15 mm. long, peristome 200-250 M high 6 Seta 5-6 mm. long, peristome under 125 /* high 7 6. Seta reddish, capsules contracted under mouth when dry. . .3. D. subinclinata Seta yellowish, capsules not contracted under mouth 2. D. Hilariana 7. Blade of inner perichaetial leaves as long as basal part 7. D. lagunaria Blade of inner perichaetial leaves twice as long as basal part 8. D. brachyblepharis 36 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 1. DICRANELLA VAGINATA (Hook.) Card., La Flore Bryol. d. Ter. Mag. etc. 60. 1908. Dicranum vaginatum Hook., Muse. Exot. pi. 141. 1820. Dicranella Standleyi Bartr., Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 26 3 : 57. 1928. Plants laxly gregarious, slender, 1-4 cm. high. Upper leaves 3-4 mm. long from an obovate, erect, clasping base abruptly nar- rowed to a spreading setaceous point; costa percurrent; basal cells rectangular, shorter and irregular at shoulders, subquadrate and slightly incrassate above. Seta erect, 10-12 mm. long; capsules erect or nodding; peristome teeth reddish brown, densely papillose, divided to below middle; lid long subulate-rostrate. (Fig. 15, G-I.) Dept. San Marcos: Standley 66247. Dept. Jutiapa: Steyermark 31938. Distribution: Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador. On damp banks at high altitudes. It seems more logical to confine Aongstroemia to the species with erect, appressed leaves and include Aongstroemia vaginata (Hook.) Card, in Dicranella where it belongs from every point of view. 2. DICRANELLA HILARIANA (Mont.) Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 31. 1869. Dicranum Hilarianum Mont., Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 12: 52. 1839. Small, laxly tufted, pale green plants. Leaves spreading, to 2 mm. long, narrowly lanceolate, gradually narrowed to a blunt, toothed apex; costa stout, ending below apex; upper cells short rectangular, more elongate below. Seta about 10 mm. long; capsule erect; peristome teeth vertically striolate below, to 200 ^ long, divided to below middle. (Fig. 17, A-D.) Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 653^8. Distribution: Southern United States, Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America. The above collection is sterile and doubtful but the species should eventually be found in Guatemala, which is well within its geographical range. 3. DICRANELLA SUBINCLINATA Lor., Moosst. 160. 1864. Slender, yellowish green plants, densely tufted. Stems about 1 cm. high, sparsely branched. Leaves erect with slightly contorted points when dry, more rigid when moist, gradually linear-lanceolate from an ovate base, to 2 mm. long, bluntly rounded and toothed BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 37 at apex; costa ending just below apex; upper cells rectangular with firm, pellucid walls, gradually becoming linear toward base. Seta to 8 or 10 mm. long, reddish; capsule dark brown, contracted below mouth when dry; peristome as in D. Hilariana. (Fig. 16, A-C.) Dept. Baja Verapaz: Sharp 2948. Distribution: Mexico, Central America, West Indies. On bank at moderate altitude. Readily separated from D. Hilariana by the stouter, reddish setae and the capsules contracted below the mouth when dry. 4. DICRANELLA VARIA (Hedw.) Schimp., Coroll. Bry. Eur. 13. 1855. Dicranum varium Hedw., Sp. Muse. 133. 1801. Small, slender, densely tufted plants, brownish green. Stems to 4 or 5 mm. high. Leaves erect when dry, erect-spreading or slightly secund when moist, the upper to 1.5 mm. long, smaller below, tri- angular-lanceolate, short acuminate; margins recurved below, den- ticulate near apex; costa percurrent; cells linear. Seta 7-8 mm. long, reddish; capsule nodding, curved and asymmetrical, urn about 1 mm. long, wide-mouthed; peristome relatively large, teeth reddish, f\ G FIGURE 16 A-C, Dicranella subinclinata: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14; C, apex of leaf, X110. D-F, Dicranella varia: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X20; F, capsule, X12. Cr-J, Dicranella Sharpii: G, plant, Xl; H, leaf, X40; I, capsule, X8; J, part of peristome, XllO. 38 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 250-300 M high, cleft half way down, striolate; annulus lacking; lid short rostrate. (Fig. 16, D-F.) Dept. Baja Verapaz: Sharp 2948. Distribution: New Brunswick to Alaska south to Mexico, Florida and Cuba. On moist bank at moderate altitude. Several collections have been recorded from Mexico and Cuba but the Guatemalan speci- mens extend the range appreciably to the southward. 5. DICRANELLA ALPINA (C. M.) Par., Ind. Bryol. Suppl. 115. 1900. Angstroemia alpina C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 186. 1897. Plants similar to the following species. Seta elongate; capsule erect; peristome teeth about 0.1 mm. high, papillose (not striolate). Nagula, alt. 9,000 ft., Bernoulli & Cario 6^. Dept. Alta Verapaz: Turckheim 6653. Distribution: Mexico. 6. DICRANELLA SHARPII Bartr., Bryol. 50: 202. 1947. Slender, tufted, yellowish plants. Stems erect, 6-7 mm. high. Leaves erect, minute below, the upper to 4 mm. long, abruptly lanceolate-subulate from an oblong base about 1 mm. long, sharply acute; margins entire; costa well defined excurrent; upper leaf cells very narrow, gradually becoming rectangular below with firm lateral walls. Seta 7 mm. long, yellowish; capsule erect, oblong, brownish, urn 1.5 mm. long, slightly angulate when dry; peristome teeth 225- 250 n high, irregularly cleft to about middle, papillose, -not striolate; lid obliquely rostrate; annulus broad; spores papillose, diam. 16-18 p.. (Fig. 16, G-J.) Dept. El Quiche: Sharp 2^8. Dept. Baja Verapaz: Sharp 5188. Endemic. On banks at moderate altitudes. This species seems to be clearly distinct from both D. barbensis Ren. & Card, and D. alpina C. M. in the much longer peristome teeth and the leaves abruptly narrowed above the oblong base to an almost setaceous point with the costa plainly excurrent. The length of the peristome varies somewhat with the size of the capsules but even in the smaller forms the teeth are over 200 M high. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 39 7. DICRANELLA LAGUNARIA (C. M.) Broth., E. & P. Pflanzenf. I 3 : 309. 1901. Aongstroemia lagunaria C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 187. 1897. Small plants. Stems to 8 mm. high. Leaves crowded, erect- spreading, ovate-lanceolate, bluntly acute; costa ending below apex; cells slightly incrassate, rectangular, more elongate below. Seta 5-6 mm. long; capsule erect; peristome teeth about 0.1 mm. long, striolate below, entire or irregularly cleft. Laguna del Pino, Bernoulli & Cario 116. Endemic. Known only from the type collection. 8. DICRANELLA BRACHYBLEPHARIS (C. M.) Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 34. 1869. Aongstroemia brachyblepharis C. M., Syn. 1 : 435. 1848. Small plants to 1 cm. high. Leaves distant, ovate-lanceolate; costa subpercurrent; cells rectangular. Perichaetial leaves to 4 mm. long, gradually narrowed to a point twice as long as the ovate base; seta 5 mm. long; capsule erect; peristome as in preceding species. (Fig. 17, E-H.) Distribution: Mexico, Jamaica. I have seen no local specimens of either this species or D. lagunaria. 4. CAMPYLOPODIUM (C. M.) Besch., Ann. Sci. Nat. V. 18:189. 1873. Angstroemia Sect. Campylopodium C. M., Syn. 1 : 429. 1848. Small plants similar in habit and appearance to Dicranella but differing markedly in the stout, curved or cygneous setae. Capsules ribbed when dry; peristome teeth striolate, cleft about half way down. 1. CAMPYLOPODIUM PUSILLUM (Schimp.) Williams, No. Amer. Flora 15 2 :94. 1913. Campylopus pusillus Schimp., Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherb. 16: 165. 1872. Dicranum magnirete C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 186. 1897. Dicranum Turckheimii C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 186. 1897. Laxly gregarious, yellowish green plants. Stems to 1 cm. high. Leaves spreading, flexuous, to 4 mm. long, abruptly narrowed from 40 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 FIGURE 17 A-D, Dicranella Hilariana: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14; C, apex of leaf, XllO; D, part of peristome, X134. E-H, Dicranella brachyblepharis: E, plant, Xl; F, part of peristome, X134; G, stem leaf, X14; H, perichaetial leaf, X14. I-K, Campylopodium pusillum: I, plant, Xl; J, leaf, X14; K, capsule, X14. a short, ovate, clasping base to a long subulate point; costa stout, excurrent, basal cells rectangular, alar cells not differentiated, shorter and irregular at shoulders, linear above in the. narrow blade. Seta stout, brown, to 6 mm. long, flexuous when dry, cygneous when moist; capsule oval; lid obliquely rostrate; spores coarsely papillose, diam. 20-24 /x. (Fig. 17, I-K.) Dept. San Marcos: Standley 8651 5a. Distribution: Mexico, Jamaica, South America. On tree in wet forest at rather high altitude. The short, broad leaf base without any differentiated alar cells, abruptly narrowed to a long, subulate point will distinguish this species from Campylopus. 5. CAMPYLOPUS Brid., Muse. Rec. Suppl. 4: 71. 1819. Dioicous; small to robust plants, densely tufted. Stems often branching, radiculose below. Leaves erect or curved, ovate-lanceo- late, slenderly acuminate, channelled above; margins usually toothed above; costa very broad below, percurrent or excurrent, often ribbed on back; basal cells narrow, alar group enlarged, hyaline or colored, usually conspicuous, upper cells mostly rhomboidal to short rec- tangular. Seta usually strongly cygneous when moist; capsules BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 41 ovoid, usually ribbed when dry; peristome teeth divided about half way down, striolate below; lid rostrate; calyptra cucullate, generally fringed at base. The species of this difficult genus may be separated into three groups based on the structure of the costa in cross section. Costa without stereid bands (Pseudocampylopus) : C. guate- malensis. Costa with stereid band on dorsal side only (Eucampylopus) : C. Chrismari, C. flexuosus, C. fragilis, C. concolor, C. Jamesoni, C. introflexus. Costa with stereid bands on both sides of median guide row (Palinocraspis): C. savannarum, C. filifolius, C. arctocarpus, C. Richardi. 1. Marginal cells of leaf base short, quadrate, chlorophyllose . .8. C. savannarum Marginal cells of leaf base elongate, hyaline 2 2. Leaves generally with hyaline tips 3 Leaves with concolorous tips 4 3. Costa strongly ridged on back, basal cells hyaline, thin walled . . 7. C. introflexus Costa smooth or faintly ridged on back, basal cells incrassate, porose 11. C. Richardi 4. Cells of leaf base with firm, pellucid walls 5 Cells of leaf base lax, with thin, delicate walls 7 5. Basal cells more or less pitted, costa with stereid bands on both sides of median guide row 6 Basal leaf cells not pitted, costa with dorsal stereid band only, ventral cells large 3. C. flexuosus 6. Leaves in interrupted tufts, apex slender 9. C. filifolius Stems equally foliate, apex of leaf short and stout 10. C. arctocarpus 7. Leaf base distinctly bordered to shoulders with 6-10 rows of linear, hyaline cells 2. C. Chrismari Leaf base not distinctly bordered 8 8. Alar cells not differentiated 4. C. fragilis Alar cells strongly differentiated 9 9. Leaves 4-4.5 mm. long, entire except at extreme apex, costa without stereids 1. C. guatemalensis Leaves 10 mm. or more long, costa with dorsal stereid band 10 10. Costa less than 1 mm. wide 5. C. concolor Costa over 1 mm. wide 6. C. Jamesoni 1. CAMPYLOPUS GUATEMALENSIS Bartr., Bryol. 49: 110. 1946. Slender, compactly tufted, pale green plants, slightly glossy. Stems branched, tomentose nearly to tips, 2-6 or 7 cm. high. Leaves 42 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 FIGURE 18 A-E, Campylopus guatemalensis: A, part of plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14; C, apex of leaf, XllO; D, calyptra, X14; E, part of cross section of costa, X270. F-J, Campylopus Chrismari: F, part of plant, Xl; G, leaf, X8; H, apex of leaf, XllO; I, calyptra, X14; J, part of cross section of costa, X270. erect-spreading, 4-6 mm. long, narrowly lanceolate, tubulose above, entire except for a few teeth at extreme apex; costa at least % the width of leaf base, long excurrent, without stereids; basal cells rectangular, thin walled, alar group conspicuous, hyaline or brownish, inflated and auriculate, upper cells small, rhomboidal. Seta 5 mm. long, bent near middle or strongly sinuous; capsule elliptic, urn 1.5 mm. long; calyptra fringed at base. (Fig. 18, A-E.) Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 83 101 a. Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 86121, 86125, 86137, 86159 TYPE, 86182, 86186; Steyermark 3^656. Endemic. On rocks in alpine regions. Although near C. Schimperi Milde even in structural details, I feel that these plants are best treated as a distinct species. The longer leaves, in some cases reaching 5-6 mm., more spreading both moist and dry, are distinctive features. It will be separated from C. Chrismari by the unbordered leaf base, the more conspicuous alar cells and the calyptra fringed at the base. 2. CAMPYLOPUS CHRISMARI (C. M.) Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 88. 1869. Dicranum Chrismari C. M., Bot. Zeit. 13: 761. 1855. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 43 Slender, silky, glossy, yellowish green plants growing in compact tufts. Stems branched, to 6-7 cm. high. Leaves spreading, often secund, to 6-7 mm. long, from a short, ovate base tapering gradually to a long, tubulose, setaceous point, denticulate only at extreme apex; costa long excurrent, with a weak stereid band on the dorsal side only; basal cells rectangular, thin walled, very narrow and elongate toward margins forming a wide, distinct hyaline border, enlarged alar cells few, inconspicuous, upper cells irregularly rhom- boidal, longer than wide. Seta 12-15 mm. long, cygneous; capsule narrowly ovoid; calyptra not fringed at base. (Fig. 18, F-J.) Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 36101*. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 62688, 62706a, 62707, 62729, 65869, 81*1*17, 81*502, 84516, 81*562a. Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 67691, 67771*, 671*1*9, 85868, 85890; Steyermark 31*182, 31*81*6. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 6181*l*a, 6181*7. Distribution: Mexico, Costa Rica. On banks, rocks and trees in alpine regions. The scattered stereid cells on the dorsal side of the costa indicate that this species should be included in the Sec. Eucampylopus. In well developed plants the wide border of narrow cells extending nearly to the top of the leaf base is a reliable diagnostic character. 3. CAMPYLOPUS FLEXUOSUS (Hedw.) Brid., Muse. Rec. Suppl. 4: 71. 1819. Dicranum flexuosum Hedw., Sp. Muse. 145. 1801. Campylopus gracilicaulis Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 83. 1869. Dicranum Hellerianus Hampe, Verb. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 19: 507. 1869. Campylopus tallulensis S. & L. Sull., Ic. Muse. 27. 1872. Dicranum Donnellii Aust., Bot. Gaz. 4: 150. 1879. Dicranum subleucogaster C. M., Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 5: 49. 1879. Campylopus Sargii Roll., Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 38': 8. 1900. Campylopus Roellii Ren. & Card., Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 38 1 : 9. 1900. Campylopus straminifolius Bartr., Contr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 26 3 : 63. 1928. Campylopus hondurensis Bartr., Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Bot. Ser. 4 9 : 351. 1929. Variable plants; stems 1-6 or 7 cm. high, often with clusters of microphyllous branchlets near tips. Leaves rigid or flexuous when dry, oblong-lanceolate, gradually narrowed to a channeled, subulate point, serrulate toward apex; costa mostly excurrent; basal cells short rectangular toward costa, narrower toward margins, gradually or quickly becoming smaller and subquadrate upward, with firm, pellucid, unpitted walls, alar cells usually inflated and auriculate, 44 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 FIGURE 19 A-D, Campylopus flexuosus: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X8; C, apex of leaf, X134; D, one side of leaf base, X134. E-F, Campylopus fragilis: E, leaf, XlO; F, one side of leaf base, X134. hyaline or colored, upper cells short rhomboidal. Seta 8-10 mm. long, strongly curved or cygneous; capsule ovoid, ribbed; calyptra fringed at base. (Fig. 19, A-D.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 71051, 9062, 90784, 92068. Dept. San Marcos: Standley 68592, 68613. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 6266 4. Dept. Quezalten- ango: Steyermark 33471; Standley 65334, 67371, 67417 (distr. as C. Chrismari), 67^27 (as C. Chrismari), 67429 (as C. Chrismari), 67460 (as C. Chrismari), 83321, 83376, 83386, 85913, 85916, 85964, 86013, 86033, 86044 (as C. Chrismari), 86048, 86051. Dept. Chimaltenango : Standley 61910 (as C. Chrismari). Dept. Guate- mala: Standley 58424, 80620, 80728. Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark 42660. Dept. Chiquimula: Steyermark 30608, Distribution: Southern United States, Mexico, Central America, Europe. On damp banks, trees and logs at medium to high altitudes. C. flexuosus is well marked in a broad way by the rectangular cells of the leaf base with firm unpitted, pellucid lateral walls, appreciably larger toward costa and gradually narrower toward margins. It is an exceedingly variable species and many closely related forms have been described from tropical and subtropical North America based on more or less trivial and inconstant characters which to my mind are not amenable to any orderly or practical classification. These rectangular basal cells change gradually to the small, rhomboidal cells of the upper leaf blade but the gradation is so irregular in plants of the same tuft or even on the same stem that I doubt if it can be BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 45 used as a specific indicator. For this reason it seems as though C. gracilicaulis Mitt, naturally falls into the same concept. ,The robust forms with tall stems and broader costa include C. Roellii and C. Hellerianus while at the other extreme small plants about 1 cm. high with the costa only 150 M wide or less seem to be insepar- able from C. Sargii. 4. CAMPYLOPUS FRAGILIS (Turn.) Bry. Eur. fasc. 41. 1847. Dicranum flexuosum fragile Turn., Muse. Hib. 74. 1804. Rather small, densely tufted, yellowish green plants. Stems 1-4 cm. high, densely foliate. Leaves suberect and slightly flexuous when dry, narrowly lanceolate from a pale, oblong base, serrulate toward apex; basal cells rectangular, thin walled, hyaline, narrower toward margins and shorter and subrhomboidal toward leaf shoulders, upper cells short rhomboidal, differentiated alar cells few or none, never auriculate. Seta 5-8 mm. long; calyptra fringed. (Fig. 19, E-F.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 69112 (as C. Chrismari). Dept. Huehuetenango : Standley 65 8M (as C. Chrismari); Steyermark 50188. Dept. San Marcos: Steyer- mark 36391. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 8^107. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 58745a. Distribution: Florida, Jamaica, Europe, Asia, Africa. On damp banks and trees at medium to high altitudes. These collections are all sterile but the typical leaf base with few or no enlarged alar cells confirms the determination with reasonable certainty. 5. CAMPYLOPUS CONCOLOR (Hook.) Brid., Bryol. Univ. 1 : 476. 1826. Dicranum concolor Hook., Muse. Exot. tab. 138. 1820. Robust pale green plants, slightly lustrous. Stems to 6 cm. high, uniformly and densely foliate. Leaves spreading, with long flexuous or secund setaceous points, gradually narrowed from a slender, con- cave base, 10-14 mm. long, serrulate for some distance below apex; costa excurrent, to 0.8 mm. wide below, stereids on dorsal side only; basal cells rectangular, thin walled, quickly changing to the small, irregular, subquadrate cells of the upper lamina which is only 1 or 2 cells wide for some distance down, enlarged alar cells auriculate, pale or hyaline. Seta short; capsules asymmetrical; calyptra fringed. (Fig. 20, A-D.) Dept. San Marcos: Standley 86229, 86300, 86391; Steyermark 36799. Dept. Quezaltenango : Steyermark 34325; Standley 85675. 46 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 D H FIGURE 20 A-D, Campylopus concolor: A, leaf, X6; B, apex of leaf, XllO; C, basal leaf cells next costa, X134; D, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. E, Campylopus Jamesoni: E, leaf, X6. F-I, Campylopus introflexus: F, plant, XI; G, leaf, X8; H, upper leaf cells and margin, X270; I, part of cross section of costa, X270. Distribution: Venezuela, Colombia, Peru. On damp banks at high altitudes. Although uniformly sterile these notable collections agree in all essential particulars with authentic material of C. concolor from northern South America. This seems to be the first record of the species in North America. 6. CAMPYLOPUS JAMESONI (Hook.) Jaeg., Adumb. 1: 126. 1874. Dicranum Jamesoni Hook., Ic. PI. r. t. 179. 1841. Campylopus Standleyi Bartr., Contr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 26 3 : 57. 1928. More robust than C. concolor. Leaves 10-20 mm. long; costa 1-1.6 mm. wide below; auriculate alar cells smaller, more numerous and more deeply colored. Seta 12-14 mm. long; capsules asymmet- rical, curved. (Fig. 20, E.) Dept. Huehuetenango : Steyermark 501 88a. Distribution: Costa Rica, Colombia. Limestone bluff of Caxin, summit Sierra de las Cuchumatanes, 3,700 m. The local record is based on a fragmentary stem in poor condition but enough to establish the species in the local flora. When TheYiot's notes on C. concolor and C. Jamesoni were published BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 47 (Archiv. d. Bot. 2: 185. 1928) neither species had been recorded from North America. 7. CAMPYLOPUS INTROFLEXUS (Hedw.) Brid., Bryol. Univ. 1: 472. 1826. Dicranum introflexum Hedw., Sp. Muse. 147. 1801. Densely tufted plants; stems to 4 cm. or more high. Leaves 5 mm. or more long, laxly appressed when dry, oblong-lanceolate, subulate pointed, subtubulose above, ending in a hyaline, toothed point; costa excurrent, broad, with numerous serrated ridges 2-6 cells high on back, stereid band on dorsal side only; basal cells narrowly rectangular, alar group inconspicuous, upper cells obliquely rhomboidal. Setae often aggregated, 6-9 mm. long, scabrous near tips; capsule ovoid, rugose at base; calyptra fringed. (Fig. 20, F-I.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Siandley 65838, 6581*6, 82295, 82308, 821*32. Dept. San Marcos: Standley 68535. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 81*103. Dept. Quezal- tenango: Steyermark 33188, 31*831*; Standley 65563, 661*75, 81*232, 81*735, 81*71*0. Dept. Sacatepequez: Siandley 58816, 61229. Dept. Solola: Steyermark 1*6911, 1*71*1*7, 1*71*58 (as C. Richardi), 1*71*78, 1*71*59 (as C. Richardi), 1*71*95; Standley 6231*9. Dept. Guatemala: Standley 58360, 80600, 80603, 80732. Dept. Jutiapa: Standley 75591*. Dept. Jalapa: Steyermark 32163, 32602. Distribution: Wide in Europe, North America, South America, New Zealand, Pacific Islands. On banks and rocks at medium to high altitudes. An abundant species of broad distribution and exceedingly variable. The hyaline basal cells, inconspicuous alar cells, the typical Eucampylopus costal structure and the high dorsal ridges will help to separate it from C. Richardi. 8. CAMPYLOPUS SAVANNARUM (C. M.) Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 85. 1869. Dicranum savannarum C. M., Syn. 2: 596. 1851. Robust yellowish green plants; stems to 5 cm. long or longer, often branched, densely tomentose. Leaves crowded, 4-6 mm. long, tubulose above, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, sharply serrate toward apex; costa with two stereid bands, excurrent, concolorous or hyaline at tip; basal cells short rectangular, incrassate, smaller and sub- quadrate at margins, upper cells oval-rhomboidal. Fruit not seen. (Fig. 21, A-F.) Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 37135. Dept. Quezaltenango : Steyermark 33672, SS673a, 31*308. Dept. Jalapa: Standley 76731*. Dept. Chiquimula: Steyer- mark 30599. 48 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 H n FIGURE 21 A-F, Campylopus savannarum: A and B, plants, Xl; C, leaf, X8; D, basal margin of leaf, X270; E, apex of leaf, X54; F, part of cross section of costa, X270. G-I, Campylopus filifolius: G, plant, Xl; H, leaf, X14; I, apex of leaf, X270. Distribution: Costa Rica, British Guiana, Dutch Guiana. On trees, rocks and banks at medium altitudes. The quadrate or even transversely elongate marginal cells of the leaf base are very distinctive. When I described C. Bartletti from British Honduras C. savannarum was not known from North America, but I am very doubtful if the Honduran plant can be maintained as a distinct species. The hyaline leaf tip is variable, often short or lacking and again well developed. 9. CAMPYLOPUS FILIFOLIUS (Hornsch.) Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 76. 1869. Dicranum filifolium Hornsch., Fl. Bras. I 2 : 12. 1840. Slender plants to 4 or 5 cm. long. Leaves in interrupted tufts, curved when dry, 4-6 mm. long, from a short, narrowly ovate base gradually narrowed to a long setaceous point, serrulate for some distance below apex; costa excurrent, with two stereid bands, lamina very narrow above; basal cells rectangular, incrassate, alar cells conspicuous, reddish, slightly auriculate, upper cells rhomboidal. Seta 10-15 mm. long, cygneous when moist; capsule oblong, furrowed; calyptra fringed. (Fig. 21, G-I.) Dept. Huehuetenango : Steyermark 49734. Distribution: Costa Rica, Brazil. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 49 On log at medium altitude. The interruptedly foliate stems and the slender setaceous pointed leaves with concolorous tips will separate this species from any of the local Palinocraspis group. 10. CAMPYLOPUS ARCTOCARPUS (Hornsch.) Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 75. 1869. Dicranum arctocarpum Hornsch., Fl. Bras. 1 : 12. 1840. Densely tufted plants; stems uniformly foliate, radiculose nearly to apex. Leaves crowded, curved or flexuous when dry, 4 mm. or more long, oblong-lanceolate, gradually narrowed to a stout, denticu- late point, channelled above; costa short excurrent, with two stereid bands; basal cells rectangular, incrassate, pitted, alar group reddish, conspicuous, extending to costa, upper cells rhomboidal. Seta 6-7 mm. long; capsule oblong; calyptra fringed. (Fig. 22, A-C.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 71298, 92300. Dept. Totonicapan: Slandley 65887 (as C. Richardi). Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 83^21. Dept. Jalapa: Steyermark 321^89, 32J^93a. Distribution: Jamaica, South America. On damp banks, trees and logs at moderate altitudes. These collections are sterile and not well developed. The costal structure is definitely of the Palinocraspis type and the leaves all with stout, concolorous tips so it seems fairly certain that they belong here. H A-C, Campylopus arctocarpus: A, plant, Xl;>B, leaf, X14; C, apex of leaf, X110. D-H, Campylopus Richardi: D, part of plant, Xl; E, leaf, X8; F, basal leaf cells, X270; G, median leaf cells, X270; H, part of cross section of costa, X270. 50 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 11. CAMPYLOPUS RICHARDI Brid., Muse. Rec. Suppl. 4: 73. 1819. Medium sized to robust plants, yellowish green at tips, dark brown below. Leaves erect, nearly straight when dry, crowded, in comal tufts on the fertile stems, to 6 mm. or more long, oblong-lanceolate, usually with a distinct hyaline, toothed point; costa lightly ribbed on back, with two stereid bands, excurrent; basal cells linear or rectangular with pitted, incrassate lateral walls, alar group reddish, conspicuous, median and upper cells obliquely linear-rhomboidal, incrassate. Seta 6-8 mm. long, scabrous near tip; capsules elliptic, rough at base; calyptra fringed. (Fig. 22, D-H.) Dept. Quiche: Standley 62461. Dept. Huehuetenango : Standley 62586. Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 66393 in part, 664.06 in part. Dept. Chimaltenango : Standley 61676, 6^361. Distribution: Mexico, Costa Rica, West Indies, South America. On damp, shaded banks at medium to high altitudes. This is a plastic species. The basal cells in the local plants are often shorter than in typical plants from Guadeloupe and the leaves of the sterile stems frequently concolorous at the tips although some plants in- variably show the characteristic hyaline hair points. 6. ATRACTYLOCARPUS Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 71. 1869. Autoicous; stems radiculose, densely tufted. Leaves crowded, curved or secund, setaceous pointed from a lanceolate base, serrulate above; costa long excurrent, with two stereid bands; basal cells rectangular, alar group pale, fragile, not auriculate. Seta straight or slightly flexuous, elongate; capsule erect; peristome teeth divided nearly to base, striolate below; lid long beaked; calyptra long, cucul- late, not fringed. Annulus present, capsules cylindric 2. A. costaricensis Annulus lacking, capsules oblong 1. A. longisetus 1. ATRACTYLOCARPUS LONGISETUS (Hook.) Bartr., Bryol. 49: 110. 1946. Dicranum longisetum Hook., Muse. Exot. tab. 139. 1820. Dicranum sublongisetum C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 185. 1897. Plants brownish to yellow, not glossy. Stems 2-3 cm. long or longer, often branched. . Leaves erect or slightly falcate-secund, 6-11 mm. long, from a short ovate base, long setaceous pointed, serrulate far below apex; costa wide below, long excurrent; basal BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 51 cells rectangular, alar group fugacious, upper cells linear. Seta 15-25 mm. long, straight or slightly flexuous; capsule oblong, urn 2 mm. long, lightly ribbed when dry; annulus lacking; peristome teeth reddish, divided more than half way down and perforate below; lid long and slenderly beaked; calyptra entire at base. (Fig. 23, A-C.) Chemal: Bernoulli & Carlo 99. Distribution: Costa Rica, Panama, northern South America. I have seen no plants of this species from Guatemala but D. sub- longisetum C. M. is evidently the same thing. 2. ATRACTYLOCARPUS COSTARICENSIS (C. M.) Bartr., Bryol. 49: 110. 1946. Leptotrichum costaricense C. M., Bot. Zeit. 16: 161. 1858. Atractylocarpus mexicanus Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 71. 1869. Plants similar to A. longisetus but smaller. Leaves 5-7 mm. long, pale yellow, slightly secund. Capsule narrowly cylindric, smooth, urn 2-3 mm. long; annulus wide; peristome teeth divided nearly to base, forks slender, papillose; lid dark red, 1.5 mm. long; calyptra often reaching nearly to base of capsule, entire at base. (Fig. 23, D-F.) B H X8. FIGURE 23 A-C, Atractylocarpus longisetus: A, plant, XI; B, leaf, X6; C, capsule, X8. D-F, Atractylocarpus costaricensis: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X6; F, capsule, X8. G-J, Pilopogon gracilis: G, plant, Xl; H, leaf, X6; I, capsule, X8; J, calyptra, 52 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 Dept. Baja Verapaz: Standley 6981+1 in part. Dept. Quiche: Standley 62368. Dept. Huehuetenango : Standley 81365. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 81+535. Dept. Sacatepequez: Standley 65223a. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 57827a. Dept. El Progresso: Steyermark 1+31+36. Dept. Jalapa: Steyermark 321+93. Distribution: Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica. On logs and banks mostly at high altitudes. A frequent species confined to Mexico and Central America as far as known. 7. PILOPOGON Brid., Bryol. Univ. 1: 519. 1826. Dioicous; slender plants in dense tufts. Stems branched. Leaves erect, subulate-acuminate; costa broad with dorsal and ventral stereid bands; basal cells rectangular, lacking a distinct alar group. Perichaetial leaves long, convolute; seta elongate, erect; capsule cylindric, curved; peristome teeth not divided, papillose; annulus lacking; calyptra fringed at base. 1. PILOPOGON GRACILIS (Hook.) Brid., Bryol. Univ. 1: 519. 1826. Didymodon gracile Hook., Muse. Exot. tab. 5. 1818. Pilopogon gracilis var. Bernoullii C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 185. 1897. Pilopogon glabrisetus C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 551. 1897. Yellowish green, glossy plants. Stems to 6 cm. or more long, radiculose, uniformly foliate. Leaves 6 mm. long, gradually subulate from a narrowly oblong base, denticulate near apex; costa short excurrent; basal cells thin walled, rectangular, gradually becoming shorter and irregular above. Perichaetial leaves with long, setaceous points often reaching the capsule; seta 1.5-2 cm. long, slender, slightly rough above; capsule smooth, dark brown, urn 2-2.5 mm. long; peristome teeth slender, papillose, entire; lid conic-rostrate; annulus lacking; calyptra long, fringed at base. (Fig. 23, G-J.) Dept. San Marcos: Standley 86195, 861+1+1+, 86511, 86515. Dept. Quezalten- ango: Standley 85686. Distribution: Mexico, Costa Rica, West Indies, South America. On damp banks and trees mostly at high altitudes. Readily distinguished from the allied genera by the conspicuous perichaetial leaves, the curved, cylindrical capsules and the undivided peristome teeth. 8. DICRANODONTIUM Bry. Eur. fasc. 41. 1847. Dioicous; stems slender, tomentose, simple or branched. Leaves slightly falcate-secund, long setaceous pointed from an ovate base; BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 53 costa broad below, long excurrent, with dorsal and ventral stereid bands; basal cells rectangular, slightly pitted, narrower toward margins, upper cells linear. Seta curved when moist; capsules erect, oblong; annulus lacking; peristome teeth divided more than half way down, vertically striolate below; lid rostrate; calyptra entire at base. 1. DICRANODONTIUM DENUDATUM (Brid.) E. G. Britt., No. Amer. Flora 15 2 : 151. 1913. Dicranum denudatum Brid., Muse. Rec. Suppl. 1 : 184. 1806. Rather robust, pale green plants. Stems 5 cm. or more long, uniformly foliate. Leaves falcate-secund, 6-10 mm. long, from a short, ovate, concave base gradually long setaceous pointed, serrulate above; costa excurrent; basal cells laxly rectangular toward costa, much narrower toward margins, upper cells linear. Seta 1 cm. long, curved or cygneous when moist; capsule smooth; peristome teeth divided nearly to base; calyptra long. (Fig. 24, A-C.) Dept. Chiquimula: Steyermark 31000. Distribution: Eastern United States, Alaska, Mexico, Europe. FIGURE 24 A-C, Dicranodontium denudatum: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X6; C, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. D-H, Oncophorus guatemalensis: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X8; F, apex of leaf, XllO; G, upper leaf cells and margin, X270; H, part of cross section of leaf margin, X270. I-J, Symblepharis helicophylla: I, plant, Xl; J, leaf, X8. 54 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 On damp ground in cloud forest. These plants are more robust than usual but this may be due to the excess of moisture. In other respects the shape and structure of the leaves are typical. 9. BROTHERA C. M., Gen. Muse. 258. 1901. Small yellowish green plants, slightly glossy, in dense mats. Stems short, sparingly radiculose. Leaves crowded, subulate-acu- minate from a lanceolate base, subtubulose; costa broad, excurrent, without stereids; lamina cells rectangular, hyaline. Seta erect, slender; capsule erect, oblong-ovoid; peristome single, teeth cleft to base into two subulate, papillose forks; lid rostrate; calyptra cucullate, fringed at base. 1. BROTHERA LEANA (Sull.) C. M., Gen. Muse. 259. 1901. Campylopus Leana Sull., A. Gray Man. Ed. 2: 619. 1856. Stems short, branched, less than 5 mm. high, usually with apical clusters of rudimentary leaves which serve the purpose of vegetative reproduction. Leaves flexuous when dry, to 2.5 mm. long, entire or minutely toothed at apex; margins erect or inflexed; costa 60 M wide below, poorly defined, excurrent, in cross section showing a median row of chlorophyllose cells with bands of lax, hyaline cells on both sides; cells of leaf base rectangular, at basal angles lax and delicate forming small, poorly defined auricles. The local plants are sterile. (Fig. 25, A-C.) Dept. Huehuetenango : Sharp 493 9a. Dept. Quezaltenango : Sharp 1995. Distribution : Pennsylvania, Ohio, Tennessee, Minnesota, Mexico, also Asia. On banks and peaty soil at moderately high altitudes. The plants in both of these collections consist almost entirely of the deciduous brood leaves and are so deformed that it is difficult to find a normal leaf. 10. AMPHIDIUM (Nees) Schimp. emend. Bry. Eur. Coroll. 39. 1856. Densely tufted plants, olive green above, brown below. Stems slender, sparingly radiculose. Leaves strongly crisped when dry, linear-lanceolate, costate to apex; upper leaf cells rounded-quadrate, papillose, basal cells narrowly rectangular, pellucid. Seta short; capsule barely exserted, strongly 8 ribbed, contracted below mouth BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 55 and urceolate when dry; peristome none; lid obliquely rostellate from a convex base; calyptra cucullate, naked. 1. AMPHIDIUM CYATHICARPUM (Mont.) Broth., E. & P. Nat. Pflanzenf. I 3 : 460. 1902. Zygodon cyathicarpus Mont., Ann. Sci. Nat. 106. 1845. Autoicous; stems under 1 cm. high, sparingly branched. Leaves crispate when dry, flexuous-spreading when moist, linear-lanceolate, acuminate; margins narrowly recurved near shoulders of leaf, plane above, distantly and shallowly toothed or notched in upper half; costa pale, distinct, ending in or just below the sharp apex; upper cells rounded-quadrate, diam. 8-10 n, with firm pale walls, papillose, basal cells narrow, smooth, pellucid. Seta about 1 mm. long, often slightly curved; capsule oblong, wide-mouthed, with 8 brownish longitudinal ribs when dry; peristome none. (Fig. 25, D-E.) Dept. Quezaltenango : Sharp 2290. Distribution: Western South America, Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, Africa. On boulder at high altitude. The appearance of this austral species in Guatemala is exceedingly interesting. The only other locality I am aware of in the northern hemisphere is on the summit H FIGURE 25 A-C, Brothera Leana: A, plant, XI; B, leaf, X22; C, abnormal'leaf, X22. D-E, Amphidium cyathicarpum: D, plant, Xl; E, capsule and upper leaves, X14. F-I, Rhabdoweisia fugax var. tenerrima: F, plant, Xl; G, capsule, X26; H, leaf, X20; I, basal leaf cells, X368. 56 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 of Haleakala, Maui, Hawaii. As far as I can see the Guatemalan plants are typical in every respect. The inflorescence is autoicous and the narrow leaves show the upper margins shallowly toothed or sinuate. As the plants are well fruited I think there can be little doubt regarding the accuracy of the determination. 11. RHABDOWEISIA Bry. Eur. fasc. 33-36. 1846. Small plants growing in extensive green mats. Leaves strongly curled when dry, narrowly linear-lanceolate, acuminate; costa ending near apex; upper leaf cells rounded-quadrate, chlorophyllose, smooth, basal cells rectangular, hyaline; Seta erect; capsule exserted, ovoid, 8 ribbed when dry; peristome well developed but fragile; lid rostrate. 1. RHABDOWEISIA FUGAX (Hedw.) Bry. Eur. var. TENERRIMA Bartr., Bryol. 50: 203. 1947. Low, delicate plants, laxly tufted. Stems 2-3 mm. high. Leaves crispate when dry, to 2 mm. long, linear-lanceolate, acuminate; margins plane, minutely crenulate above; costa ending just below apex; upper cells rounded-quadrate, diam. 8-10 M, often transversely elongate, smooth, basal cells rectangular, delicate, thin-walled and hyaline, to 60 n long, 12 /j. wide. Seta erect, yellow, 2 mm. long; capsule erect, ovoid, 0.5 mm. long, 8 ribbed and urceolate when dry; peristome teeth very fragile, to 150 n long, filiform from a short, broad base; spores pale, diam. 10-12 M- (Fig. 25, F-I.) Dept. San Marcos: Sharp 5413a. Dept. Quezaltenango : Sharp 5085. Endemic. Moist bank and decaying log at high altitudes. These plants are appreciably smaller and more delicate than any European speci- mens I have seen. The stems are only 2-3 mm. high, the leaves up to 2 mm. long and the basal leaf cells thin-walled hyaline and about 60 M long changing abruptly to the short chlorophyllose cells above. In most cases only the expanded bases of the peristome teeth are evident, the fragile, filiform tips being almost invariably broken off in operculate capsules, but these vestiges will at once distinguish the plants from Amphidium cyathicarpum to which they bear a close resemblance. 12. ONCOPHORUS Brid., Bryol. Univ. 1: 389. 1826. Autoicous; dull yellowish green plants in dense tufts. Stems often branched. Leaves crisped when dry, lanceolate, usually serrate BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 57 above; margins recurved, bistratose; costa subpercurrent, with dorsal and ventral stereid bands; upper cells small, basal cells rectangular. Seta elongate, curved when moist; capsule nodding, sulcate; peris- tome teeth divided to middle; lid obliquely rostrate; calyptra cucul- late. 1. ONCOPHORUS GUATEMALENSIS Bartr., Bryol. 49: 111. 1946. Densely tufted plants, dull yellowish green above, brown below. Stems 2-3 cm. long, simple or branched, sparingly radiculose below. Leaves crisped when dry, erect-spreading when moist, 5-6 mm. long, narrowly lanceolate, acute, keeled above; margins recurved below, irregularly serrate above, usually bistratose; costa stout, ending just below the acute apex; upper cells rounded-quadrate, lightly mammillose on both sides; inner basal cells narrowly rectangular, wider and more lax toward margins at the basal angles. Seta 3-4 mm. long, stout, yellowish, erect-flexuous when dry, strongly curved or cygneous when moist; capsule oblong-cylindrical, suberect, urn 1.5 mm. long, strongly ribbed when dry; annulus lacking; lid obliquely conic-rostrate, 0.75 mm. long; peristome teeth reddish, vertically striolate on outer plates below, cleft about half way down, forks papillose above; calyptra cucullate; spores papillose, diam. 15-18 /*. (Fig. 24, D-H.) Dept. Quezaltenango : Uppermost ridge to summit of Volcan Zunil, alt. 3,000-3,800 m., Steyermark 3J^869c, S!t872. Endemic. On dry slopes below summit. A clean cut species characterized by the short, cygneous setae. The genus has not been recorded before in North America south of the United States; hence these noteworthy collections have an added interest. 13. SYMBLEPHARIS Mont, Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 8:252. 1837. Autoicous; medium sized plants in compact tufts. Stems erect, densely foliate. Leaves abruptly linear-lanceolate from an obovate, clasping base, the points widely spreading and crispate when dry; costa excurrent; basal cells rectangular, upper cells small and dense. Setae single or aggregated, elongate; capsule cylindrical, erect; peristome teeth divided to below middle; lid bbliquely rostrate; calyptra entire at base. 58 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 1. SYMBLEPHARIS HELICOPHYLLA Mont., Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 8: 252. 1837. Stems about 3 cm. high. Leaves 6-7 mm. long, from a strongly clasping obovate base about 2 mm. high quickly narrowed to a spreading, grooved, subulate point, distantly denticulate above; margins erect; costa slender, excurrent; cells smooth, narrowly rectangular, thin walled and hyaline in base, irregularly subquadrate with firm walls above. Setae 10-12 mm. long, straight; capsule smooth, erect, 3-4 mm. long; peristome teeth red, deeply divided, vertically striolate; lid about 0.8 mm. long; calyptra extending half way down urn. (Fig. 24, I-J.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Standley 81653, 8180^, 81813. Dept. Quezaltenango : Steyermark 3^116, 3472^a, 3^725a, 34869a; Standley 67656, 67679. Dept. Chimal- tenango: Standley 5877^, 609^9a, 60960. Distribution: New Mexico, southern Arizona, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Asia. On trees, logs and moist banks at high altitudes. The abruptly spreading, strongly curled leaf points and the slender, erect, cylin- drical capsules, deep red at mouth, are very characteristic. The plants fruit abundantly throughout their range. 14. DICRANOWEISIA Lindb., Oefv. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 21 : 230. 1864. Tufted plants with erect, branching stems. Leaves flexuous or crispate, subulate pointed from an ovate base, entire; costa short excurrent; cells smooth, small and subquadrate above, rectangular below. Seta erect, elongate; capsules suberect; peristome teeth papillose, entire or cleft at apex. 1. DICRANOWEISIA CALCAREA Bartr., Bryol. 49: 111. 1946. Dioicous; plants densely tufted, dull brownish yellow. Stems 2-3 cm. high, encrusted with a calcareous deposit, laxly foliate. Leaves erect-flexuous, 2.5-3 mm. long, entire, rather abruptly subu- late-acuminate from a short, ovate, concave, decurrent base; margins erect or slightly recurved on one side below; costa strong, short excurrent; cells smooth, incrassate, rectangular below and linear toward margins, irregularly subquadrate to elongate above, 10 /* wide, 12-25 /* long, the marginal rows smaller. Seta erect, smooth, 8-10 mm. long; capsules inclined, urn dark brown, 1.5 mm. long, BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 59 asymmetrical with a short neck; peristome none as seen (capsules all old and overripe). (Fig. 26, A-C.) Dept. Huehuetenango : Above San Juan Ixcoy, Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, alt. 2,400 m., Steyermark 50001, TYPE. Endemic. . On dripping rock at base of waterfall on encrusted limestone in forested ravine. This species is included in Dicranoweisia with considerable reservation. It has some affinities with Hymenolopsis tolucensis The"r. of Mexico but appears to be quite distinct in the decurrent leaf angles and the lack of differentiated alar cells. Until the peristome characters are known it seems wiser to follow the more conservative plan. 15. HOLOMITRIUM Brid., Bryol. Univ. .1: 226. 1826. Plants medium sized, tufted. Stems branched, tomentose, often with terminal clusters of short, microphyllous branchlets. Leaves crowded, narrowly lanceolate from a broader base, crisped when dry; basal cells linear, alar group conspicuous, upper cells rectangular to subquadrate, incrassate; costa percurrent. Inner perichaetial leaves convolute, with long, setaceous points, often reaching the H FIGURE 26 A-C, Dicranoweisia calcarea: A, plant, XI; B, leaf, X14; C, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. D-E, Holomitrium flexuosum: D, plant, XI; E, leaf, X8. F-H, Holomitrium falcatum: F, plant, Xl; G, leaf, X8; H, upper leaf cells, X270. 60 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 capsule. Seta erect; capsules erect, cylindrical; peristome teeth red, papillose, usually split along median line. 1. Leaves subentire, seta 5 mm. long 6. H. pulchellum Leaves serrate or serrulate, seta 1 cm. or more long 2 2. Leaves spreading from insertion, serrulate above 3 Leaves with an erect, clasping base, serrate half way down 5 3. Leaves strongly falcate-secund, 3-4 mm. long 2. H. falcatum Leaves not falcate-secund, 5 mm. or more long 4 4. Alar cells conspicuous, forming a group about 200 n high 1. H.flexuosum Alar cells inconspicuous, forming a band less than 100 ^ high . . 3. H. terebellatum 5. Upper leaf cells quadrate 4. H. arboreum Upper leaf cells elongate, 1 : 4 or 5 5. H. Standleyi 1. HOLOMITRIUM F.LEXUOSUM Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 57. 1869. Stems 4 cm. or more high, yellowish green above, brown below. Leaves spreading on all sides, 5 mm. or more long, narrowly lanceo- late from an oblong base, grooved above, serrulate toward apex; costa excurrent, toothed on back above; upper cells rectangular, shorter at margins, basal cells narrowly rectangular, pitted, all smooth and incrassate, alar group prominent, extending nearly to costa. Sporophyte not seen. (Fig. 26, D-E.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Standley 81822. Distribution: Mexico, Costa Rica, Ecuador. On tree in Juniperus forest at high altitude. These plants are undersize but in other respects agree with the species. 2. HOLOMITRIUM FALCATUM Bartr., Bryol. 49: 111. 1946. Near H. flexuosum Mitt, but apparently distinct in the shorter stems and smaller leaves, 3-4 mm. long (5-10 mm. long in H. flex- uosum), which are conspicuously falcate-secund both moist and dry giving the plant a very characteristic appearance. (Fig. 26, F-H.) Dept. Totonicapan: Near Cumbre del Aire, on road between Huehuetenango and Sija, alt. 3,000-3,450 m., Standley 65906. Endemic. The distinctions outlined above are not very impressive and un- less they can be correlated with some sharper differences in the sporophyte it may be desirable to reduce H. falcatum to a variety of H. flexuosum. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 61 3. HOLOMITRIUM TEREBELLATUM C. M., in Ren. & Card. Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 31 1 : 151. 1893. Robust plants forming deep tufts, yellowish green above, brown below. Stems to 5 cm. or more high, branched, densely foliate, clothed with reddish tomentum. Leaves widely spreading from the insertion, flexuous with strongly curled points when dry, 5-6 mm. long, gradually narrowed from an oblong, concave, entire base to a narrow, lanceolate, grooved point, acuminate; margins erect, undulate above, distantly and irregularly toothed down to leaf shoulders; costa excurrent. Toothed on back near apex; upper cells subquadrate to short rectangular, smooth, incrassate, gradually becoming narrowly linear and porose below, alar group very fragile and inconspicuous, forming a poorly defined band across base of leaf less than 100 M high. (Fig. 27, A-C.) Dept. Baja Verapaz: Sharp 2759. Distribution: Costa Rica. On tree trunk at moderate altitude. Previously considered a Costa Rican endemic where it is decidedly uncommon. The Guate- malan plants lack fruit and are undersized but the essential characters leave little doubt as to its identity. FIGURE 27 A-C, Holomitrium terebellatum: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X8; C, one side of leaf base, X68. D-F, Holomitrium pulchellum: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X20; F, apex of leaf, X66. 62 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 sss B D iXXXn, FIGURE 28 A-D, Holomitrium arboreum: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X8; C, apex of leaf, XllO; D, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. E-F, Holomitrium Standleyi: E, leaf, X8; F, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. G-I, Dicranum flagellare: G, plant, Xl; H, leaf, X8; I, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. 4. HOLOMITRIUM ARBOREUM Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 58. 1869. Stems 2-3 cm. high, yellowish green, brown below. Leaves crowded, strongly crisped when dry, 4-6 mm. long, linear-lanceolate from an erect, ovate, clasping base, strongly serrate above middle; costa percurrent; upper cells subquadrate, basal cells linear, incras- sate, pitted, alar group distinct. Tips of perichaetial leaves often reaching the capsule. Seta 1-1.5 cm. long; capsule cylindric, urn 4-5 mm. long; lid subulate-rostrate. (Fig. 28, A-D.) Dept. Peten: Lundell 2679 (as H. calycinum). Dept. Jalapa: Steyermark 32552 (as H. calycinum), 33 Ilk (as H. calycinum). Distribution: Mexico to Bolivia. On trees and rocks at moderate altitudes. The short upper leaf cells often wider than long and in one layer throughout will separate this species from any of its local allies. 5. HOLOMITRIUM STANDLEYI Bartr., Contr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 26 3 : 66. 1928. Plants similar in habit and appearance to H. arboreum but with the upper and median leaf cells elongate especially toward costa BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 63 where they are often 4-5 times as long as wide with sinuous lateral walls. (Fig. 28, E-F.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 91596. Distribution: Costa Rica. On limestone at moderate altitude. In this species the leaf cells are not all elongate but the areolation is quite different from that of H. arboreum. The distinction is none too marked however and a broader series of specimens might show that they are not wide enough apart for practical segregation. 6. HOLOMITRIUM PULCHELLUM Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 60. 1869. Forming dense, compact cushions, yellowish green above, brown below. Stems to 2 cm. high, branched, tomentose. Leaves crowded, very crispate when dry, flexuous-spreading when moist, 2-2.5 mm. long, gradually lanceolate from an ovate, slightly clasping base, acuminate, canaliculate; margins erect, entire or minutely toothed at extreme apex; costa short-excurrent; upper leaf cells rounded, strongly incrassate, smooth, diam. 5-7 n, basal cells narrowly rec- tangular with firm, pale walls. Perichaetium about half as long as the seta, leaves convolute with spreading points; seta erect, yellow, 5 mm. long; capsule erect, oblong, urn 1.5 mm. long. (Fig. 27, D-F.) Dept. Quezaltenango : Sharp 2199a. Distribution: Ecuador. On tree at moderately high altitude. This is evidently a very rare species. It is represented in the Mitten Herbarium by only one collection from the type locality in Ecuador. Compact cushions of tightly curled leaves studded with attrac- tively colored, short-stalked capsules standing well above the con- spicuous perichaetia give these plants an especially neat and trim look. As Mitten aptly remarks it is "a very pretty moss." The short setae and nearly entire leaves are unique characters among the American species of Holomitrium. It is a striking addition to the North American moss flora. 16. DICRANUM Hedw., Sp. Muse. 126. 1801. Dioicous; medium sized to robust plants. Leaves lanceolate, often falcate-secund ; costa narrow but strong, with dorsal and ventral stereid bands, often toothed on back; leaf cells mostly smooth, alar group inflated, usually colored and conspicuous. Seta erect; 64 FIELDI ANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 capsules cylindrical, erect or curved; peristome teeth red, vertically striolate, cleft about half way down; lid long beaked; calyptra cucullate, entire at base. 1. Upper leaf cells small, subquadrate 1. D. flagellare Upper leaf cells elongate, pitted 2 2. Leaves short pointed, costa not winged on back 2. D. rhabdocarpum Leaves long acuminate, costa winged on back 3. D. frigidum 1. DlCRANUM FLAGELLARE Hedw., Sp. Muse. 130. 1801. Plants yellowish green, tufted; stems 1-3 cm. high, often with fragile, microphyllous branchlets in axils of upper leaves. Leaves 3-3.5 mm. long, crispate when dry, lanceolate; margins erect, in- flexed above, toothed near apex; costa percurrent; upper cells quadrate or short rectangular, basal cells rectangular with firm, pellucid walls, alar group colored, conspicuous. Seta 1-2 cm. long; capsules cylindric, erect. (Fig. 28, G-I.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Standley 81705, 8180J^a. Distribution: Southern Canada, United States, Mexico, Europe, Asia. On logs and limestone at high altitudes. The characteristic flagellate branchlets are very scarce in these two local collections but in other particulars the plants are typical. 2. DICRANUM RHABDOCARPUM Sull., Mem. Am. Acad. II. 4: 172. 1849. Pale or yellowish green glossy plants. Stems 1-2 cm. or more long. Leaves crowded, suberect and nearly straight when dry, 3-5 mm. long, ovate-lanceolate, serrulate above, acute; costa ending below apex, toothed on back above; basal cells rectangular, alar group inflated and colored, upper cells elongate, incrassate, pitted. Seta 1.5-2 cm. long; capsules cylindric, erect. (Fig. 29, A-D.) Dept. Quezaltenango: Standley 67694a, 677 3, 677Ma, 67749a. Distribution: Mountains of Colorado, new Mexico and Arizona, Mexico. On rocks and banks at high altitudes. These collections are small, underdeveloped and sterile but there is little doubt concerning their identity. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 65 3. DICRANUM FRIGIDUM C. M., Bot. Zeit. 17: 219. 1859. Robust plants in extensive deep mats, yellowish green and lustrous above, brown below. Stems to 10 cm. or more long, tomen- tose. Leaves spreading, flexuous or falcate-secund, scarcely undulate, linear-lanceolate from an ovate base, serrate in upper half, 10-13 mm. long; costa ending below apex, with two sharply serrated wings on back; cells all elongate with thickened, pitted walls, alar group brown. Setae aggregated, 1-3, red, to 5 cm. long; capsule cylindric, curved, urn 4-5 mm. long. (Fig. 29, E-H.) Dept. Quiche: Aguilar 1115. Dept. Huehuetenango : Steyermark 50173, 51901. Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark 43290. Distribution: Mexico to northern South America. On damp ground at high altitudes. Near D. rugosum (Hoffm.) Brid. but uniformly distinct in the longer, scarcely undulate leaves, longer setae and longer capsules. 17. LEUCOLOMA Brid., Bryol. Univ. 2:218. 1827. Dioicous; pale green, silky plants in soft, loose tufts. Stems branched, sparsely radiculose. Leaves flexuous or secund, gradually subulate-lanceolate from an ovate base; costa narrow; chlorophyllose FIGURE 29 A-D, Dicranum rhabdocarpum: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X8; C, apex of leaf, XllO; D, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. E-H, Dicranum frigidum: E, part of plant, Xl; F, leaf, X6; G, apex of leaf, XllO; H, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. 66 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 H D FIGURE 30 A-D, Leucoloma serrulatum: A, plant, XI; B, leaf, X8; C, apex of leaf, XllO; D, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. E-H, Leucoloma Crugerianum: E, plant, Xl; F, leaf, X8; G, apex of leaf, XllO; H, cells and margin near mid-leaf, X270. cells small, papillose, marginal cells smooth, narrow and hyaline forming a distinct border, alar group large, auriculate. Seta erect; capsules cylindric; peristome teeth divided to or below middle. Leaves with a distinct median band of short, papillose cells extending to or near base 1. L. serrulatum Leaves without a median band of short cells in basal part 2. L. Crugerianum 1. LEUCOLOMA SERRULATUM Brid., Bryol. Univ. 2: 752. 1827. Stems to 6 cm. or more long. Leaves 4-7 mm. long, straight or curved, narrowly subulate-acuminate, grooved above, serrulate to- ward apex; costa excurrent; marginal cells linear, hyaline, forming a distinct border merging with the basal cells below, chlorophyllose cells small, oblong, papillose on back, extending nearly to insertion in a broad, sharply defined median band. Sporophyte not seen. (Fig. 30, A-D.) Dept. Izabal: Steyermark 38805a, 89203, 41765. Dept. Alta Verapaz: Steyer- mark 45561, 45614, 45615, 46376; Standley 90639. Dept. Quezaltenango : Steyer- mark 34350. Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark 29827, 42789. Dept. Chiquimula: Steyermark 31030. Distribution: Mexico, Costa Rica, West Indies, British Guiana. On logs and trees at low and medium altitudes. These collections are sterile as are all the numerous specimens in my herbarium but BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 67 the broad median band of green cells reaching nearly to the insertion is a distinctive feature. 2. LEUCOLOMA CRUGERIANUM (C. M.) Jaeg., Adumb. 1: 116. 1872-73. Dicranum Crugerianum C. M., Syn. 2: 588. 1851. Stems short, fragile. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, subulate pointed, flexuous and widely spreading when dry, 3-5 mm. long, tubulose above, serrulate near apex; costa excurrent; border of linear cells one row wide above, gradually wider below and merging with the basal cells, green cells subquadrate, sharply papillose on back above, irregularly longer below where they merge with the basal cells. Sporophyte not seen. (Fig. 30, E-H.) Dept. Peten: Lundell 28^0. Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 8^880. Distribution: Mexico, British Honduras, Costa Rica, West Indies, Venezuela. On banks at low to medium altitudes. The narrower leaves, indistinctly bordered and without a well defined median band of green cells will distinguish this species from L. serrulatum. 7. LEUCOBRYACEAE Compactly tufted, whitish green plants, leaves fragile, consist- ing mostly of a broad, thick costa showing in cross section a central row of small chlorophyllose cells (chlorocysts) covered on both sides by one or more layers of large hyaline cells (leucocysts), porose on the inner walls. Sporophyte as in Dicranaceae. 1. Capsules immersed, calyptra fringed at base 1. Ochrobryum Capsules exserted, calyptra entire at base 2 2. Capsules ovoid, inclined, asymmetrical 3. Leucobryum Capsules cylindrical, erect, symmetrical 2. Octoblepharum 1. OCHROBRYUM Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 108. 1869. Low, dull, whitish green plants forming dense tufts. Leaves erect to slightly spreading, crowded, rigid when moist, linear-lanceo- late from a narrowly ovate base, subtubulose above, bluntly pointed, leucocysts in one layer on each side of the median row of chlorocysts; lamina cells narrowly rectangular, confined to basal part. Seta short, terminal; capsules immersed; peristome lacking; calyptra conic-rostrate, slender, fringed at base. 68 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 H FIGURE 31 A-D, Ochrobryum obtusifoUum: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X18; C, apex of leaf, X68; D, part of cross section of leaf, X68. E-F, Syrrhopodon ligulatus: E, plant, Xl; F, leaf, X16. G-H, Syrrhopodon lycopodioides: G, plant, Xl; H, leaf, X6. 1. OCHROBRYUM OBTUSIFOLIUM (C. M.) Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 108. 1869. Schistomitrium obtusifoUum C. M., Bot. Zeit. 577. 1857. Leaves 3-3.5 mm. long, obtuse or bluntly acute, often with brush- like clusters of brownish filaments on the dorsal face near apex which varies considerably from broadly rounded to acute but always with a minute apiculate point; margins erect or inflexed so that the blade is deeply grooved or subtubulose above; lamina cells thin- walled, hyaline, in 4-6 rows, evident only on the basal margins. (Fig. 31, A-D.) Dept. Baja Verapaz: Sharp 2660a. Distribution: Costa Rica, Colombia. On decaying log at rather low altitude. The only other North American records of this rare little species are from Costa Rica where it was collected by Standley. Here as in Costa Rica the plants are characterized by conspicuous clusters of brownish septate filaments on the dorsal faces of the leaf tips. Although quite similar in appearance to some of the smaller forms of Leucobryum albidum the lack of any expanded leaf base coupled with the leucocysts in two layers, one above and one below the median row of chlorocysts, cannot fail to distinguish it upon careful examination. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 69 2. OCTOBLEPHARUM Hedw., Sp. Muse. 50. 1801. Autoicous; whitish plants tinged with brown or red, growing in tufts or cushions. Leaves spreading, lingulate from a hyaline base, plane above, apiculate and serrulate at apex; costa with a median row of small, triangular chlorocysts and 3-4 layers of leucocysts on both sides; lamina small and narrow, confined to base. Seta erect; capsules erect, cylindrical; peristome teeth 8 or 16; calyptra cucullate, entire at base. 1. Leaves less than 10 mm. long 2 Leaves 15-20 mm. long 3 2. Peristome teeth 8, leaves usually not fragile 1. 0. albidum Peristome teeth 16, leaves very fragile 2. 0. pulvinatum 3. Plants yellowish, leaf base oblong, tapering above 3. O. erectifolium Plants purplish, leaf base obovate, rounded above 4. 0. Mittenii 1. OCTOBLEPHARUM ALBIDUM Hedw., Sp. Muse. 50. 1801. Plants in dense cushions. Stems to 3 cm. high, branched. Leaves widely spreading or recurved, to 6 mm. or more long, oblong- lingulate from a slightly broader erect base, rounded, apiculate and serrulate at apex. Seta 4-7 mm. long; capsule oblong, 1-1.5 mm. long; peristome teeth 8, brown, faintly striolate; lid obliquely rostrate. (Fig. 32, A-D.) Dept. Izabal: H. Johnson 10^6; Standley 728 J^l; Steyermark 1^1830, 418S1, Dept. Baja Verapaz: Standley 69770. Dept. Retalhuleu: Standley 885^6. Dept. Chiquimula: Steyermark 81226. Dept. Jalapa: Standley 77^11; Steyermark 32091. Dept. Santa Rosa: Standley 78030. Distribution: Pantropical, southern Florida. On tree trunks. Mostly in the lowlands. The rather short, fleshy, strap-shaped leaves, not or rarely fragile will readily identify this common, widely distributed species. 2. OCTOBLEPHARUM PULVINATUM (Doz. & Molk.) Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 109. 1869. Arthrocormus pulvinatus Doz. & Molk., Fl. Bryol. Surinam 6. 1854. Plants similar to 0. albidum but with more erect, less fleshy and very fragile leaves. Seta 10 mm. or more long; capsules about 2 mm. long; peristome teeth 16, in 8 pairs, nearly smooth. (Fig. 32, E-G.) Dept. Peten: Lundell 2700, 27S6a, 2769. Dept. Izabal: Steyermark 38738. Distribution: Costa Rica, British Honduras, West Indies, north- ern South America. 70 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 D FIGURE 32 A-D, Octoblepharum albidum: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X8; C, capsule, X8; D, part of cross section of costa, XllO. E-G, Octoblepharum pulvinatum: E, plant, Xl; F, leaf, X8; G, part of cross section of costa, XllO. H-I, Octoblepharum erectifolium: H, plant, Xl; I, leaf base, XlO. J-K, Octoblepharum Mittenii: J, plant, Xl; K, leaf base, XlO. On tree trunks at low altitudes. Although sterile these collec- tions seem to meet all the requirements of 0. pulvinatum. 3. OCTOBLEPHARUM ERECTIFOLIUM Mitt., No. Amer. Flora 15 2 : 162. 1913. Plants glossy, tinged with brown. Leaves erect, rigid, fragile, 1.5-2 cm. long, narrowly ligulate from a narrowly oblong base tapering at shoulders; apex acute, irregularly sinuate; lamina at leaf base narrow, tapering upward, 150-160 ^ wide on each side of costa, inner cells 3-4 times as long as wide. Sporophyte unknown. (Fig. 32, H-I.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 91692. Distribution: Costa Rica, Jamaica, Trinidad. On trees at moderate altitude. The coloring alone should separate this species from 0. Mittenii but in addition there seem to be tangible differentiating characters in the shape and areolation of the leaf base. 4. OCTOBLEPHARUM MITTENII Jaeg., Adumb. 1 : 169. 1871-72. Octoblepharum longifolium Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 110. 1869. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 71 Plants deeply tinged with purple, glossy with an iridescent sheen. Leaves fragile, 1.5 cm. or more long, narrowly ligulate from an obovate base, broadly rounded at shoulders, apex obtuse, apiculate; interior lamina cells short rectangular, about 40 M wide and 1-2 times as long, thin walled, in two layers, narrowly linear-rhomboidal and in one layer toward margins. Sporophyte unknown. (Fig. 32, J-K.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 91700. Distribution: British Honduras, Costa Rica, Brazil. On log at moderate altitude. 3. LEUCOBRYUM Hampe, Flora 20: 282. 1837. Whitish green plants in dense cushions. Leaves crowded, spread- ing or flexuous, from an ovate base narrowed to a subtubulose point, composed almost entirely of the costa, lamina reduced to a narrow hyaline margin below; in cross section showing a central row of small, angular chlorocysts with 1-4 layers of leucocysts on both sides. Seta elongate; capsules inclined; peristome dicranoid. 1. Leucocysts in 2 layers throughout the leaf 4. L. Martianum Leucocysts in 4 or more layers in thickest part of leaf base 2 2. Leaves 5-10 mm. long, tip longer than base 3. L. antillarum Leaves less than 5 mm. long, tubulose tip about equaling basal part 3 3. Leucocysts in 4 layers in thickest part of leaf 1. L. albidum Leucocysts in 5-6 layers in thickest part of leaf 2. L. Polakowskyi 1. LEUCOBRYUM ALBIDUM (Brid.) Lindb., Oefv. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 20: 403. 1863. Dicranum albidum Brid., Muse. Rec. 2 1 : 167. 1798 and Sp. Muse. 205. 1806. Leucobryum incurvifolium C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 174. 1897. Relatively small plants; stems 1-3 cm. high. Leaves crowded, imbricated when dry, to 4.5 mm. long, the subtubulose point shorter than or equal in length to the broad base, in cross section near base showing 2-3 layers of leucocysts on each side of the median row of chlorocysts in the thicker parts of leaf. Seta elongate, slender, red; capsule nodding, curved, ribbed when dry; lid beaked, about as long as urn. (Fig. 33, A-C.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 69121, 90630, 92207; Steyermark Ml>19, 45630. Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark 42230. Distribution: Eastern United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Ba- hamas, West Indies. 72 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 On logs and soil at low to medium altitudes. Rather variable in development and scarcely distinct from the following species which will probably have to be included with it. 2. LEUCOBRYUM POLAKOWSKYI (C. M.) Card., Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherb. 32: 82. 1900. Ochrobryum Polakowskyi C. M., Besch. Journ. de Bot. 11 : 151. 1897. The distinctions between this species and L. albidum are not impressive. Here the subtubulose leaf points are a little longer and the leucocysts in the thicker parts of the leaf base in about 3 layers on each side of the chlorocyst row but these differences are not always clearly correlated or maintained. (Fig. 33, D-E.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 90779, 91456. Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 36675. Dept. Solola: Steyermark 47985. Distribution: Mexico, Costa Rica, Jamaica. On logs and soil, mostly at medium altitudes. 3. LEUCOBRYUM ANTILLARUM Schimp., Besch. Ann. Sci. Nat. VI. 3: 190. 1876. Stems longer than in L. albidum. Leaves spreading, flexuous, 5-10 mm. long, the subtubulose part from slightly longer to 2 or 3 times as long as the leaf base, in cross section showing 2-3 layers of leucocysts on each side of the chlorocysts in the thicker parts of the base; hyaline lamina about 8 cells wide. (Fig. 33, F-G.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 92316, 92321 . Dept. Quezaltenango : Steyermark Distribution: Florida, West Indies, Central and South America. On logs and hummocks in swamps at moderate altitudes. This is not a very convincing species. The Florida plants as described and illustrated in Grout's Moss Flora of North America are certainly not typical and it is often difficult to see how L. antillarum differs from L. glaucum (Hedw.) Schimp. 4. LEUCOBRYUM MARTIANUM (Hornsch.) Hampe, Linnaea 17: 317. 1843. Dicranum Martianum Hornsch., Fl. Bras. 1 : 11. 1840. Plants in lax mats; stems 1-2 cm. high. Leaves crowded, falcate- secund, 5-6 mm. long, gradually narrowed from an ovate base to slender, subtubulose point; leaf base not thickened, leucocysts in BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 73 a single layer on each side of the chlorocysts throughout the leaf, chlorocysts nearer the dorsal surface in upper part of leaf; hyaline lamina about 6 cells wide. Seta to 2 cm. long, red; capsules curved, ribbed when dry, strumose. (Fig. 34, A-C.) Dept. Izabal: Standley 72767. Distribution: Costa Rica, West Indies, northern South America. On log at low altitude. The leaf structure showing the leucocysts in only 2 layers throughout is sharply distinctive. 8. CALYMPERACEAE Small to fairly robust plants growing in tufts, mostly on trees. Leaves lanceolate from a pale sheathing base, often with a narrow hyaline border, more rarely unbordered or with thickened, concolor- ous margins; costa strong; upper cells small, usually papillose; inner basal cells abruptly large and hyaline (cancellinae). Seta erect, usually elongate; capsules erect, cylindrical; peristome of 16 papillose teeth or lacking; calyptra cucullate or campanulate. Peristome present, calyptra cucullate 1. Syrrhopodon Peristome lacking, calyptra campanulate and persistent, leaves usually with an intramarginal border of elongated cells 2. Calymperes B FIGURE 33 A-C, Leucobryum albidum: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X12; C, part of cross section of leaf near base, X68. D-E, Leucobryum Polakowskyi: D, leaf, X12; E, part of cross section of leaf near base, X68. F-G, Leucobryum antillarum: F, leaf, X6; G, part of cross section of leaf near base, X68. 74 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 ' 1. SYRRHOPODON Schwaegr., Suppl. 2 2 : 110. 1824. Plants green or brownish; stems branched. Leaves crowded, the whitish, imbricated bases often conspicuous, lanceolate or ligulate, with either a thickened or hyaline border; costa stout, subpercurrent, often spinose on one or both sides; upper cells small, changing abruptly to the large, hyaline cancellinae cells of the leaf base. Capsules cylindrical; peristome teeth 16, papillose; calyptra cucullate. 1 . Leaves bordered with narrow, elongated cells 2 Leaf border thickened, doubly serrate, marginal cells not differentiated 5 2. Robust plants, leaf margins spinose-serrate with paired teeth . 6. S. lycopodioides Small plants, leaves entire or nearly so 3 3. Leaves ligulate, apex rounded 2. S. ligulatus Leaves lanceolate or linear, acute 4 4. Leaves long-pointed, bordered nearly to apex 1. S. prolifer Leaves acute, unbordered in upper ^ 5. S. parasiticus 5. Basal leaf cells reddish 4. S. Bernoullii Basal leaf cells hyaline S. S. incompletus 1. SYRRHOPODON PROLIFER Schwaegr., Suppl. 2 2 : pt. 2, 99. 1827. Plants fragile, pale or yellowish green; stems 1-2 cm. long, branched. Leaves crowded, flexuous when dry, 3-6 mm. long or longer, linear from a pale, oblong base, acute, sharply toothed near apex, otherwise entire, with a narrow hyaline border of elongated cells extending nearly to apex; costa ending below apex, spinose near tip; upper cells small, dense, papillose, obscure, cancellinae filling nearly all of the leaf base, in 2 layers, usually acutely angled above. Seta 5-8 mm. long; capsule cylindric, lid beaked; calyptra covering more than half the urn. (Fig. 34, D-F.) Dept. Solola: Steyermark ^7986a. Distribution: Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America. On rock at medium altitude. Just a few stems segregated from other mosses but enough for identification. It seems reasonably sure that S. flavescens C. M., including the list of synonyms given by Williams (33, p. 376), may be included here. The leaves vary con- siderably in length but little in structural details. 2. SYRRHOPODON LIGULATUS Mont., Syll. 47. 1856. Small, brownish, brittle plants, densely tufted. Stems to 1 cm. high, branched, densely foliate. Leaves strongly curled when dry, BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 75 to 3 mm. long, ligulate from a scarcely wider oblong, pale, entire base, apex broadly rounded, often minutely apiculate, unbordered or with a single row of very narrow, hyaline, marginal cells here and there in the blade; costa ending below apex; upper cells papillose, obscure, diam. 6-8 n, cancellinae in 4 or 5 rows, broadly rounded above, bordered by about 5 rows of linear, pellucid cells. Seta red, 3-4 mm. long; capsule cylindrical, dark brown, urn 1 mm. long; lid subulate-rostrate (Fig. 31, E-F.) Dept. Baja Verapaz: Sharp 270^. Distribution: Florida, West Indies, northern South America. On tree at rather low altitude. Like S. lycopodioides this species is a representative Caribbean type extending from Florida through the West Indies to the Guianas but not recorded before from Central America. 3. SYRRHOPODON INCOMPLETUS Schwaegr., Suppl. 2 1 : 119. 1824. Syrrhopodon decolorans C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 188. 1897. Fairly robust, brownish green plants in deep tufts. Leaves crowded, 4-5 mm. long, abruptly ' broadly linear from a hyaline, FIGURE 34 A-C, Leucobryum Martianum: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X8; C, part of cross section of leaf near base, X68. D-F, Syrrhopodon prolifer: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X14; F, upper leaf base and margin, X110. G-I, Syrrhopodon incomplete: G, plant, X 1 ; H, leaf, X 10; I, upper leaf margin, X134. 76 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 obovate base, basal margins serrulate, margins of blade concolorous, thickened and doubly serrate, apex rounded and occasionally bearing clusters of propagula; costa nearly percurrent; upper cells subquad- rate or longer than wide, cancellinae in 10-12 rows, rounded above. Seta 6-7 mm. long; capsule oblong, narrowed at mouth; peristome a short, pale cylinder not exceeding the rim. (Fig. 34, G-I.) Dept. Peten: Lundell 2035; Bartlett 12250, 12^88. Dept. Izabal: Standley 72788. Distribution: Florida, Mexico, Honduras, British Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, West Indies, northern South America. On trees at low altitudes. A common Caribbean species easily known by the obovate, whitish leaf base and the thickened, winged margins of the leaf blade serrate on the edges. 4. SYRRHOPODON BERNOULLII C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 189. 1897. Brownish green plants growing in deep tufts; stems to 4-5 cm. high, branched. Leaves to 6-7 mm. long, linear-lanceolate from an oblong-ovate golden brown base; margins serrulate at base, thickened, concolorous and doubly serrate above; costa nearly percurrent; upper cells slightly elongate; cancellinae in numerous rows, not sharply defined, rounded above. Seta to 18 mm. long; capsule oblong, small mouthed; peristome teeth pale brown, coarsely papil- lose. (Fig. 35, A-C.) Distribution: Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Guadeloupe, Cocos Island. I have seen no Guatemalan collection and the species is evidently infrequent locally although widely but sparingly distributed else- where. 5. SYRRHOPODON PARASITICUS (Sw.) Besch., Ann. Sci. Nat. VIII. 1 : 298. 1895. Encalypta parasitica Sw., Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1759. 1806. Plants laxly gregarious or mixed with other mosses; stems to 2 cm. high. Stem leaves linear-lanceolate from a slightly broader base, narrowly and irregularly bordered in the median part with elongated cells in several rows, sharply pointed, entire or minutely serrulate above; costa percurrent; upper cells irregularly hexagonal, cancellinae in 15-20 rows, acutely angled above. Comal leaves shorter and broader, often bearing on the inner face near the costa conspicuous BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 77 filiform propagula. Seta short; capsule erect, cylindrical; peristome teeth short and irregular, barely exceeding the rim. (Fig. 35, D-G.) Dept. Peten: Lundell 301>7. Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 90775a. Distribution: Florida, Mexico, Panama, West Indies, Galapagos Islands. On trees and logs at low altitudes. The irregular, narrow, yellow- ish border, ending far below the apex and the characteristic propagula of the terminal leaves easily separate this species from its congeners. 6. SYRRHOPODON LYCOPODIOIDES (Sw.) C. M., Syn. 1 : 538. 1849. ?Dicranum lycopodioides Sw., Prod. Fl. Ind. Occid. 3: 1066. 1806. Robust plants forming dense, deep tufts, yellowish at tips, brown below. Stems to 6 cm. high, branched, clothed with brown tomentum. Leaves widely spreading, to 1 cm. or more long, gradually lanceolate from a pale, erect, scarcely wider base, acuminate, keeled below, blade strongly bordered with narrow cells, border thickened, brownish, spinose-serrate with paired teeth, cancellinae cells short rectangular, gradually merging with the upper leaf cells which are rounded -quadrate, smooth and incrassate. Seta elongate; capsule oblong-cylindrical. (Fig. 31, G-H.) Dept. Baja Verapaz: Sharp 2760. FIGURE 35 A-C, Syrrhopodon Bernoulli!: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X8; C, apex of leaf, X134. D-G, Syrrhopodon parasiticus: D, plant, Xl; E, comal leaf, X8; F, stem leaf, X8; G, apex of comal leaf, X134. 78 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 Distribution: Costa Rica, West Indies, northern and western South America to Bolivia. On tree trunk at moderate altitude. A frequent species in the West Indies but uncommon in Central America where it has been collected before only in Costa Rica. 2. CALYMPERES Sw., in Schwaegr. Suppl. I 2 : 333. 1816. Small to moderately robust, mostly corticolous plants growing in tufts. Leaves crispate when dry, lanceolate or ligulate from a broader, whitish base; costa stout, often thickened at apex and bear- ing apical clusters of propagula; lamina cells small, changing abruptly to the lax, hyaline cancellinae cells of the leaf base, frequently with narrow, intramarginal bands of elongate cells (teniolae) extending through the shoulders upward into the blade; margins usually thickened and serrate. Seta short; capsule subcylindric; peristome lacking; calyptra campanulate, plicate, persistent. 1. Leaves 10 mm. or more long, upper cells transversely elongate 5. C. lonchophyllum Leaves less than 5 mm. long, upper cells rounded 2 2. Upper leaf cells about 4 /* in diam 1. C. Donnellii Upper leaf cells 6-8 /* in diam 3 3. Teniolae short, leaf border very thick 4. C. nicaraguense Teniolae extending above midleaf , leaf border slightly thickened 4 4. Teniolae 2-3 cells in from margin at shoulders, leaves entire above 2. C. Richardi Teniolae 4-8 cells in from margin at shoulders, leaves serrate above 3. C. emersum 1. CALYMPERES DONNELLII Aust., Bot. Gaz. 4: 151. 1879. Plants less than 1 cm. high, often forming green mats. Leaves incurved and crisped when dry, 2.5-5 mm. long, broadly linear from an oblong base, tubulose above; margins thickened, irregularly doubly serrate above, serrulate below; costa stout; upper cells minute, diam. 4-5 /x, papillose; teniolae distinct, 8-12 cells in from margin at shoulders, extending about half way up the blade; cancel- linae in 12-14 rows, acutely angled above. Seta 5 mm. long; capsule about 2 mm. long. (Fig. 36, A-E.) Dept. Peten: Lundell 2072a. Dept. Izabal: Steyermark J^lSlSa. Distribution: Florida, Honduras, Panama, West Indies, northern South America, Cocos Island. On rocks and tree trunks at low altitudes. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 79 2. CALYMPERES RICHARDI C. M., Syn. 1 : 524. 1849. Stems to 1 cm. high, rarely higher. Leaves incurved and crisped when dry, small below, the upper 3-4 mm. long, oblong-ovate from a slightly wider variable base, broadly acute or obtuse; margins entire above, serrulate at shoulders; costa stout, scabrous on both sides above, ending below apex; upper cells rounded, distinct, 6-8 n\ teniolae 1-5 cells in from margins at shoulders, extending into the thickened border toward apex; cancellinae rounded above. Ab- normal leaves narrower, club-shaped, bearing numerous propagula. Seta 3 mm. long; capsule narrowly oval. (Fig. 36, F-H.) Distribution: Florida, Mexico, British Honduras, West Indies, Brazil. On trees at low altitudes. A frequent species, widely distributed in Caribbean regions but apparently rare or overlooked in the local area. 3. CALYMPERES EMERSUM C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 189. 1897. Similar in appearance to C. Richardi. Leaves to 4 mm. long, oblong-linear from a narrowly obovate, serrulate base, acute; FIGURE 36 A-E, Calymperes Donnellii: A, plant, Xl; B, abnormal leaf, X14; C, normal leaf, X14; D, apex of normal leaf, X134; E, cells and margin near leaf shoulder, X270. F-H, Calymperes Richardi: F, normal leaf, X14; G, abnormal leaf, X14; H, cells and margin near leaf shoulder, X270. I-K, Calymperes emersum: I, leaf, X14; J, cells and margin near leaf shoulder, X270; K, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. 80 FIELD IANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 H FIGURE 37 A-C, Calymperes nicaraguense: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X12; C, apex X134. D-G, Calymperes lonchophyllum: D, moist plant, Xl; E, leaf, X4; F, leaf, X18; G, leaf cells near shoulder, X270. H-J, Encalypta vulgaris: H, plant, Xl; I, leaf, X14; J, calyptra, X8. of leaf, base of margins of blade serrulate; costa ending just below apex; upper cells papillose, angular, 7-8 juJ cancellinae acutely angled above; teniolae extending nearly to apex and 4-8 cells in from margins at shoulders. Sporophyte not seen. (Fig. 36, I-K.) Distribution: Florida, Honduras, Panama. Distinguished from C. Richardi by the narrower leaf blade serru- late on the margins and the longer teniolae. No Guatemalan speci- mens have been seen. 4. CALYMPERES NICARAGUENSE Ren. & Card., Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 33 2 : 117. 1894. Calymperes Carionis C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 189. 1897. Rather robust, dark green plants. Stems densely foliate, to 2.5 cm. high. Leaves crispate when dry, to 4.5 mm. long, linear from an obovate, serrulate base, bluntly pointed ; margins of blade strongly thickened, serrulate; costa nearly percurrent, scabrous on both sides above; upper cells rounded or angular, mammillose on ventral face, nearly smooth on back; teniolae 8-10 cells in from margins at shoulders, soon merging with the thickened border above and disappearing below shoulders; cancellinae rounded or broadly angled BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 81 above. Seta 5-6 mm. long; capsule cylindrical, about 2.5 mm. long. (Fig. 37, A-C.) Distribution : Nicaragua, British Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Guadeloupe. I have a part of the type collection from Nicaragua but have not seen the material described as C. Carionis from Guatemala. Like its associates it is a lowland species. 5. CALYMPERES LONCHOPHYLLUM Schwaegr., Suppl. I 2 : 333. 1816. Plants with short stems and very long leaves, growing in exten- sive yellowish green mats. Stems under 5 mm. long. Leaves crowded, 10-15 mm. or more long, flexuous or strongly curled when dry, narrowly linear from a very short, ovate, serrulate base, acute; margins of blade thickened and distantly doubly serrulate; costa nearly percurrent; cells of blade often in two layers, smooth, trans- versely oval, incrassate, longer diameter 8-10 /*; teniolae lacking or very indistinct; cancellinae in two layers toward costa, in 6-7 rows, rounded or truncate above. Seta 10-12 mm. long, often slightly scabrous above; capsule 2 mm. long. (Fig. 37, D-G.) Dept. Peten: Lundell 2051; Bartletl 12441, 12472. Dept. Izabal: Steyermark 38891, 39200. Dept. Alta Verapaz: Steyermark 44465, 44995. Distribution: British Honduras, Costa Rica, West Indies, north- ern South America. On trees and logs at low altitudes. Readily known by the long, narrow leaves, much longer than the stems. 9. ENCALYPTACEAE Coarse, rather robust, densely tufted plants. Leaves crisped when dry, ligulate, obtuse or apiculate; costa strong, ending below apex or excurrent; upper cells hexagonal, densely papillose, basal cells rectangular, smooth. Seta erect; capsule erect, cylindrical; peristome lacking or variable; lid beaked; calyptra large and con- spicuous, campanulate, erose or fringed at base. 1. ENCALYPTA Hedw., Sp. Muse. 60. 1801. A single genus with the characters of the family. 1. ENCALYPTA VULGARIS Hedw., Sp. Muse. 60. 1801. Autoicous; stems 0.5 cm. or more high, tomentose below. Leaves lightly crisped when dry, 2-3 mm. long, oblong-ligulate from a 82 FIELD IANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 slightly broader, yellowish base, broadly acute or obtuse; margins erect or slightly recurved below, papillose-crenulate in blade; costa stout, reddish, ending below apex; upper cells hexagonal, very ob- scure, densely papillose, basal cells rectangular, often with thickened end walls, linear toward margins. Seta 5 mm. or more long, red; capsule furrowed and wrinkled when dry and empty; peristome lacking; calyptra straw colored, covering capsule, ragged at base, scabrous above. (Fig. 37, H-J.) Dept. Huehuetenango : Standley 83090b. Distribution: Western United States; Europe, Asia, Africa. On soil at high altitude. This species is frequent in the mountains of 'Arizona and New Mexico but I know of no other record south of the border. 10. POTTIACEAE Small to moderately robust, densely tufted plants, mostly rupe- strine or terrestrial and partial to calcareous substrata. Stems erect, usually branched. Leaves often crisped when dry; costa strong; upper cells small, usually papillose, often obscure, basal cells rec- tangular, often hyaline. Seta erect, elongate, smooth; capsules erect, subcylindric, symmetrical, smooth; lid beaked; peristome lacking or of 16 erect or spirally twisted teeth from a basal mem- brane, entire or divided into 2 filiform, papillose forks; calyptra cucullate. 1. Costa with dorsal and ventral stereid bands 2 Costa with dorsal stereid band only 19 2. Sporophyte lateral 1. Anoectangium Sporophyte terminal (except Pleurochaete) 3 3. Leaf margin involute 4 Leaf margin plane or revolute 5 4. Peristome lacking 3. Hymenostomum Peristome present 4. Weisia 5. Leaves with a thickened border 21. Morinia Leaf border not thickened 6 6. Hyaline basal cells extending upward along leaf margin 7 Hyaline basal cells not as above 8 7. Leaf margins entire, sporophyte terminal 13. Tortella Leaf margins toothed, sporophyte lateral 14. Pleurochaete 8. Peristome lacking 9 Peristome present 12 BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 83 9. Leaves broadly Ungulate 17. Hyophila Leaves narrower, usually lanceolate 10 10. Lid remaining attached to columella after dehiscence 7. Hymenostylium Lid not persistent, free from columella 11 11. Leaves long and slenderly acuminate 9. Turckheimia Leaves acute or obtuse 5. Gymnostomum 12. Lamina cells in 2 layers 12. Timmiella Lamina cells in one layer 13 13. Peristome teeth spirally twisted 20. Barbula Peristome teeth erect or nearly so 14 14. Leaf base obovate, strongly sheathing 15 Leaf base ovate, not sheathing the stem 16 15. Leaves toothed near apex, short pointed 8. Rhamphidium Leaves entire, slenderly acuminate 11. Pseudosymblepharis 16. Leaves strongly toothed above 16. Leptodontium Leaves entire or nearly so 17 17. Leaf margins revolute 19. Didymodon Leaf margins plane 18 18. Leaves Ungulate, apex rounded 18. Weisiopsis Leaves lanceolate, sharply pointed 10. Trichostomum 19. Costa broad, ventral surface densely filamentose 24. Aloinella Costa narrow, without filaments 20 20. Upper lamina cells and margins bistratose 15. Trichostomopsis Leaf cells in one layer 21 21. Leaf cells smooth 22 Leaf cells papillose 23 22. Peristome lacking, leaves bordered with several rows of paler incrassate cells 2. Merceya Peristome present, leaves unbordered or bordered with elongated cells 22. Streptopogon 23. Leaf apex rounded, peristome very rudimentary 6. Husnotiella Leaf apex pointed, peristome well developed 24 24. Peristome teeth spirally twisted 25. Tortula Peristome teeth not or scarcely twisted 23. Desmatodon 1. ANOECTANGIUM Schwaegr., Suppl. I 1 : 33. 1811. Slender plants in bright green tufts or cushions. Leaves lanceo- late or oblong, crispate when dry; costa subpercurrent; cells small, papillose, more elongate and pellucid below. Setae lateral, elongate, slender; capsule oblong; lid obliquely rostrate; peristome none; calyptra cucullate. 84 FIELD IANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 1. Leaves lanceolate, gradually acuminate 2 Leaves oblong, broadly pointed 3 2. Plants bright or yellowish green above, upper leaf cells obscure, densely papillose 2. A. compactum Plants glaucous green above, upper leaf cells distinct, less papillose 3. A. incur vans 3. Leaves apiculate 1. A. euchloron Leaf apex obtusely rounded 4 4. Lamina cells often in 2 layers 5. A. obtusifolium Lamina cells in one layer 4. A. arizonicum 1. ANOECTANGIUM EUCHLORON (Schwaegr.) Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 176. 1869. Gymnostomum euchloron Schwaegr., Suppl. 2 2 : 83. 1827. Stems about 1 cm. high, radiculose below, branched. Leaves spirally contorted and somewhat crispate when dry, to 1.25 mm. long, narrowly oblong, keeled, obtuse, mucronate; margins plane, papillose-crenulate; costa subpercurrent, scabrous on back above; upper cells about 5 /z, densely papillose, obscure, more pellucid and distinct at base and rectangular toward costa. Setae lateral, to 6 mm. long; capsule ovoid-cylindric, barely 1 mm. long. (Fig. 38, A-D.) Dept. Huehuetenango : Standley 821+3 4. Dept. San Marcos: Standley 68696. Dept. Quezaltenango: Standley 84569, 84597, 85142; Steyermark 33619. Dept. Retalhuleu: Standley 88158. Dept. Sacatepequez : Standley 58637. Dept. Chimal- tenango: Standley 57918, 6163 4, 62050. Dept. Guatemala: Standley 59689. Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark 42459. Dept. Jalapa: Steyermark 32190. Dept. Santa Rosa: Standley 78361. Distribution: Wide in tropical America, Hawaii, Malaysia, Africa. On banks and rocks at moderate altitudes. The broadly pointed, apiculate leaves are distinctive in comparison with the other local species. 2. ANOECTANGIUM COMPACTUM Schwaegr., Suppl. I 1 : 36. 1811. Anoectangium condensatum Schimp., Besch. Prodr. Bryol. Mex. 16. 1871. Compactly tufted plants, bright or yellowish green above, brown below. Stems to 4 cm. or more long. Leaves strongly contorted when dry, 1-1.75 mm. long, linear-lanceolate, keeled, short acumi- nate; margins erect, papillose-crenulate; costa subpercurrent, papil- lose on back above; upper cells 6-8 M, densely papillose, obscure, inner basal cells short rectangular, pellucid, incrassate. Seta about BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 85 10 mm. long; capsule ovoid-cylindric, 1-1.5 mm. long. (Fig. 38, E-G.) Dept. Huehuetenango : Standley 82880. Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 85696, 35823, 35824; Standley 85392. Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 84182, 84751, 85263; Steyermark 34?65a, 34?66a. Dept. Suchitepequez: Steyermark 4683 la. Dept. Sacatepequez: Standley 58931. Dept. Solola: Steyermark 46930. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 61540. Dept. El Progresso: Steyermark 43058, 43339, 43660, 43661. Dept. Jalapa: Steyermark 32438. Distribution: Greenland, northern United States, Mexico, South America, Africa, Asia, New Zealand. On banks and rocks mostly at high altitudes. The distinctions between A. condensatum and A. compactum are so tenuous that I doubt if they can be separated in practice. I agree with The"riot (29, p. 94) that they are conspecific. 3. ANOECTANGIUM INCURVANS (Schimp.) Bartr., Bryol. 49: 111. 1946. Gymnostomum incurvans Schimp. in Besch., Prodr. Bryol. Mex. 15. 1871. Stems 2-3 cm. high, densely reddish tomentose below, dark green and often glaucous above. Leaves strongly incurved when dry, B G FIGURE 38 A-D, Anoectangium euchloron: A, plant, X 1 ; B, leaf, X20; C, apex of leaf, X 134; D, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. E-G, Anoectangium compactum: E, leaf, X20; F, apex of leaf, X134; G, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. H-J, Anoectangium incurvans: H, leaf, X20; I, apex of leaf, X134; J, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. 86 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 2-2.4 mm. long, narrowly linear-lanceolate, acuminate; margins erect, minutely papillose-crenulate; costa percurrent; upper cells distinct, rounded, incrassate, lightly papillose, diameter 8-10 n, inner basals rectangular, smooth, pellucid. Inflorescence lateral (TheYiot 27, pt. 3, p. 8); sporophyte not seen. (Fig. 38, H-J.) Dept. Huehuetenango : Standley 81205 (as Hymenostylium recurvirostrum) . Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark 1*3169. Distribution: Mexico. On rock and bank at moderate altitude. The leaf structure of this species is quite similar to that of Hymenostylium recurvirostrum 'but the plane leaf margins and lateral inflorescence suggest that it may be more aptly included in Anoectangium. 4. ANOECTANGIUM ARIZONICUM Bartr., Moss Fl. No. Amer. I 3 : 192. 1938. Slender plants in dense cushions, bright green above, brown below. Stems to 2.5 cm. long, branched. Leaves crispate when dry, to 1 mm. long, oblong-ligulate, carinate-concave, obtusely rounded, not apiculate; margins erect, papillose-crenulate; costa ending below apex, rough on back; upper cells small, papillose, incrassate, elongate and short rectangular near costa at base. Fruit unknown. (Fig. 39, A-C.) Dept. El Quiche: Sharp 21*91*. Dept. El Progresso: Sharp 5099. Distribution: Arizona, Mexico. Moist boulders and bark of trees at medium to rather high alti- tudes. A wide range extension of a species previously known only from Arizona and northern Mexico. 5. ANOECTANGIUM OBTUSIFOLIUM (Broth. & Par.) Grout, Moss Fl. of No. Amer. I 3 : 150. 1938. Molendoa obtusifolia Broth. & Par., Rev. Bryol. 40: 36. 1913. Forming dense tufts or mats, glaucous green above, brown below. Stems branched, brittle, sparingly radiculose below, to 1.5 cm. high. Leaves incurved when dry, 1.5-2 mm. long, oblong- ligulate, obtuse; margins plane, papillose-crenulate; costa ending below apex; upper cells obscure, papillose, diam. 6-8 n, often in two layers, basal cells short rectangular with firm, pale, pellucid walls. (Fig. 39, D-F.) Dept. Baja Verapaz: Sharp 2805. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 87 Distribution: Arizona, Mexico. On tree at moderately low altitude. As these plants lack fruit the determination remains questionable but the bluntly rounded, plane margined leaves with the lamina cells here and there in two layers suggest this species. 2. MERCEYA Schimp., Syn. Ed. 2. 852. 1876. Rather robust plants with branched stems. Leaves ligulate, obtuse, bordered with 3-8 rows of incrassate, often colored cells; upper leaf cells irregularly rounded, smooth, basal cells rectangular; costa ending below apex, in cross section showing a stereid core with 1 or 2 layers of large, thin walled cells on the ventral surface. Seta terminal, slender; capsule erect, ovoid-cylindric; lid conic- rostrate, peristome none. 1. MERCEYA LIGULATA (Spruce) Schimp., Syn. Ed. 2. 852. 1876. Encalypta? ligulata Spruce, Muse. Pyren. No. 331. 1845; Trans. Bot. Soc. 3 s : 187. 1850. Weisia agoyanensis Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 135. 1869, Weisia cataracta Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 135. 1869. Merceyopsis mexicana Bartr., Journ. Wash. Acad. Sci. 18, no. 21: 577. 1928. B \ FIGURE 39 A-C, Anoectangium arizonicum: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X30; C, apex of leaf, X110. D-F, Anoectangium obtusifolium: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X28; F, part of cross section of leaf, X270. G-H, Tortella tortuosa: G, plant, Xl; H, leaf, XlO. 88 FIELD IANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 Stems 1-5 cm. high, densely tufted. Leaves crowded, contorted when dry, 1.5-5 mm. long, ligulate or oblong-spatulate, rounded, obtuse or acute, often bordered with 38 rows of thick walled, colored cells; costa ending below apex or nearly percurrent; upper cells quadrate or slightly elongate, with firm walls, 10-15 n, more in- crassate and thicker toward margins, basal cells oblong, thin walled ; margins entire, slightly recurved below. Seta yellowish, erect, 2-5 mm. long; capsule ovoid-cylindric, lightly furrowed when dry and empty, urn 1-1.5 mm. long; peristome lacking; lid erect, short conic-rostrate. (Fig. 40, A-E.) Dept. Quezaltenango: Standley 67426, 674.28, 83336, 83385, 83389, 86049, 86053; Steyermark 34663, 34665, 34657, 34977. Dept. Chiquimula: Steyermark 30977. Distribution: Tennessee, Arizona, Mexico, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Europe. On wet banks and rocks at high altitudes. As far as I can see there is but one species in North America extending south to Ecuador. The leaves vary considerably in outline from spatulate and broadly rounded to oblong and acute. The leaf border of incrassate cells is variable, often very prominent and again hardly noticable. 3. HYMENOSTOMUM R. Brown, Trans. Linn. Soc. 12 2 :573. 1819. Small plants with crisped leaves; partial to calcareous habitats. Differing from Weisia only in the lack of a peristome; the mouth of capsule covered with a fugacious membrane developed from the top of the columella. 1. HYMENOSTOMUM JAMESONI (W. Arn.) Broth., E. & P. Nat. Pflanzenf. I 3 : 386. 1902. Gymnostomum Jamesoni W. Arn., in Wern. Transact. 5: 200(7). Small, laxly gregarious plants. Stems 2-3 mm. high. Leaves strongly contorted when dry, erect-spreading when moist, to 2 mm. long, linear-lanceolate from a pale, ovate base, acute, mucronate, entire; margins narrowly involute above base; costa pale, 50-60 n wide below, excurrent in a sharp, pale mucro; upper cells small, opaque, obscure, papillose, basal cells rectangular, pellucid, smooth. Seta 4-5 mm. long, pale yellow; capsule erect, ovoid, urn 1-1.1 mm. long;' peristome lacking; lid conic-rostrate, 0.5 mm. long. (Fig. 40, F-H.) BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 89 Dept. Quezaltenango : Sharp 1947. Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark Distribution: Brazil. On soil at moderate to high altitudes. A critical study of the tropical American species of this genus is essential before they can be named with any certainty. As far as I can see there are no im- portant differences between Sharp's 1947 and plants from Brazil, determined as H. Jamesoni. Steyermark's 42746 is sterile and there- fore questionable, but it may be remarked that the leaves here match very closely the type material of H. mexicanum Card, and also those of H. tortile Bry. Eur. 4. WEISIA Hedw., Sp. Muse. 64. 1801. Stems short, branched. Lower leaves small, upper much longer, crisped when dry, narrowly lanceolate from a broader base; upper margins involute; costa short excurrent; basal cells hyaline, upper cells small, opaque, papillose. Seta elongate; capsule erect; peristome teeth variable, entire or divided. Costa rarely over 50/* wide below 1. W. viridula Costa 70-75 n wide below 2. W. jamaicensis FIGURE 40 A-E, Merceya ligulaia: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X16; C, apex of leaf, X134; D, upper leaf cells and margin, X270; E, capsule, X14. F-H, Hymenostomum Jamesoni: F, plant, Xl; G, leaf, X14; H, capsule, X8. I-L, Weisia viridula: I, leaf, X14; J, apex of leaf, X134; K, capsule, X8; L, part of peristome, X134. 90 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 1. WEISIA VIRIDULA Hedw., Sp. Muse. 68. 1801. Plants bright green or yellowish green in low tufts. Stems to 5 mm. or more high. Upper leaves lanceolate, sharply pointed, 2.5-3 mm. long; margins strongly involute and entire above; costa narrow, excurrent, 35-45 /x wide at base; upper cells 6-7 //, densely papillose, opaque, basal cells rectangular, hyaline, smooth. Seta 3-7 mm. high; capsule oblong-cylindric; peristome teeth variable, short and truncate or lanceolate. (Fig. 40, I-L.) Dept. Jutiapa: Standley 75228a. Distribution : Cosmopolitan but apparently infrequent in Central America. On soil at moderate altitude. 2. WEISIA JAMAICENSIS (Mitt.) Grout, Moss Fl. of No. Amer. 1: 157. 1938. Tortula jamaicensis Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 147. 1869. Trichostomum Purpusi Card., Rev. Bryol. 36: 73. 1909. Trichostomum involvens Card., Rev. Bryol. 40: 34. 1913. Stems to 1 cm. or more high. Leaves 3-4 mm. long, linear from a broader oblong-ovate, hyaline base, sharply pointed; margins strongly involute; costa strong, 75-80 n wide below, excurrent; basal cells rectangular, upper cells small, dense, opaque, papillose. Seta 8-15 mm. long; capsule cylindric, urn 2-2.5 mm. long; peristome teeth divided nearly to base into 32 filiform, papillose forks. (Fig. 41, A-D.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 89664. Dept. Sacatepequez: Standley 58985a. Distribution: Southern United States, Mexico, West Indies. On banks and rocks at moderate altitude. In no. 89664 the leaves are typically narrow and sharply pointed while in no. 58985a they are broader and bluntly pointed, but I believe both collections may safely be referred here. 5. GYMNOSTOMUM Hedw., Sp. Muse. 30. 1801. Dioicous; small, slender plants usually occurring in limestone regions. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, contorted when dry; basal cells rectangular, hyaline, upper cells small, papillose, obscure. Seta elongate; capsule erect, ovoid; peristome lacking; lid not persistent. Stems short, leaves Ungulate, often obtuse 2. G. calcareum Stems elongate, leaves lanceolate, acute 1. G. aeruginosum BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 91 1. GYMNOSTOMUM AERUGINOSUM Sm., Fl. Brit. 3: 1163. 1804. Gymnostomum rupestre Schleich., Cat. 29. 1807. Slender plants in compact cushions, green above, pale brown below, incrusted with a calcareous deposit. Stems about 3 cm. high. Leaves to 1.6 mm. long, narrowly linear-lanceolate, broadly acute; margins plane; costa stout, about 60 p. wide below, ending below apex; upper cells 10-12 n, obscure, densely papillose, rec- tangular and hyaline at base. Seta short; capsules short oblong. (Fig. 41, E-G.) Dept. Huehuetenango : Standley 82781 (sterile). Distribution: Southern Canada to Texas and Arizona, Europe, Asia, China, Japan. On damp, calcareous bank at moderate altitude. Not recorded before from below the United States border. 2. GYMNOSTOMUM CALCAREUM Nees & Hornsch., Bry. Germ. 1: 53. 1823. Stems short, 4-8 mm. high. Leaves less than 1 mm. long, similar to those of G. aeruginosum but often obtusely rounded at apex. FIGURE 41 A-D, Weisia jamaicensis: A, plant, XI; B, leaf, X14; C, apex of leaf, X134; D, capsule, X8. E-G, Gymnostomum aeruginosum: E, plant, Xl; F, leaf, X26; G, apex of leaf, X134. H-L, Gymnostomum calcareum: H, plant, Xl; I and J, leaves, X26; K, apex of leaf, X134; L, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. 92 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 Seta 4-5 mm. long; capsule short ovoid, urn about 0.7 mm. long. (Fig. 41, H-L.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Standley 656^.1, 65661, 6580^. Dept. Sacatepequez : Standley 58936. Dept. Guatemala: Standley 62866. Distribution: Newfoundland to California south to West Virginia and Arizona, Europe, Asia, Africa. On damp banks and cliffs at moderate to rather high altitudes. These collections are typical and several of them well fruited. 6. HUSNOTIELLA Card., Rev. Bryol. 36:71. 1909. Plants small, closely tufted. Stems short, erect. Leaves ovate- lingulate, rounded at apex; margins entire, revolute; costa ending below apex, with stereids on dorsal side only; cells small, papillose, obscure, rectangular and smooth below. S^ta elongate; capsules erect; peristome very rudimentary or none. 1. HUSNOTIELLA REVOLUTA Card., Rev. Bryol. 36: 71. 1909. Stems to 1 cm. high, olive green above, brown below. Leaves strongly contorted when dry, about 1 mm. long, lingulate, rounded at apex; margins revolute except near base; costa strong, ending below apex, wider and spurred above; cells rounded, mammillose, 8-10 n, basal cells short rectangular, hyaline. Seta 6-8 mm. long; capsules erect, subcylindric. (Fig. 42, A-C.) Dept. Jalapa: Steyermark 32156. Distribution: Southwestern United States, Mexico. On shaded bricks of path at moderate altitude. The short, lingulate, rounded leaves with revolute margins and thick, spurred costa are distinctive characters. 7. HYMENOSTYLIUM Brid., Bryol. Univ. 2: 81. 1827. Dioicous; slender, compactly tufted plants, green above, brown below. Stems long, fragile, tomentose. Leaves curved when dry, narrowly lanceolate, acuminate; margin recurved below; costa end- ing below apex; cells rounded, papillose, rectangular below. Seta elongate; capsules ovoid, wide mouthed; peristome lacking; lid remaining attached to columella after dehiscence. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 93 1. HYMENOSTYLIUM RECURVIROSTRUM (Hedw.) Dix., Rev. Bryol. etLich. 6:96. 1933. Gymnostomum recurvirostrum Hedw., Sp. Muse. 33. 1801. Stems to 3-4 cm. long or longer. Leaves crowded, to 2 mm. or more long, keeled; margins recurved on one or both sides below; upper cells distinct, rounded or angular, diam. 8-10 n, papillose, in- crassate, rectangular basal cells few. Seta 8-10 mm. long; capsule erect and slenderly beaked, lid persistent. (Fig. 42, D-F.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Steyermark 44575; Standley 70882a. Dept. Huehue- tenango: Standley 81621, 81672a, 81688; Steyermark SOOOOa, 50146a, 50152, 50282a, 51235. Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 35701, 36888a. Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark 42934. Distribution: Labrador to Alaska south to South Carolina, Cali- fornia and West Indies, wide in Europe, Asia, New Zealand. On calcareous rocks and bluffs at medium to high altitudes. These collections are all sterile and although variable have in com- mon narrowly lanceolate leaves with at least one margin recurved below and distinct upper cells. Some of the forms with longer, crispate leaves are quite similar to Amphidium Mougeotii (Bry. Eur.) but it seems more conservative to include them here until the problem can be clarified by fertile collections. B FIGURE 42 A-C, Husnotiella revoluta: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X26; C, apex of leaf, X120. D-F, Hymenostylium recurvirostrum: D, leaf, X26; E, apex of leaf, X120; F, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. G-K, Rhamphidium dicranoides: G, plant, Xl; H and I, leaves, X26; J, apex of leaf, X120; K, leaf cells and margin near apex, X270. 94 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 8. RHAMPHIDIUM Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 45. 1869. Small, slender plants. Leaves lanceolate from a sheathing base; margins erect; costa ending below apex; basal cells linear, upper cells subquadrate, smooth. Seta elongate; capsule nodding, oblong- cylindric; peristome teeth divided nearly to base into 2 filiform, papillose forks; lid long beaked. r- 1. RHAMPHIDIUM DICRANOIDES (C. M.) Bartr., Bryol. 49: 112. 1946. Leptotrichum dicranoides C. M., Syn. 2: 612. 1851. ITrichostomum hyophilaceum C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 191. 1897. Small, slender, yellowish plants. Stems erect, to 10 or 12 mm. high, reddish. Leaves crispate when dry, spreading when moist, scarcely 1 mm. long, lanceolate from a short, broad, clasping base, concave, obtuse; margins erect, distantly denticulate above middle; costa ending below apex, toothed on back above; upper cells sub- quadrate to slightly elongate, smooth, distinct, diam. about 10 //, basal cells narrowly rectangular. Seta slender, reddish, 1 cm. long; capsule suberect to nodding, urn 1.5-1.8 mm. long. (Fig. 42, G-K.) Dept. Retalhuleu: Standley 87201, 87206. Dept. Suchiate: Svihla 2837, 281t5, 2856. Distribution: Alabama, Louisiana, Mexico, Central America, West Indies, South America. On wet banks at moderate altitudes. These collections differ in no way from Liebman's original gathering from Mexico. There is nothing very distinctive in the description of Trichostomum hyophilaceum C. M. and none of the type material is available. In all probability it will prove to be a synonym of R. dicranoides. 9. TURCKHEIMIA Broth., Ofv. F. Vet- Soc. Forh. 52, no. 7: 2. 1909-1910. Dioicous; very small, pale green plants. Leaves linear-lanceo- late, subulate-acuminate, entire; costa percurrent; upper cells small, rounded, basal cells oblong, hyaline. Seta elongate; capsule erect, cylindric; peristome in our species' none or rudimentary. 1. TURCKHEIMIA GUATEMALENSIS Broth., Ofv. F. Vet.-Soc. Forh. 52, no. 7: 2. 1909-1910. Stems 1-2 mm. high, branched. Leaves few, flexuous-spreading when dry, about 2 mm. long, linear-lanceolate; costa ending in the BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 95 subula; upper cells rounded-hexagonal, 8 M, obscurely mammillose, occasionally in 2 layers at margins above, basal cells lax, oblong, hyaline. Seta 5-8 mm. long, slender; capsule cylindric, urn 0.5-1 mm. long, tapering to seta. Lid and peristome not seen. (Fig. 43, A-D.) West Guatemala: Livingston, H. J. Turckheim 1908. Endemic. This species is described as having no peristome but Mrs. Britton's notes accompanying part of the type collection in the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium indicate that traces of a peristome remain. It is evidently rare and has never been collected again to my knowledge. 10. TRICHOSTOMUM Hedw. emend. Bruch, Flora 2: 393. 1829. Dioicous; small to medium sized, tufted plants. Leaves narrow, crisped when dry; margins plane; costa percurrent or excurrent, with dorsal and ventral stereid bands; upper cells small, papillose, basal cells rectangular, pellucid. Seta elongate, erect; capsule cylindric; peristome teeth 16, erect, papillose, bifid or rudimentary; lid conic-rostrate. 1. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute 1. T. cylindricum Leaves wider, apex obtuse, mucronate 2 2. Stems 1-2 mm. high, leaves less than 1.5 mm. long 3. T. pygmaeum Stems 5-10 mm. high, leaves 3-4 mm. long 2. T. brachydontium 1. TRICHOSTOMUM CYLINDRICUM (Bruch) C. M., Syn. 1: 586. 1849. Weisia cylindrica Bruch, in Brid. Bryol. Univ. 1 : 806. 1826. Plants loosely tufted, yellowish above, brown below. Stems to 2.5 cm. high. Leaves crispate when dry, brittle, linear-lanceolate from an erect, pale base, 3-4 mm. long, acute; margins plane, often sinuate or notched above; costa excurrent in a short, pellucid apiculus; upper cells rounded, papillose, obscure, basal cells rec- tangular. Seta 1-1.5 cm. long, slender, yellowish; capsules cylindric, erect or slightly curved; peristome teeth short, erect, irregular. (Fig. 43, E-G.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 69650a. Dept. San Marcos: Standley 66063; Steyermark 36115a, S6120. Dept. Sacatepequez : Standley 58832. Dept. Chimal- tenango: Standley 58?40a, 60962a. Dept. Guatemala: Standley 58J^85a, 80601. Distribution: Greenland to Manitoba south to North Carolina and Arizona, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Japan. 96 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 I FIGURE 43 A-D, Turckheimia guatemalensis: A, plant, XI; B, leaf, X14; C, X120; D, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. E-G, Trichostomum cylindricum: E, plant, Xl; F, leaf, X14; G, X120. H-J, Trichostomum brachydontium: H, plant, Xl; I, leaf, X14; J, X120. apex of apex of apex of leaf, leaf, leaf, On banks,, rocks and logs at medium to high altitudes. These collections vary considerably but no more so than in the north where the species is proverbially plastic. Some of the collections show the pellucid basal cells extending up the margins as in Tortella but this anomalous feature is neither constant nor well marked. 2. TRICHOSTOMUM BRACHYDONTIUM Bruch, in Flora P. 2: 393. 1829. Rather coarse plants in lax, brownish green tufts. Stems 1-2 cm. high. Leaves crowded, contorted and incurved when dry, 3-4 mm. long, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, short pointed, mucronate by the short excurrent costa, not fragile; upper cells small, dense, very opaque, basal cells rectangular, pellucid. Seta 1-1.2 cm. long; capsule ovoid-cylindric; peristome short or rudimentary. (Fig. 43, H-J.) Dept. Huehuetenango : Standley 81181; Steyermark 50282. Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark ^2205. Dept. Jalapa: Standley 76^8, 77310. Distribution: Mexico, Jamaica, Europe, Asia, Africa, Japan. On damp banks and rocks at moderate altitudes. These collec- tions are without fruit but the vegetative characters are in every way similar to T. brachydontium. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 97 3. TRICHOSTOMUM PYGMAEUM Bartr., Bryol. 49: 112. 1946. Small, dull green, densely tufted plants. Stems very short, 1-2 mm. high. Lower leaves minute, the upper to 1.4 mm. long, crisped when dry; oblong-lanceolate, concave, obtuse, mucronate; margins erect, papillose-crenulate; costa ending in or just below apex, papillose on back above; upper cells densely papillose, obscure, diam. 6-8 M, basal cells rectangular, smooth, pellucid. (Fig. 44, A-C.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: along Rio Icvolay, north and northwest of Finca Cubil- guitz to Quebrada Diabalo, alt. 300-350 m., Steyermark M770, TYPE. Endemic. While lacking any marked characters, this species seems to be clearly different from any of its local associates in the short stems and small, bluntly pointed, concave leaves. 11. PSEUDOSYMBLEPHARIS Broth., E. & P. Pflanzenf. Ed. 2, 10:261. 1924. Plants fairly robust, growing in deep tufts. Stems branched. Leaves strongly curled when dry, lanceolate from an obovate, sheath- ing base, acuminate; margins erect; costa excurrent; basal cells linear, hyaline, upper cells small, papillose. Seta elongate; capsule cylindric; peristome teeth erect, irregularly cleft. 1. PSEUDOSYMBLEPHARIS CIRCINATA (Schimp.) Broth., E. & P. Pflanzenf. Ed. 2, 10: 261. 1924. Syrrhopodon rircinatus Schimp., in Besch., Prodr. Bryol. Mex. 28. 1871. Stems to 3 cm. or more high, yellowish green, brown below. Leaves crowded, the long points widely spreading and circinate when dry, rather brittle, to 10-12 mm. long, narrowly linear-lanceolate from an erect, obovate, strongly clasping base, gradually subulate acuminate; upper margins minutely papillose-crenulate; costa ex- current in a smooth, sharp point; upper cells subquadrate, densely papillose, obscure, basal cells linear, hyaline, becoming incrassate toward shoulders with sinuose lateral walls, long and narrow toward margins and often forming an indistinct border to above leaf shoulders. Fruit unknown. (Fig. 44, D-G.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 71601. Dept. Huehuetenango: Steyermark 48575 (as P. subulata sp. nov.), 1*8928(1, SOltfb. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 58781 c. Dept. Chiquimula: Steyermark 31693. Distribution: Mexico, Costa Rica. 98 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 f B / H FIGURE 44 A-C, Trichostomum pygmaeum: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14; C, apex of leaf, X120. D-G, Pseudosymblepharis circinata: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X6; F, apex of leaf, X120; G, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. H-J, Timmiella anomala: H, plant, Xl; I, leaf, X12; J, apex of leaf, X120. On trees and rocks at moderate altitudes. Distinguished from Trichostomum principally by the obovate, clasping leaf base. The narrow marginal cells of the leaf base and the slender, subulate leaf point have a suggestive parallel in Trichostomum angustatum (Mitt.) Fleisch. of Malaysia. 12. TIMMIELLA (DeNot.) Limpr., Laubm. 1: 590. 1888. Timmiella Sec. of Trichostomum DeNot., Cron. Briol. Ital. 1 : 14. 1886. Plants fairly robust, laxly tufted. Leaves strongly contorted with incurved margins when dry, oblong-lanceolate, toothed above; costa strong; upper cells rounded, in 2 layers except near margins, mammillose on ventral face, basal cells rectangular, hyaline. Seta elongate; capsule cylindric; peristome teeth from a low basal mem- brane, divided into 32 filiform, papillose forks, erect or slightly twisted; lid conic-rostrate. 1. TIMMIELLA ANOMALA (Bry. Eur.) Limp., Laubm. 1: 592. 1888. Barbula anomala Bry. Eur. fasc. 13-15. 1842. Autoicous or synoicous; stems 1 cm. or more high. Upper leaves broadly linear from an ovate base, 4-5 mm. long, concave, BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 99 acute; margins erect or inflexed, serrate toward apex; costa broad below, ending near apeX; basal cells hyaline, upper cells 7-10 n, the dorsal layer smooth. Seta 15-20 mm. long, slender; capsules narrowly cylindric, curved, urn 4 mm. long; lid 1.5 mm. long; peristome teeth about 1 mm. long, slightly twisted. (Fig. 44, H-J.) Dept. Sacatepequez: Standley 65266. Distribution: California, Arizona, Mexico, Europe, Asia. On damp bank at high altitude. The narrowly pointed leaves suggest that this may be the form described as T. subanomala Besch. from Mexico, but I doubt that it is specifically distinct. 13. TORTELLA (C. M.) Limp., Laubm. 1: 599. 1890. Barbula Sec. Tortella C. M., Syn. 1 : 599. 1849. Medium sized plants growing in mats. Stems erect, radiculose. Leaves usually strongly crisped when dry, widely spreading when moist, linear-lanceolate; margins erect or inflexed; costa strong, excurrent, glossy on back when dry; upper cells small, rounded, papillose, basal cells rectangular, hyaline, extending up margins in a more or less distinct border. Seta elongate; capsules erect or nearly so; peristome teeth split to base into 32 filiform, papillose forks, spirally twisted; lid beaked. 1. Hyaline border of broad, rectangular cells extending more than half way up leaf 1. T. Richardsii Hyaline border of narrow cells confined to basal part of leaf 2 2. Leaf apex abruptly rounded and mucronate 2. T. guatemalensis Leaf apex slenderly subulate-acuminate 3 3. Robust plants, stems to 4 cm. or more high 3. T. tortuosa Small plants, stems under 1 cm. high 4. T. mollissima 1. TORTELLA RICHARDSII Bartr., Bryol. 49: 112. 1946. Dull, olive green plants in dense mats. Stems to 2 cm. high, simple or branched, densely foliate, slightly radiculose below. Leaves flexuous-spreading moist and dry, slightly contorted, 4-7 mm. long, rather quickly linear-lanceolate from an ovate base, sharply acute at apex, channelled, bordered to above middle with 3-4 rows of rectangular, hyaline cells; margins erect, minutely papillose-crenulate above; costa brown, stout, short excurrent in a pellucid apiculus; upper cells rounded, obscure, diameter about 6 /z> basal cells rectangular, smooth, pellucid. Fruit unknown. (Fig. 45, A-D.) 100 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 B FIGURE 45 A-D, Tortella Richardsii: A, moist plant, XI; B, leaf, X8; C, one side of leaf about half way up, X120; D, apex of leaf, X120. E-G, Tortella guatemalensis: E, moist plant, Xl; F, leaf, X8; G, apex of leaf, X120. H-J, Tortella mollissima: H, moist plant, Xl; I, leaf, X8; J, apex of leaf, X120. Dept. Alta Verapaz: Vicinity of Cubilguitz, 1^-2 miles south of Cubilguitz, alt. 300-350 m., Steyermark M389, TYPE. Distribution: British Honduras. A very distinct and handsome species which may well prove to be generically distinct when the fruit is known. The rectangular, hyaline border cells average about 15 n wide and up to 60 /j. long and merge gradually with the basal areolation instead of con- tinuing in a distinct marginal band below as in Pleurochaete. I take pleasure in naming this unique plant for Mr. Donald Richards whose labors in packeting and labeling the extensive Guatemalan collections have greatly facilitated the study of the material. 2. TORTELLA GUATEMALENSIS Bartr., Bryol. 49: 113. 1946. Plants with the habit of T. tortuosa (Turn.) Limp. Stems scarcely 5 mm. high, laxly tufted, pale green. Leaves crowded, strongly contorted with circinate points when dry, laxly spreading when moist, to 5.5 mm. long, linear-lanceolate from a scarcely wider base, abruptly rounded and mucronate at apex, channelled above, lamina fragile and often broken; margins plane, lightly undulate BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 101 above, minutely papillose-crenulate; costa very strong below, about 90 M wide, excurrent in a sharp, pellucid mucro; upper leaf cells densely papillose, obscure, diam. 8-10 M, basal cells laxly rectangular, about 15 M wide, extending up margins but much less conspicuously than in T. tortuosa. Sporophyte unknown. (Fig. 45, E-G.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 8987 ^ (as Trichostomum angustinerve Card.). Dept. Huehuetenango : Standley 82556a (as T. tortuosa). Dept. Retalhuleu: Standley 88397 TYPE (as T. tortuosa). Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley. Dept. Guatemala: Standley 80361 (as T. tortuosa). Endemic. On trees and damp banks at moderate altitudes. I thought at first that these plants could be included in T. tortuosa but a more careful comparison shows that this is not practicable. The differences are not marked but consistent. In the Guatemalan plants the leaves are abruptly rounded at the apex, the basal cells are wider and more lax and less conspicuously extended up the margins. 3. TORTELLA TORTUOSA (Hedw.) Limp., Laubm. 1 : 604. 1890. Tortula tortuosa Hedw., Sp. Muse. 124. 1801. Robust brownish plants in dense tufts, yellow at tips, dark brown below. Stems to 4 cm. high, branched. Leaves widely spreading, strongly contorted when dry, to 6 mm. long, gradually linear-lanceo- late from a short, ovate base, entire, subulate-acuminate, points fragile and usually broken off; margins erect, undulate; costa strong, excurrent; basal cells linear, porose, pellucid, extending well up margins to above leaf-shoulders; lamina cells small, obscure, densely papillose. Seta reddish, to 3 cm. long; capsule cylindrical; peristome teeth red, twisted in several turns. (Fig. 39, G-H.) Dept. El Quiche: Sharp 5342. Dept. Huehuetenango: Sharp 4811. Distribution: Northern United States and Canada south to the Gulf of Mexico. On calcareous bluffs and boulders at moderately high altitudes. Although sterile, these collections are thoroughly typical of the species which has not been recorded before in North America south of the Mexican border. 4. TORTELLA MOLLISSIMA Broth., Bryol. 50: 203. 1947. Plants densely tufted forming extensive, low mats, yellowish or brownish green. Stems rarely over 1 cm. high. Leaves crowded, 102 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 strongly curled toward tips when dry, 4-8 or 9 mm. long, narrowly linear from a short, pale, shining, oblong-ovate base, tapering gradually to slender, subulate-acuminate tips; margins erect, not undulate; costa short-excurrent; upper cells minute, obscure, densely papillose, basal cells rectangular, hyaline, thin-walled, extending upward along margins higher than toward costa but not forming a conspicuous border. Seta 13 mm. long, reddish, slender; capsule erect, cylindrical, urn 2 mm. long; peristome not seen. (Fig. 45, H-J.) Dept. Peten: Lundell 2863. Dept. Alta Verapaz: Sharp 29 W, 3002. Dept. Baja Verapaz: Sharp 2696. Dept. Jalapa: Steyermark 32553. Distribution: Mexico, Porto Rico, Jamaica, Trinidad. On boulders at relatively low altitudes. This seems to be a typical Caribbean type extending into the lowlands of Mexico and Guatemala in conformity with the usual distributional picture. The only fertile plant I have seen came from Sharp's 3002, north of Coban, Alta Verapaz, alt. 4,400 ft. The capsule is too old to show the peristome structure but the sporophyte appears to be relatively smaller and more slender than in T. tortuosa. In T. mollissima the shorter stems, very narrow blades rarely over 0.22 mm. wide and not undulate on the edges, coupled with the less conspicuous border of narrow cells extending only a short way up the basal leaf margins, seem to be good diagnostic features as compared with T. tortuosa. 14. PLEUROCHAETE Lindb., de Tort. 253. 1864. Plants laxly erect, in loose tufts. Stems flexuous, branched, not radiculose. Leaves lanceolate from an erect, sheathing base, bordered in lower half; margins toothed above base; costa percurrent; upper cells subquadrate, papillose, median basal cells chlorophyllose, marginal rows rectangular, pellucid, extending up margins in a narrow border. Seta lateral; peristome long, slightly twisted. 1. PLEUROCHAETE LUTEOLA (Besch.) TheY., Smiths. Misc. Coll. 78 2 : 14. 1926. Trichostomum luteolum Besch., Prod. Bryol. Mex. 34. 1871. Robust plants forming deep, lax tufts, yellowish green above, brown below. Stems to 8 cm. long, branched, densely foliate. Leaves erect-spreading with tightly curled points when dry, squarrose- spreading when moist, 4-5 mm. long, linear-lanceolate from an erect, concave, clasping, oblong-ovate base, acuminate, with a dis- BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 103 tinct border of elongate, pellucid cells extending more than half way up the leaf margins; margins erect, undulate, denticulate with irregular teeth to below the leaf shoulders; costa percurrent; inner basal cells linear with firm, pellucid lateral walls, laxly rectan- gular and pellucid in 6 or 7 rows at margins, gradually merging above with the small, subquadrate, densely papillose lamina cells, border near mid-leaf 3-4 rows wide of narrowly rectangular, pellucid cells with slightly porose, pale, incrassate walls, sharply defined from the small, obscure lamina cells. (Fig. 46, A-D.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Sharp 48^8, 4864, 4970, 5361. Distribution: Mexico, Ecuador. On calcareous boulders and soil at moderately high altitudes. Distinguished from P. squarrosa (Brid.) Lindb. by the more robust habit, elongated inner basal cells and the hyaline border extending farther up the margins. No. 4864 in the above series approaches P. squarrosa in the shorter interior basal cells but the hyaline border extends higher up the leaf as in P. luteola. 15. TRICHOSTOMOPSIS Card., Rev. Bryol. 36: 73. 1909. Small, tufted, green plants; stems short. Leaves crowded, crisped when dry, lanceolate, acute; margins lightly reflexed; costa per- FIGURE 46 A-D, Pleurochaete luteola: A, plant, X%; B, leaf, X12; C, upper leaf cells and margin above mid-leaf, X340; D, basal leaf cells, X340. E-G, Leptodontium excelsum: E, leaf, X12; F, cells and margin near mid-leaf, X400; G, basal leaf cells, X400. 104 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 current, with stereid band on dorsal side only; upper cells papillose, often bistratose, basal cells rectangular, hyaline. Seta terminal, elongate; capsules erect; peristome teeth divided nearly to base into 2 filiform, papillose forks, slightly twisted. 1. TRICHOSTOMOPSIS DIAPHANOBASIS (Card.) Grout, Moss Fl. of No. Amer. 1 : 228. 1939. Didymodon diaphanobasis Card., Rev. Bryol. 37: 125. 1910. Plants densely tufted, brownish green above, paler below. Stems about 1 cm. high. Leaves contorted when dry, 1.5-2 mm. long, lanceolate, acute; costa percurrent; upper cells rounded, papillose, 10-12 IJL, bistratose at margins, basal cells lax, rectangular, hyaline. Seta 7-8 mm. long; capsule ovoid-cylindric, urn about 2 mm. long; peristome teeth slightly twisted, about 0.5 mm. long; lid conic- rostrate. (Fig. 47, A-D.) Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 664.89a in part, 66502. Distribution: Arizona, Texas, Mexico. On rocks at high altitude. The lax, thin walled, hyaline cells of the leaf base and the leaf blade broader above may assist in separat- ing this species from Didymodon Godmanianus. 16. LEPTODONTIUM Hampe, Linnaea 20: 70. 1847. Usually dioicous; slender to robust plants in lax tufts or mats. Stems short to very long, mostly laxly foliate. Leaves contorted or crispate when dry, lanceolate or lingulate, usually coarsely toothed above; costa strong, ending in or near apex, with a thick dorsal stereid band and a thinner band on the ventral face; lamina cells rounded, papillose, basal cells rectangular, hyaline. Perichaetial leaves sheathing; seta erect; capsules cylindric; peristome teeth 16, irregularly cleft; lid beaked. 1. Stems slender, often short, leaves less than 2.5 mm. long 2 Stems robust, elongate, leaves over 2.5 mm. long 4 2. Leaves minutely denticulate 1. L. filescens Leaves coarsely serrate 3 3. Leaves oblong-lingulate 3. L. Orcutti Leaves linear-lanceolate 2. L. Valerianum 4. Papillae of leaf cells multifid 5 Papillae of leaf cells simple or forked 6 5. Inner basal leaf cells thin-walled, hyaline 4. L. gracile Inner basal leaf cells firm, pellucid 5. L. subgracile BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 105 6. Leaf base obovate 6. L. acutifolium Leaf base ovate 7 7. Lamina cells dense, basal cells with straight lateral walls 7. L. excelsum Lamina cells incrassate, basal cells with sinuose lateral walls 8 8. Leaves erect-spreading when moist, long and slenderly acuminate 10. L. ulocalyx Leaves squarrose-recurved when moist, short acuminate 9 9. Papillae of leaf cells simple, low 9. L. sulphureum Papillae of leaf cells high, often forked 8. L. exasperatum 1. LEPTODONTIUM FILESCENS (Hampe) Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 50. 1869. Trichostomum filescens Hampe, Linnaea 32: 128. 1863. Plants yellowish green. Stems slender, red, laxly foliate, to 1.5 cm. long. Leaves appressed and slightly contorted when dry, to 1.2 mm. long, oblong-ovate, acute, apiculate, keeled; margins re- curved near mid-leaf, papillose-crenulate, slightly denticulate near apex; costa ending below apex, papillose on back; inner basal cells rectangular, incrassate, upper cells irregularly rounded, densely papillose, obscure. Seta 8-9 mm. long; capsule erect. (Fig. 47, E-I.) Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 67663a. M FIGURE 47 A-D, Trichostomopsis diaphanobasis: A, moist plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14; C, upper leaf cells and margin, X270; D, basal leaf cells, X270. E-I, Leptodontium filescens: E, moist plant, X 1 ; F and G, leaves, X 14; H, apex of leaf, X120; I, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. J-M, Leptodontium Valerianum: J, plant, Xl; K, leaf, X14; L, apex of leaf, X120; M, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. 106 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 Distribution: Mexico to Colombia. On moist bank at high altitude. Rarely collected and usually sterile. The slender stems and small, subentire leaves are distinctive. 2. LEPTODONTIUM VALERIANUM Bartr., Journ. Wash. Acad. Sci. 19: 18. 1929. Slender, yellowish green plants; stems 1 cm. long or longer, densely tomentose below. Leaves incurved and contorted when dry, about 2 mm. long, linear-lanceolate, short acuminate; margins erect, coarsely and irregularly serrate above; costa strong, subpercurrent; upper cells 7-8 y., densely papillose, occasionally in 2 layers near margins, basal cells oblong, pellucid. Sporophyte unknown. (Fig. 47, J-M.) Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 356 96a. Distribution: Costa Rica. On moist, shaded bluffs at high altitude. This species has some anomalous characters but until the sporOphyte is known it may be retained here. 3. LEPTODONTIUM ORCUTTI Bartr., Journ. Wash. Acad. Sci. 21: 289. 1931. Zygodon gracilis var. americana Grout, Moss Fl. No. Amer. 2: 141. 1935. Leptodontium flexifolium var. americanum Grout, Moss Fl. No. Amer. 1: 171. 1938. Slender plants, yellowish green above, brown below. Stems to 4 cm. long but usually shorter. Leaves contorted and incurved when dry, to 2 mm. long, oblong-lingulate, abruptly acute, keeled; margins slightly recurved, irregularly serrate above; costa ending below apex; upper cells rounded, 7-10 n, densely papillose, 4-6 rows at margins often incrassate forming a pellucid border, basal cells rectangular. Seta about 12 mm. long, pale yellow; capsule suberect, cylindric, urn 2 mm. long; peristome teeth divided to base, forks lightly granulose; lid conic-rostrate. (Fig. 48, A-D.) Dept. Huehuetenango : Steyermark 50172. Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 35523. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 62667, 62685, 84512a, 84562. Dept. Que- zaltenango: Standby 67687, 67715b, 67717, 67727a, 67731, 67739, 67759a, 86136, 86137; Steyermark 34164, 34165a. Dept. Solola: Steyermark 47496. Dept. Chimal- tenango: Standley 58745, 60980, 61078. Distribution: North Carolina, Mexico, Costa Rica. On trees, logs, banks and rocks at high altitudes. Until this genus is more critically studied I feel that it is more practical to BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 107 use the less cumbersome name for the North American plants which are obviously closely allied to L. flexifolium (Sm.) Hampe. In our plants the leaves are often conspicuously bordered, the spores average a little larger and there are slight differences in the sporophyte. 4. LEPTODONTIUM GRACILE C. M., Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 23: 474. 1896. Stems 3-4 cm. long, yellowish green at tips, brown below. Leaves crowded, strongly contorted when dry, about 4 mm. long, ovate, short acuminate; margins recurved about half way up, plane and irregularly serrate above; costa ending below apex; inner basal cells rectangular, lax, thin walled, hyaline, shorter and strongly papillose toward margins, changing abruptly above to the rounded upper cells which are strongly papillose with multifid papillae. Sporophyte unknown. (Fig. 48, E-H.) Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 62686, 62687, 8US2, 84U1, WW, 8M6. Distribution: Mexico, Costa Rica, Bolivia. On damp banks at high altitudes. The large area of delicate, hyaline basal cells changing quickly to the small, chlorophyllose cells of the margins and to the similar lamina cells above is a note- worthy feature of this species. H FIGURE 48 A-D, Leptodontium Orcutti: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14; C, apex of leaf, X120; D, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. E-H, Leptodontium gracile: E, plant, Xl; F, leaf, X14; G, upper leaf cells and margin, X270; H, inner basal leaf cells, X270. 108 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 H FIGURE 49 A-D, Leptodontium subgracile: A, plant, XI; B, leaf, X14; C, apex of leaf, X120; D, inner basal leaf cells, X270. E-H, Leptodontium acutifolium: E, plant, XI; F, leaf, X14; G, upper leaf cells and margin, X270; H, inner basal leaf cells, X270. 5. LEPTODONTIUM SUBGRACILE Ren. & Card., Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 31:153. 1892. Leptodontium brachyphyllum Broth. & Ther., Bull. Acad. Int. de Geog. Bot. 40. 1906. Stems slender, flexuous, 3-8 cm. long or longer, yellowish green above. Leaves not crowded, appressed with contorted points when dry, spreading when moist, 2.5-5 mm. long, ovate-lanceolate, short acuminate; margins recurved more than half way up, irregularly serrate above; costa ending just below apex; basal cells linear with firm lateral walls, papillose nearly to insertion, upper cells densely papillose with multifid papillae. Sporophyte unknown. (Fig. 49, A-D.) Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 35789. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 83135. Dept. Quezaltenango : Steyermark 34163a. Dept. Jalapa: Steyermark 322M, 33119. Distribution: Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia. On dry and moist banks and trees at medium to high altitudes. The only noticeable difference between L. subgracile and L. brachy- phyllum is in the length of the stems. Apparently the plants growing in moist habitats have longer stems while those found on dry or rocky banks have shorter stems. As the structural details are identical, I feel that they can safely be combined in one species. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 109 6. LEPTODONTIUM ACUTIFOLIUM Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 51. 1869. Stems slender, to 10 cm. long, yellowish above, brown below. Leaves appressed and contorted when dry, widely spreading with decurved points when moist, 2.5-3 mm. long, lanceolate from an erect, obovate, clasping base, acuminate; margins recurved below, sharply serrate above; costa percurrent; basal cells linear with sinuose, incrassate lateral walls, upper cells 6-9 n, papillose. Seta 1.25 cm. long; capsule ovoid-cylindric; lid short beaked. (Fig. 49, E-H.) Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 35523a, 3552!+. Volcan del Fuego, Godman & Salvin (type). Distribution: Ecuador, Bolivia. On dry ridges in pine woods at high altitudes. Clearly dis- tinguished by the upwardly dilated leaf base, the narrow basal cells and the small, dense, obscure lamina cells. 7. LEPTODONTIUM EXCELSUM (Sull.) E. G. Britt, Bryol. 11: 66. 1908. Syrrhopodon excelsus Sull., Muse. Allegh. 170. 1848. Holomitrium serratum (Schp.) C. M., Syn. 2: 587. 1851. Leptodontium brevisetum Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 50. 1869. Growing in intricate mats or masses, yellowish green at tips. Stems elongate, flexuous, profusely branched. Leaves strongly contorted when dry, widely spreading when moist, often radiculose at tips, about 3 mm. long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, deeply carinate, slightly decurrent; margins recurved below, erect and coarsely spinose-serrate at least half way down; costa short-excurrent; lamina cells small, dense, rounded-quadrate, slightly incrassate, finely papillose, diam. 5-6 /x near mid-leaf, larger toward apex, inner basal cells narrowly rectangular with straight lateral walls, smooth, pellucid, smaller toward margins. (Pig. 46, E-G.) Dept. Quezaltenango : Sharp 231^. Distribution: Southern Alleghenies, Mexico. On tree at rather high altitude. Leptodontium is so broadly represented here that Guatemala may well be considered as the center of distribution for the genus. This is a noteworthy collection extending the range of the species well to the southward. 110 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 FIGURE 50 A-C, Leptodontium exasperatum: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14; C, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. D-F, Leptodontium sulphureum: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X14; F, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. 8. LEPTODONTIUM EXASPERATUM Card., Rev. Bryol. 36: 74. 1909. Plants yellow above, brown below. Stems branched, to 6-8 cm. Ipng. Leaves crowded, contorted when dry, squarrose-recurved when moist, to 4 mm. long, ovate, acuminate; margins broadly re- flexed below, serrate above; costa percurrent, papillose on back; basal cells linear, sinuose, upper cells rounded, distinct, very in- crassate, coarsely papillose with strong, simple or forked papillae about 10-12 fj. high. Sporophyte unknown. (Fig. 50, A-C.) Dept. Huehuetenango : Steyermark 49956. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 6266 1+a (as L. Sulphureum'). Distribution: Mexico. On trees at high altitudes. The more broadly reflexed leaf margins and especially the high, spine-like papillae of the leaf cells seem to be good diagnostic characters as compared with L. sul- phureum. 9. LEPTODONTIUM SULPHUREUM (C. M.) Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 51. 1869. Trichostomum sulphureum C. M., Syn. 2: 626. 1851. Leptodontium helicoides Card., Rev. Bryol. 36: 75. 1909. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 111 Plants pale yellow; stems to 10 cm. long, branched. Leaves contorted when dry, squarrose-recurved when moist, 3-3.5 mm. long, sometimes indistinctly 3 ranked, slightly undulate, ovate-lanceolate, short acuminate; margins recurved below, serrate above; costa sub- percurrent, minutely papillose on back; basal cells linear, incrassate, with sinuose lateral walls, upper cells rounded, incrassate, densely papillose with low, rounded papillae scarcely 3 M high. Perichaetial leaves 7-8 mm. long, sheathing, laxly areolate, cells elongate, lateral walls straight or only slightly sinuose; seta 7 mm. long, pale yellow; capsule ovoid-cylindric, urn 3.5 mm. long; lid 1 mm. long; peristome teeth about 0.1 long, pale, nearly smooth, indistinctly articulate; spores 20-30 M - (Fig. 50, D-F.) Dept. Quiche: Standley 62471, 62539. Dept. Huehuetenango : Standley 62629a, 82720, 83084a; Steyermark 50508. Dept. San Marcos: Standley 68589, 86314 (in prime fruit). Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 84514- Dept. Quezaltenango : Steyer- mark 33942; Standley 67840, 83678 (as L. ulocalyx), 85653. Dept. Chimaltenango : Standley 57827 (as L. ulocalyx). Dept. Guatemala: Standley 80570 (as L. ulocalyx). Dept. Jutiapa: Standley 75933 (as L. ulocalyx), 76423 (as L. ulocalyx). Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark 4231 9a. Dept. Jalapa: Standley 75583, 76849, 77303. Distribution: Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Bolivia. On damp, shaded banks and trees at medium to high altitudes. The pale yellow or yellowish green color, the shorter, broader leaf points and the leaves more decurved when moist will help to separate this species from L. ulocalyx. Occasional collections with more slenderly pointed leaves are puzzling but whether these are hybrids or intermediate forms I do not know. 10. LEPTODONTIUM ULOCALYX (C. M.) Mitt, Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 51. 1869. Trichostomum ulocalyx C. M., Syn. 1: 578. 1849. Trichostomum Sartorii C. M., Linnaea 38: 637. 1874. Leptodontium perannulatum Williams, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 34: 572. 1907. Plants usually more slender than L. sulphureum and with a more decided brownish cast. Leaves slenderly acuminate, less strongly decurved when moist. Perichaetial leaves similar to L. sulphureum but with firmer cells and more thickened, sinuose lateral walls; capsules to 4 mm. long; annulus broad and persistent. (Fig. 51, A-D.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 92603. Dept. Huehuetenango: Standley 81117, 81695, 81698. Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 36094, 36096. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 62729a, 84512, 84535a. Dept. Quezaltenango: Steyermark 34122, 34869b, 34851,34914a; Standley 67660a, 6766Sb, 67675, 67756, 83741. Dept. Sacatepequez : 112 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 Standley 65275. Dept. Chimaltenango : Standley 609J^9b, 618Mb, 61858, 61869, 61870. Dept. Guatemala: Standley 80608, 80732a. Dept. El Progresso: Steyer- mark ^3114. Dept. Jalapa: Steyermark 321*61, 38051*. Distribution: Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela. On banks, trees and rocks at medium to high altitudes. This species and L. sulphur eum are closely allied. The distinctions are relative only and not sharp. I am tempted to keep them separate but am doubtful if the distinctions will hold. An extreme variant is represented by the following variety. LEPTODONTIUM ULOCALYX var. CIRRIFOLIUM (Mitt.) Bartr., comb. nov. Leptodontium cirrifoUum Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 52. 1869. Stems longer, to 15-20 cm. long. Leaves with strongly contorted, crispate points when dry, long and slenderly acuminate. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 62708, 62722a. Dept. Solola: Steyermark -47-455, Distribution: Panama, Ecuador. On banks at high altitudes. The longer stems and the relatively longer more slender, crispate leaf points seem to be the only differ- ences between this form and typical L. ulocalyx. 17. HYOPHILA Brid., Bryol. Univ. 1:760. 1826. Dioicous; small, tufted, green or brownish plants. Stems branched. Leaves crowded, when dry contorted with incurved margins, Ungulate or spatulate, acute or obtuse, entire or weakly toothed above; costa ending in or near apex; upper cells subquadrate, basal cells rectangular. Seta terminal, erect; capsule exserted, erect; peristome lacking; lid beaked. Upper leaf cells distinct, slightly papillose, seta 5-10 mm. long ...... 1. H. tortula Upper leaf cells obscure, densely papillose, seta 2-3 mm. long. . .2. H. microcarpa 1. HYOPHILA TORTULA (Schwaegr.) Hampe, Bot. Zeit. 1846: 267. 1846. Gymnostomum tortula Schwaegr., Suppl. 2 2 : 78. 1827. Pottia riparia Aust., Muse. Appl. 112. 1870. Pottia denticulata C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 190. 1897. Pottia subcrenulata C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 190. 1897. Pottia reflexifolia C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 190. 1897. Stems 2 or 3 cm. high, frequently with clusters of stalked, multi- cellular brood bodies in axils of comal leaves. Leaves oblong, lingu- BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 113 late or spatulate, short pointed, 2-3 mm. long; margins inflexed below, plane above, often with several coarse, distant teeth near apex; costa usually percurrent in a short, concolorous apiculus; upper cells rounded, distinct, 8-12 ju, with firm walls, slightly papil- lose, basal cells rectangular. Seta about 1 cm. long, reddish; capsule cylindric, urn 1.5-2 mm. long; lid 0.5 mm. long; annulus wide. (Fig. 51, E-G.) Dept. Peten: Steyermark 45910, 1+5911; Lundell 2020. Dept. Izabal: Standley 73010; Steyermark 39922. Dept. Alta Verapaz: Steyermark 44762. Dept. Huehue- tenango: Standley 82217, 82902. Dept. Quezaltenango : Steyermark 33929a. Dept. Retalhuleu: Standley 88544. Dept. Sacatepequez: Standley 62234. Dept. Chimal- tenango: Standley 64514. Dept. Chiquimula: Steyermark 31122. Dept. Jalapa: Standley 76802, 76816, 77210. Dept. Santa Rosa: Standley 77966. Distribution: Eastern United States, Arizona, Mexico, West Indies, Central America, Brazil. On damp rocks at low altitudes. A common and variable species in the American tropics where it fruits freely. The synonymy is quite extensive. 2. HYOPHILA MICROCARPA (Schimp.) Broth., E. & P. Pflanzenf. I 3 : 403. 1902. Trichostomum microcarpum Schimp., Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. 6, 3: 198. 1876. FIGURE 51 A-D, Leptodontium ulocalyx: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14; C, inner basal leaf cells, X270; D, leaf of var. cirrifolium, X6. E-G, Hyophila tortula: E, plant, XI; F, leaf, X12; G, apex of leaf, X120. H-J, Hyophila microcarpa: H, plant, Xl; I, leaf, X14; J, capsule, X14. 114 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 Dioicous; stems less than 5 mm. high. Leaves crowded, incurved and contorted when dry, to 2 mm. long, oblong-lanceolate, acute; margins erect or slightly inflexed; costa percurrent; upper cells small, dense, papillose, obscure and opaque, basal cells oblong, smooth, pellucid. Seta 2-3 mm. long; capsules short ovoid to subglobose, urn scarcely 1 mm. long; lid obliquely rostrate, 0.5 mm. long. (Fig. 51, H-J.) Dept. Jutiapa: Standley 75228. Distribution: Guadeloupe, Martinique. On damp bank at moderate altitude. These plants are apparently dioicous. No antheridia were found but the buds seen are all purely archegonial. The leaves are rather more bluntly pointed than in the Martinique plants but the sporophyte characters agree perfectly. 18. WEISIOPSIS Broth., Ofv. Finska Vet.-Soc. Forh. 62, Avd. A, No. 9:7. 1920. Autoicous; small terrestrial plants in extensive colonies. Leaves contorted when dry, long Ungulate, broadly rounded; margins plane; costa ending below apex; lamina cells small, papillose, basal cells rectangular, pellucid, smooth. Seta erect, slender; capsule ovoid- cylindric, erect; peristome teeth linear-subulate, erect, finely papil- lose; lid conic-rostrate. 1. WEISIOPSIS OBLONGA TheY., Rev. Bryol. et Lich. 5: 95. 1932. Stems to 3 mm. high, simple or branched, yellowish green above, paler below, sparsely radiculose. Leaves with incurved, strongly contorted points when dry, erect-spreading when moist, 1.5-1.8 mm. long, oblong-lingulate, broadly rounded or truncate, carinate-con- cave; margins erect, papillose-crenulate; costa pale, ending below apex; upper cells rounded-hexagonal, diam. 10 M, scarcely incrassate, highly convex, smooth, inner basal cells lax, rectangular, thin-walled, pellucid, to 20 n wide, narrower toward margins. Seta very slender, pale yellow, to 6 mm. long; capsule erect, urn 0.6-1 mm. long; peristome teeth slender, red, well spaced, 0.2 mm. long, 15 M wide at base, papillose; lid rostrate, oblique, 0.5 mm. long. (Fig. 52, A-C.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Sharp 4981. Distribution: Mexico. On bank at moderately high altitude. The lingulate, plane- margined, broadly rounded leaves in combination with the relatively long, widely spaced peristome teeth should simplify the recognition BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 115 of this attractive and rare little moss previously known only from the type locality in Mexico. 19. DIDYMODON Hedw., Sp. Muse. 104. 1801. Small to moderately robust, tufted plants; stems branched, radiculose below. Leaves crowded, erect-spreading, lanceolate; margins recurved; costa strong, with dorsal and ventral stereid bands; upper cells small, papillose, elongated and smooth below. Seta elongate; capsules oblong to cylindrical; peristome teeth entire or divided, not twisted; lid conic-rostrate. 1. Capsules curved 2. D. campylocarpus Capsules erect 2 2. Leaves apiculate, usually toothed near apex 1. D. recurvirostris Leaves not apiculate, entire 3 3. Leaf margins erect, basal cells hyaline, delicate 3. D. alticaulis Leaf margins recurved, basal cells with firm walls 4 4. Leaves lanceolate or Ungulate, rounded-obtuse, costa ending below apex 6. D. tophaceus Leaves ovate-lanceolate, costa percurrent or excurrent 5 5. Leaf apex blunt, costa percurrent 5. D. fusco-viridis Leaf apex sharp, costa ending in subula or excurrent 4. D. Godmanianus FIGURE 52 A-C, Weisiopsis oblonga: A, plant, XI; B, leaf, X20; C, part of peristome, X54. D-F, Didymodon fusco-viridis: D, plant, XI; E, leaf, X22; F, apex of leaf, X 120. G-I, Didymodon alticaulis: G, plant, Xl; H, leaf, X12; I, basal leaf cells, X400. 116 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 1. DIDYMODON RECURVIROSTRIS (Hedw.) Jennings, Man. Mosses West. Pa. 97. 1913. Weissia recurvirostra Hedw., Sp. Muse. 71. 1801. Trichostomum aeneum C. M., Syn. 2: 628. 1851. Trichostomum leucodon C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 192. 1897. Synoicous; slender, tufted plants, yellowish green at tips, reddish brown below. Stems to 4-5 cm. high. Leaves crisped when dry, to 3 mm. long, linear-lanceolate from an erect, pale, clasping base, apiculate; margins revolute nearly to apex, strongly to obscurely toothed near the point; costa ending near apex; basal cells narrowly rectangular, hyaline, upper cells small, papillose, obscure. Seta 15-18 mm. long, slender, red; capsule suberect, cylindrical, urn to 3 mm. long; peristome teeth linear, reddish, rarely split; lid about 1 mm. long. (Fig. 53, A-C.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Steyermark 50268a. Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 35732, 36092. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 81>029a. Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 67627a, 67665, 67705a, 84274, 84318, 84340, 86004, 86145; Steyermark 34055, 34092, 34093, 34147, 34249, 34598, 34611, 35151. Dept. Sacatepequez : Standley 65244, 65246a. Volcan de Agua, Godman & Salvin (as D. aeneum). Distribution: Greenland to Alaska south to New Jersey, Iowa, New Mexico and Arizona, Mexico, wide in Europe, Asia, Africa, New Guinea, Tasmania, New Zealand. On soil, rocks and trees in limestone regions at medium to high altitudes. This species may usually be recognized by the rusty- red coloring, the sharply apiculate leaves and toothed apical margins. D. aeneus (C. M.) Besch. has been credited to Guatemala but as far as I can see it is only a robust form of D. recurvirostris. The inflorescence of D. aeneus is monoicous but this alone is hardly a specific character. From the description T. leucodon seems to belong here also. 2. DIDYMODON CAMPYLOCARPUS (C. M.) Broth., E. & P. Pflanzenf. I 3 : 405. 1902. Trichostomum campylocarpum C. M., Syn. 2: 628. 1851. ?Barbula Jamesoni Tayl., Lond. Journ. Bot. 1846: 48. 1846. ?Syrrhopodon Jamesoni Tayl., Lond. Journ. Bot. 1847: 331. 1847. Tortula arcuata Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 163. 1869. Plants similar in appearance and coloring to the smaller forms of D. recurvirostris. Stems about 1 cm. high. Leaves strongly con- torted when dry, 1.5-2 mm. long, broadly linear from a slightly wider base, acute, apiculate; costa ending below apex; margins plane above, BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 117 toothed near apex, recurved on one side below; inner basal cells laxly rectangular, thin walled, hyaline or slightly colored, changing abruptly to the chlorophyllose cells of the basal margins and the small, subquadrate, papillose cells of the blade. Seta slender, red, 12-15 mm. long; capsules short, cylindrical, curved, wide-mouthed, urn 1.5 mm. long; peristome teeth red, from a short basal membrane, irregularly cleft. (Fig. 53, D-G.) Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 67765. Distribution: Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador. On damp bank at rather high altitude. In addition to the shorter, plainly arcuate capsules this species differs from D. recur- virostris in the relatively broader leaf blade with the margins plane above the calymperoid base. I have not seen the type of Barbula Jamesoni Tayl. but if this and Syrrhopodon Jamesoni Tayl. prove to be the same as D. campylocarpus, as I suspect, there is no apparent reason why D. Jamesoni (Tayl.) should not be the acceptable name. 3. DIDYMODON ALTICAULIS Bartr., Bryol. 50: 204. 1947. Relatively robust, bright green plants in dense tufts. Stems to 1.5 cm. high. Leaves crowded, strongly contorted with circinate tips when dry, 3-4 mm. long, linear-lanceolate from a pale, clasping base, blunt at apex; margins erect, entire; costa percurrent; basal cells narrowly rectangular, delicate, hyaline, upper cells very obscure, densely papillose, diameter 10 M, in one layer. Seta slender, flexuous, reddish below, paler above; capsule oblong-cylindrical, urn 2 mm. long; peristome teeth erect, to 0.5 mm. long, irregularly cleft; lid conic-rostrate, 1.5 mm. long. (Fig. 52, G-I.) Dept. El Quiche: Sharpe 5286. Endemic. Boulder in river bed at moderate altitude. Suggestive of Tri- chostomopsis diaphanobasis (Card.) Grout in the delicate, hyaline areolation of the leaf base but widely different in the costal structure with thick stereid bands on both sides of the median guide row and also in the unistratose lamina cells. 4. DIDYMODON GODMANIANUS (C. M.) Bartr., Bryol. 49:113. 1946. Barbula Godmaniana C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 193. 1897. Tortula campylocarpa Mitt, (nee Tayl.), Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 159. 1869. ?Barbula strictidens C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 193. 1897. 118 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 K FIGURE 53 A-C, Didymodon recur virostris: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14; C, apex of leaf, X120. D-G, Didymodon campylocarpus: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X14; F, apex of leaf, X120; G, capsule, X8. H-K, Didymodon Godmanianus: H, plant, Xl; I, leaf, X14; J, apex of leaf, X120; K, capsule, X8. Small, pale, slender plants; stems 5-6 mm. high. Leaves crispate when dry, about 2 mm. long, linear-lanceolate from a broader, ovate base, acuminate; margins entire, recurved below; costa ending in the fleshy, subulate point or excurrent; cells distinct, rounded, in- crassate, papillose, 8-10 /z, more elongate near costa at base. Seta 6-8 mm. long, reddish; capsule erect, urn cylindric, narrowed at mouth, 1-2 mm. long; peristome teeth erect, deeply divided, about 0.3 mm. long; lid 1 mm. long. (Fig. 53, H-K.) Volcan de Fuego, Godman & Salvin. Dept. Sacatepequez: Standley 58531 in part (as Trichostomopsis diaphanobasis) . Endemic. On old bricks at moderate altitude. Standley's 58531 differs in no way from the type collection. The peristome teeth are erect and the species should therefore be included in Didymodon, I have not seen the specimens from Ecuador which Mitten cites under T. campylocarpa Tayl. but have examined a part of the Godman & Salvin collection upon which Miiller bases his species. It is possible that B. strictidens belongs here but no material is available for comparison. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 119 5. DIDYMODON FUSCO-VIRIDIS Card., Rev. Bryol. 36: 83. 1909. Small, densely tufted, dark olive green plants. Stems 5-8 mm. high, densely foliate. Leaves erect and slightly contorted when dry, widely spreading when moist, 1-1.5 mm. long, ovate-lanceolate, blunt at apex, carinate-concave; margins entire, narrowly recurved near mid-leaf; costa strong, percurrent; leaf cells chlorophyllose, the upper small, rounded, faintly papillose, basal cells short-rectangular with firm, pale walls. Seta red, 8 mm. long; capsule ovoid-cylindric, dark brown; lid conic-rostrate, 0.6 mm. long; peristome teeth pale brown, erect, 0.3 mm. long. (Fig. 52, D-F.) Dept. Solola: Svihla 2888. Distribution: Mexico. On rock at moderate altitude. The shorter, bluntish leaf points will hardly fail to separate this species from D. Godmanianus (C. M.). Here as in the type collection from Mexico spherical, brown, axillary propagula are often abundant. 6. DIDYMODON TOPHACEUS (Brid.) Jur., Laubm. 100. 1882. Trichostomum tophaceum Brid., Method. Muse. 84. 1822. Dioicous; plants in dense, dull, olive green tufts, brown below. Stems to 3 cm. or more long. Leaves incurved when dry, ovate- lanceolate or lingulate, apex obtuse or rounded, entire; margins revolute below; costa strong, ending below apex; upper cells distinct, rounded, incrassate, slightly papillose, rectangular below. Seta 8-12 mm. long, red; capsules cylindric, glossy; peristome teeth ir- regularly divided, variable; lid conic-rostrate. (Fig. 54, A-D.) Dept. Huehuetenango : Standley 656 40, 81586 (as Gyroweisia obtusifolia), 82407 (as Gyroweisia obtusifolia). Dept. Quezaltenango : Steyermark 8^985 (as Gyroweisia obtusifolia). Dept. Sacatepequez: Standley 58979 in part (as Gyroweisia obtusifolia). Distribution: New York to British Columbia south to Tennessee and Arizona, Mexico, Bolivia, Europe, Asia, Africa. On damp banks in limestone regions at moderate altitudes. A variable species but usually easily recognized by the rounded or bluntly pointed leaves with the costa ending below the apex. Dr. Andrews has a significant note on this species in The Bryologist, 44, p. 105. 1941. 20. BARBULA Hedw., Sp. Muse. 115. 1801. Dioicous; small or medium sized, tufted plants partial to cal- careous soil or rocks, yellowish or brownish green. Stems erect. 120 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 Leaves lanceolate, usually contorted when dry; margins entire, mostly revolute; costa strong, percurrent or excurrent with dorsal and ventral stereid bands; upper cells small, usually papillose and obscure, basal cells more elongate and smooth. Seta elongate, erect; capsules cylindric; peristome teeth divided to base into 32 filiform, reddish forks, spirally twisted; lid long beaked; calyptra cucullate; spores small. 1. Upper leaf cells subquadrate, smooth, pellucid 2 Upper leaf cells rounded or angular, mostly papillose 4 2. Leaves widest near middle, mucronate 13. B. agraria Leaves widest at base, apex rounded or obtuse 3 3. Leaves narrowed from a wider base to a slender subulate point 1. B. subulifolia Leaves gradually narrowed from a slightly wider base to a broadly ligulate point 2. B. stillicidiorum 4. Leaves lanceolate, tapering to an acute apex (except B. brunneola) 5 Leaves oblong or lingulate, apex obtuse, usually mucronate 11 5. Costa long excurrent 6 Costa percurrent or nearly so 7 6. Leaves abruptly contracted to the subula, margins erect. .3. B. icmadophila Leaves gradually tapering, margins revolute 4. B. Bescherellei 7. Leaves 4-6 mm. long, spirally contorted when dry, cells smooth 5. B. crassicostata Leaves 2.5 mm. or less long, slightly curved when dry, cells papillose 8 8. Cells of ventral face of costa linear, distinct from lamina cells 9 Cells of ventral face of costa similar to lamina cells 10 9. Leaves squarrose when moist, acuminate, costa percurrent 8. B. reflexa Leaves erect-spreading when moist, rounded, costa ending below apex 9. B. brunneola 10. Leaves erect-imbricated when dry, margins slightly recurved below 6. B. teretiuscula Leaves curved with spreading points when dry, margins revolute to above middle 7. B. vinealis 11. Perichaetial leaves convolute 12 Perichaetial leaves not convolute 13 12. Stems 1-3 cm. high, perichaetial leaves acute 10. B. Pringlei Stems under 1 cm. high, perichaetial leaves blunt 11. B. hypselostegia 13. Leaves rounded, costa ending below apex 12. B. linguaefolia Leaves mucronate, costa percurrent or excurrent 14 14. Leaf margin plane in upper half, recurved below 14. B. Cruegeri Leaf margin strongly recurved from base nearly or quite to apex 15 15. Leaf margins spirally revolute to apex, basal cells smooth 15. B. spiralis Leaf margins recurved to just below apex, cells papillose nearly to insertion 16. B. orizabensis BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 121 1. BARBULA SUBULIFOLIA Sull., Proc. Am. Acad. 1861: 277. 1861. Plants densely tufted, pale or olive green above, brown below. Stems red, to 2 cm. long, slender. Leaves contorted when dry, 1.5-2 mm. long, subulate-lanceolate from a broader base, bluntly pointed; margins recurved below, denticulate at extreme apex; costa ending in or just below apex; upper cells irregularly quadrate, 6-10 M, pellucid, smooth, basal cells rectangular. Seta red, 12-18 mm. long; capsule cylindric; peristome teeth red, spirally twisted in several turns, about as long as urn; lid long beaked, about as long as urn. (Fig. 54, E-H.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Steyermark 50791. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 808W, 80842. Distribution: Costa Rica, West Indies, Ecuador. On wet banks and damp rocks at moderately high altitudes. A variable species with respect to the shape of the leaves and the form of the apex but readily distinguished by the smooth, quadrate, dis- tinct upper leaf cells and the long, tightly twisted peristome. 2. BARBULA STILLICIDIORUM Card., Rev. Bryol. 37: 126. 1910. Plants similar to B. subulifolia in habit, coloring and structural details. Leaves broadly ligulate from a scarcely wider base, obtusely rounded and crenulate at apex. (Fig. 54, I-K.) B FIGURE 54 A-D, Didymodon tophaceus: A, plant, Xl; B and C, leaves, X14; D, apex of leaf, X120. E-H, Barbula subulifolia: E, plant, Xl; F, leaf, X14; G, upper leaf cells and margin, X270; H, capsule, X8. I-K, Barbula stillicidiorum: I and J, leaves, X14; K, apex of leaf, X120. 122 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 Dept. Izabal: Steyermark 38628, 398^9. Dept. Alta Verapaz: Steyermark ^6317; Standley 92003. Dept. Retalhuleu: Steyermark 34569. Dept. Solola: Standley 62769. Dept. Chimaltenango : Standley 64483, 64494, 80844, 8087 It, 80943. Dept. Chiquimula: Steyermark 30661. Dept. Jalapa: Steyermark 32235, 32276, 32915, 32917, 32920; Standley 76945. Distribution: Mexico, Porto Rico. On wet banks and damp rocks at low to medium altitudes. Al- though distinct in the extreme this species is closely allied to B. subuli- folia and may eventually have to be reduced to synonymy. 3. BARBULA ICMADOPHILA Schimp., Bry. Eur. fasc. 43. Suppl. II. 1850. Slender, brownish plants in lax tufts; stems 1-1.5 cm. long. Leaves appressed with spreading points when dry, not contorted, 1-1.5 mm. long, abruptly linear-subulate from an ovate base; margins erect, entire; costa long excurrent; cells rounded, incrassate, nearly smooth, slightly elongate near costa at base. Sporophyte not seen. (Fig. 55, E-G.) Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 35816. Distribution: Canada, Montana, Europe, Asia. On tree trunks at high altitude. The habitat is a peculiar one for this species and it is far out of its known range, but a careful comparison. with authentic material leaves little doubt that it belongs here. 4. BARBULA BESCHERELLEI Sauerb. in Jaeg., Adumb. 2: 673. 1878. Plants green or often tinged with brown, laxly tufted. Stems slender, 1-4 cm. long. Leaves slightly contorted when dry, ap- pressed or flexuous-spreading, 1.5-2 mm. long, ovate-lanceolate, subulate-acuminate; margins revolute; costa long excurrent; cells rounded, incrassate, lightly papillose, 7-9 n, slightly larger and oblong near costa at base. Seta red, 1-2 cm. long; capsule cylindric; peristome teeth spirally twisted; lid long beaked. (Fig. 55, A-D.) . Dept. Huehuetenango : Steyermark 50152a, 50456 (as B. vinealis), 82106. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 83127 (as B. teretiuscula). Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 67599, 83378, 83399, 85802, 85975. Dept. Sacatepequez: Standley 59017, 65211. Dept. Baja Verapaz: Standley 69735. Volcan de Fuego, Godman & Salvin. Dept. Santa Rosa: Bernoulli 657. Distribution: Arizona, New Mexico, Mexico, Costa Rica. On shaded banks and bases of trees mostly at high altitudes. Mitten's description of Barbula rectifolia Tayl. does not apply to BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 123 the collections of Godman & Salvin cited under this heading which show the leaves with a long, excurrent costa and structurally different in no important details that I can see from B. Bescherellei. 5. BARBULA CRASSICOSTATA Bartr., Bryol. 49: 114. 1946. Robust plants in deep tufts, dull yellowish green above, brown below. Stems 3-4 cm. high, sparingly radiculose below. Leaves spreading, strongly contorted with circinate points when dry, widely spreading when moist and somewhat falcate-secund at the tips, 5-6 mm. long, lamina fragile, gradually linear-lanceolate from a short, triangular-ovate base; margins entire, recurved below, erect above; costa stout, brown, 150 n wide below, percurrent or excurrent in a short, fleshy point; leaf cells smooth and incrassate, short and sub- quadrate below, irregularly rounded above, diameter about 10 M- Fruit unknown. (Fig. 55, H-K.) Dept. San Marcos: Along road between San Sebastian at km. 21 and km. 8, 8-18 miles northwest of San Marcos, alt. 2,700-3,800 m., Steyermark 35695 TYPE, S5715. Endemic. Suggestive of Pseudosymblepharis circinata in general appearance but widely different in the shape and structure of the leaves. The FIGURE 55 A-D, Barbula Bescherellei: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14; C, apex of leaf, X120; D, capsule, X8. E-G, Barbula icmadophila: E, plant, Xl; F, leaf, X14; G, apex of leaf, X120. H-K, Barbula crassicostata: H, plant, Xl; I, leaf, X12; J, upper leaf cells and margin, X270; K, basal leaf cells, X270. 124 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 short basal areolation and recurved margins ^re indicative of Barbula but without fruit one can only guess^at its generic position. 6. BARBULA TERETIUSCULA Schimp., in C. M., Syn. 1: 614. 1849. Plants slender, laxly tufted, brownish; stems branched, sub terete. Leaves rigidly erect, appressed, not contorted, 1-1.5 mm. long, ovate- lanceolate, acuminate; margins slightly recurved below; costa per- current; upper cells rounded, 8-10 n, papillose, oblong and pellucid near costa at base. Seta red, 6-8 mm. long; capsule ovoid-cylindric, urn 1.5 mm. long; peristome teeth reddish, twisted; lid conic-rostrate, , 0.5 mm. long. (Fig. 57, A-D.) \ Dept. Sacatepequez: Standley 65262a. Distribution: Mexico. At high altitude. The erect, closely imbricated leaves give the stems a characteristic look as compared with the other local species but apart from this the species has no particularly distinctive features. 7. BARBULA VINEALIS Brid., Bryol. Univ. 1 : 830. 1826. Plants tinged with reddish brown, tufted; stems 1-3 cm. long. Leaves appressed and lightly twisted with spreading points when dry, about 2 mm. long, narrowly lanceolate from an ovate base, acuminate; costa stout, percurrent; margins recurved to above middle; upper cells small, dense and incrassate, larger and short rectangular below. Seta red, 10-12 mm. long; capsule cylindric, urn 2 mm. long; peristome teeth laxly twisted; lid conic-rostrate, to 0.7 mm. long. (Fig. 57, E-H.) Dept. Huehuetenango : Standley 81892 (c. fr.). Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 85251. Dept. Jalapa: Steyermark 32815? Distribution: Alaska to Mexico, east to Idaho and Montana, Europe, Asia, Africa. On rocks at high altitudes. These are the first records of B. vinealis in Central America. The species is notoriously variable but the Guatemalan plants deviate in no essential way from the specific concept. 8. BARBULA REFLEXA (Brid.) Brid., Method. Muse. 93. 1822. Tortula reflexa Brid., Muse. Recent Suppl. 1 : 255. 1806. Slender, reddish-brown plants in dense, depressed tufts. Stems 2.5-3 cm. long, branched, decumbent, julaceous when dry. Leaves BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 125 crowded, imbricated when dry, squarrose-spreading when moist, 1.5 mm. long, ovate-lanceolate, short acuminate, strongly keeled, slightly decurrent; margins recurved to above mid-leaf; costa per- current, showing linear cells on the ventral face in contrast to the small, papillose lamina cells, basal cells short, oval, incrassate, with pellucid walls, elongate only near insertion. Sporophyte rare, as in B. fallax Hedw. (Fig. 56, A-B.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Sharp 9 %0, 5020. Distribution: Northern United States and Canada south to Virginia, New Mexico and Colorado. On calcareous bluffs and outcrops at high altitudes. These collections seem to be thoroughly typical of the species as it occurs in temperate regions and extend the known range appreciably to the southward. 9. BARBULA BRUNNEOLA C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 196. 1897. Very dark, rich brown plants, densely tufted but easily separated. Stems erect, to 1.5 cm. high, brittle, usually branched. Leaves appressed and imbricated when dry, spreading when moist, 1.5-2 mm. long, linear-lanceolate from an ovate base, bluntly rounded at the apex; margins recurved to above mid-leaf; costa strong, dark- brown, ending below apex; basal cells short rectangular with incras- FIGURE 56 A-B, Barbula reflexa: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X32. C-G, Barbula brunneola: C, plant, Xl; D, leaf, X28; E, apex of leaf, X68; F, basal leaf cells, X400; G, capsule, X12. 126 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 D H FIGURE 57 A-D, Barbula teretiuscula: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14; C, apex of leaf, X120; D, capsule, X8. E-H, Barbula vinealis: E, plant, Xl; F, leaf, X14; G, apex of leaf, X120; H, capsule, X8. I-L, Barbula agraria: I, plant, Xl; J, leaf, X14; K, apex of leaf, X120; L, capsule, X8. sate, brownish walls, smooth, upper cells small, rounded, papillose. Perichaetial leaves erect, acuminate; seta dark brown, 6-7 mm. long; capsule cylindrical, urn 2 mm. long, dark brown; peristome 0.45 mm. high, teeth pale brown, twisted in about one turn; lid conic-rostrate, 1 mm. long. (Fig. 56, C-G.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Sharp 4.966. Endemic. On limestone boulders at high altitudes. No authentic material of this species is available for comparison, but as the above collection agrees perfectly with the original description and is likewise sharply distinct from any of the other local species, I feel reasonably confident in referring it here. The costa shows linear cells on the ventral face as in B. reflexa and 5. fallax so the species is evidently closely allied to this group. 10. BARBULA PRINGLEI Card., Rev. Bryol. 36: 85. 1909. Plants to 3 cm. high, in dense tufts, yellowish green above, brown below. Stems branched, the sterile shoots often with axillary bulbils. Leaves contorted with incurved points when dry, 1.5 mm. long, 0.5 mm. wide, lingulate from an ovate base, obtuse, apiculate; BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 127 margins plane; costa very stout, brownish, excurrent in a minute apiculus; basal cells short, subquadrate, with pellucid, incrassate walls, slightly elongate near costa at extreme base, upper cells minute, opaque, obscure, papillose. Perichaetial leaves erect, convolute, acute; seta slender, 15 mm. long, reddish; peristome teeth 1 mm. long, twisted in several turns. (Fig. 58, A-D.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Sharp 4814, 4915. Distribution: Mexico. On limestone bluff and outcrops at moderately high altitudes. 11. BARBULA HYPSELOSTEGIA Card., Rev. Bryol. 36: 84. 1909. Small, densely tufted plants similar to B. Pringlei but with shorter stems, rarely over 5-6 mm. high. Perichaetial leaves bluntly pointed. Dept. Huehuetenango: Sharp 4984. Distribution: Mexico. On calcareous soil at moderately high altitude. In structural details these plants resemble B. Pringlei too closely for comfort. The sterile stems show the same ovoid, axillary bulbils, the leaves are relatively shorter and more broadly pointed, but the distinctions are far from sharp and the degree to which the perichaetial leaves are pointed varies considerably. On the whole I doubt if they can be maintained as separate species. i 12. BARBULA LINGUAEFOLIA Bartr., Bryol. 50: 204. 1947. Laxly tufted, reddish brown plants. Stems erect, to 1 cm. high, laxly foliate. Leaves spreading, not contorted when dry, 1.5-2 mm. long, 0.5 mm. wide, lingulate, rounded-obtuse; margins recurved to above mid-leaf, plane and papillose-crenulate above; costa ending below apex; basal cells rectangular, thin- walled, smooth, upper cells rounded-quadrate, not incrassate, papillose. Seta slender, reddish, 10-12 mm. high; capsules curved when dry, erect when moist, narrowly cylindrical, urn 2 mm. long; lid 1 mm. long, subulate- rostrate; peristome teeth reddish, twisted in several turns. (Fig. 58, E-I.) Dept. Suchiate: Strihla 2879a. Endemic. A unique and distinctive species comparable to no other North American Barbula that I am familiar with. The perfectly lingulate leaves with the costa ending below the broadly rounded apex are 128 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 D FIGURE 58 A-D, Barbula Pringlei: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14; C, apex of leaf, X68; D, perichaetial leaf, X14. E-I, Barbula linguaefolia: E, plant, Xl; F, leaf, X14; G, upper leaf cells and margin, X400; H, basal leaf cells, X270; I, capsule, X14. suggestive of Tortula but the costa in cross section shows both dorsal and ventral stereid bands. 13. BARBULA AGRARIA Hedw., Sp. Muse. 116. 1801. ?Barbula subagraria C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 195. 1897. Small, gregarious, almost stemless plants. Leaves crowded in a terminal rosette, slightly contorted when dry, ovate-lanceolate, widest near middle, acute, concave, about 2 mm. long; margins erect; costa ending in the mucronate point; upper cells subquadrate, mammillose on ventral face, basal cells oblong, pellucid. Seta reddish, about 1 cm. long; capsule cylindric; peristome teeth long, twisted; lid long rostrate. (Fig. 57, I-L.) Mazatenango: Bernoulli 127 in part (as B. subagraria C. M.). Distribution: Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Mexico, West Indies. On calcareous soil and rocks. I have seen no material of this well- known species from Guatemala but Muller's description of B. sub- agraria leaves little doubt that it belongs here. 14. BARBULA CRUEGERI Sond. in C. M., Syn. 1 : 618. 1849. Plants small, yellowish; stems red, less than 1 cm. long, rarely longer, usually with obovate, stalked propagula in the leaf axils. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 129 Leaves contorted when dry, 1.5-2 mm. long, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, mucronate; costa percurrent; margins narrowly recurved below, plane above; upper cells small, opaque, densely papillose, basal cells rectangular, incrassate, pellucid. Seta red; capsule oblong-cylindric; lid long beaked; peristome teeth red, closely twisted. (Fig. 59, A-D.) Dept. Peten: Bartlett 125^8. Dept. Jalapa: Steyermark 32950. Distribution: New Jersey to Texas, Mexico, Costa Rica, West Indies, northern South America. On damp banks at moderate altitudes. This species is apparently less common through Mexico and Central America than in the West Indies where it is widely distributed. 15. BARBULA SPIRALIS Schimp. in C. M., Syn. 1 : 622. 1849. Barbula perlinealis C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 195. 1897. Medium sized plants, laxly tufted, dull yellowish green; stems to 2 or 3 cm. long, branched. Leaves spirally contorted when dry, 1.5-2.5 mm. long, oblong-lanceolate from a broader, pale base, obtuse, mucronate; margins strongly recoiled from near base to apex; costa very strong, broader above, excurrent in a short, pale mucro, FIGURE 59 A-D, Barbula Crugeri: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14; C, apex of leaf, X120; D, propagula, X120. E-G, Barbula spiralis: E, plant, Xl; F, leaf, X14; G, apex of leaf, X120. H-K, Barbula orizabensis: H, plant, Xl; I, leaf, X14; J, apex of leaf, X120; K, basal leaf cells, X270. 130 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 papillose on back; upper cells small, densely papillose, very obscure, basal cells linear, smooth, pellucid toward costa, shorter and chloro- phyllose toward margins. Seta reddish, 12-15 mm. long; capsule narrowly ovoid-cylindric, urn about 3 mm. long; peristome teeth tightly twisted; lid conic-rostrate, 1-1.5 mm. long. (Fig. 59, E-G.) Dept. Totonicapan: Standky 83157. Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 664.17, 66490, 66494, 66497a, 83888. Dept. Zacapa: Standley 74401. Dept. Chiquimula: Steyermark 30662. Dept. Jalapa: Steyermark 32816a; Standley 76707, 76777. Distribution: Arizona, New Mexico, west Texas, Mexico. Dry, shaded banks and rocks at medium to high altitudes. The broadly revolute leaf margins extending from the apex nearly to the base and the large area of elongated, pellucid basal cells make this species easy of recognition. 16. BARBULA ORIZABENSIS C. M., Linnaea 40: 638. 1876. Plants similar in size and appearance to B. spiralis. Leaves lanceolate from an ovate base, obtuse, mucronate; margins recurved from just above base nearly to apex, plane for a short distance below point; cbsta strong but not broader above, short excurrent; upper cells dense and opaque, basal cells rectangular, papillose almost to insertion. Small, globose, multicellular propagula are frequent if not constant in the upper leaf axils. Sporophyte not seen. (Fig. 59, H-K.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Standley 81224, 82428a, 82591, 82780, 82904, 83029a. Dept. Guatemala: Standley 62865. Distribution: Mexico. On damp, shaded banks at moderately high altitudes. The distinctions between this species and B. spiralis are narrow but decisive. The papillose basal leaf cells and recurved but not revolute margins becoming flat just below the apex are constant characters. EXCLUDED SPECIES The following species are not available for comparison and can- not be accurately placed from the descriptions. Barbula pellata Schimp., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 192. 1897. Barbula lagunicola C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 194. 1897. Barbula suberythropoda C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 194. 1897. Barbula lonchostega C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 195. 1897. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 131 21. MORINIA Card., Rev. Bryol. 37: 124. 1910. Rather robust, tufted plants, resembling Tortula. Leaves erect and slightly contorted when dry, squarrose-recurved when moist, lanceolate, acute, carinate; margins revolute, thickened above, denticulate toward apex; costa strong, with stereid bands on both sides of the median guide row; upper cells small, densely papillose, basal cells rectangular, hyaline. Seta elongate; capsules cylindric; peristome teeth from a low basal membrane, divided to base, forks spirally twisted. 1. MORINIA EHRENBERGIANA (C. M.) The'r., Smiths. Misc. Coll. 85 4 :22. 1931. Barbula Ehrenbergiana C. M., Syn. 1 : 636. 1849. Barbula trichostomoides Besch., Prodr. Bryol. Mex. 38. 1871. Morinia trichostomoides (Besch.) Card., Rev. Bryol. 37: 124. 1910. Dioicous; plants brown; stems to 3 or 4 cm. high. Leaves crowded, about 3 mm. long, strongly keeled, with a thickened border; margins revolute more than % up, irregularly denticulate for some distance below apex; costa brown, percurrent or short excurrent, smooth on back; upper cells rounded, about 8 n, very obscure, 2-3 stratose in several rows at margins forming a distinct, thickened border, basal cells narrowly rectangular, thin walled, hyaline. Seta 8-10 mm. long, thick, reddish ; capsules erect or slightly curved, urn 4 mm. long; lid conic-rostrate, 1.5 mm. long; peristome teeth reddish, tightly spiraled. (Fig. 60, A-D.) Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 3556 J^b, 85900. Dept. Quezaltenango: Standley 6 7601 a. Distribution: Mexico. On trees at high altitudes. The costal structure and the leaves with a thickened border, toothed toward apex, are distinctive characters in comparison with Tortula. Previously known only from Mexico. 22. STREPTOPOGON Wils. mss.; Mitt, in Lond. Journ. Bot. 51. 1869. Medium sized, corticolous plants tinged with brown, in lax tufts; stems branched, laxly foliate. Leaves contorted when dry, often bordered; margins recurved below, entire or toothed; costa with a dorsal stereid band only, ending near apex or long excurrent; cells 132 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 lax, smooth and rectangular below, oval-hexagonal above. Seta short; capsules oblong-cylindric, exserted; peristome teeth from a low basal membrane, divided to base into 32 spirally twisted forks; lid long conic; calyptra conical, barely covering lid, scabrous with short, bristly hairs. 1. Leaves obtusely rounded, cucullate 3. S. cavifolius Leaves acuminate 2 2. Leaves lanceolate, bordered 1. S. erythrodontus Leaves oblong, unbordered 2. S. rigidus 1. STREPTOPOGON ERYTHRODONTUS (Tayl.) Wils., in Lond. Journ. Bot. 51. 1851. Barbula erythrodonta Tayl., Lond. Journ. Bot. 50. 1846. Autoicous; stems to 3 cm. long. Leaves flexuous-spreading and spirally contorted when dry, 5-6 mm. long, lanceolate from an oblong, clasping base; margins recurved below, denticulate toward apex; costa excurrent in a denticulate arista; upper cells oval-hexagonal, to 50 M long, more elongate below, basal cells narrowly rectangular; bordered all around with a narrow yellowish band of elongated cells clearly differentiated from the cells within. Seta 2-3 mm. long; capsule pale brown, urn 2-2.5 mm. long; lid rostrate, 1.5 mm. long; calyptra mitriform, hispid; peristome teeth red, twisted in several turns. (Fig. 60, E-G.) Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 66350a. Distribution: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Hawaii, Mada- gascar, Africa. On tree at high altitude. This is the first North American record for this interesting and attractive species. 2. STREPTOPOGON RIGIDUS Mitt., Bryol. 50: 205. 1947. Dioicous; plants brownish green. Stems simple, about 15 mm. high, densely foliate, slightly radiculose. Leaves slightly contorted when dry, rigidly erect-spreading when moist, 3 mm. long, 0.8 mm. wide, ovate-oblong, acuminate, concave, unbordered ; margins entire, narrowly recurved almost to apex; costa stout, excurrent in a short, clavate point, crowned with dense, sphaerical clusters of elliptical, articulated propagula; upper cells hexagonal, smooth, thin- walled, to 16 n wide, 32 // long, smaller at margins, interior basal cells laxly rectangular, to 110 p. long, shorter toward margins. Fruit unknown. (Fig. 61, A-B.) BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 133 Dept. El Quiche: Sharp 2425. Dept. Baja Verapaz: Sharp 2792, 2894, 2902. Distribution: Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil. On bark of trees at moderate altitudes. The name is apparently unpublished as no trace of it can be found in either Mitten's Musci Austro-Americani or in the Paris Index. It has become familiar through usage so it has seemed advisable to validate the combina- tion. S. peruvianus Broth, may be the same thing but no authentic material is available for comparison. In habit and coloring the plants are suggestive of Tortula but the sphaerical clusters of propagula at the tips of the probos- coid leaf apices are unique. Sharp's collections are uniformly sterile but abundant and in splendid condition. They will be a welcome addition to American herbaria as the species is known in North America only from a few meager collections from Costa Rica. 3. STREPTOPOGON CAVIFOLIUS Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 180. 1869. Stems 1 cm. or more long. Leaves erect and slightly contorted with incurved tips when dry, 2.5-3 mm. long, oblong, concave, unbordered, obtuse and cucullate at apex, often bearing numerous w FIGURE 60 A-D, Morinia Ehrenbergiana: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14; C, apex of leaf, X120; D, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. E-G, Streptopogon erythrodontus: E, plant, Xl; F, leaf, X8; G, upper leaf cells and margin, X120. H-J, Streptopogon cavifolius: H, plant, Xl; I, leaf, XlO; J, upper leaf cells and margin, X120. 134 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 clavate or cylindrical, septate propagula on both faces near apex; upper cells oblong-hexagonal, thin walled, to 50 n long and 20 /z wide, smaller toward margins, basal cells more elongate, rectangular, all with a persistent primordial utricle. Sporophyte unknown. (Fig. 60, H-J.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 69Wa, 69566c. Distribution: Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador. On trees in small tufts mixed with other mosses, at moderate altitude. This curious and very individual species is evidently quite rare. Mitten rather inaptly compares it to S. erythrodontus from which it differs widely in appearance and detail. 23. DESMATODON Brid., Muse. Rec. Suppl. 4:86. 1819. Plants small or medium sized, usually tufted, terrestrial. Leaves incurved or slightly contorted when dry, oblong-lanceolate, broadly pointed, subentire; costa strong, ending in or near apex, with a stereid band on dorsal side only; upper cells small, papillose, basal cells elongate, smooth. Seta elongate; capsules usually erect; lid beaked; peristome teeth erect, divided nearly to base; calyptra cucullate. Small plants, stems under 5 mm. high, leaves oblong-lanceolate, 1-1.5 mm. long 1. D. Sprengelii Robust plants, stems 2 cm. high, leaves Ungulate or spathulate, 2 mm. long 2. D. spathulifolius 1. DESMATODON SPRENGELII (Schwaegr.) Williams, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 46: 217. 1919. Barbula Sprengelii Schwaegr., Suppl. 2 1 : 64. 1824. Desmatodon Garberi Lesq. & James, Man. 112. 1884. Hyophila fragilis Card., Rev. Bryol. 36: 75. 1909. Dioicous; small, densely tufted, green plants; stems 3-5 mm. high, radiculose below. Upper leaves 1-1.5 mm. long, crowded, in- curved when dry, broadly Ungulate, obtuse, often apiculate, entire or toothed near apex; margins strongly inflexed; costa strong, percurrent; upper cells small, dense, obscure, 5-8 n, mammillose on upper face, basal cells oblong, smooth. Seta pale, to 5 mm. long; capsules erect, ovoid-cylindric, urn 1.5 mm. long; lid conic-rostrate; peristome teeth divided nearly to base, the forks strongly articulated, erect. (Fig. 62, A-D.) Dept. Peten: Bartlett 12541. Dept. Chiquimula: Steyermark 3171>3. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 135 Distribution: Florida, Mexico, British Honduras, West Indies. Moist cliff at moderate altitude. These collections represent the wider leaved plants with entire apical margins previously referred to D. Garberi. I have followed Grout in reducing this form to D. Sprengelii but am not sure that they are conspecific. 2. DESMATODON (?) SPATHULIFOLIUS Bartr., Bryol. 50: 205. 1947. Rather robust, densely tufted plants, green above, pale brown below. Stems 2 cm. high, freely branched above from a stipe-like base. Leaves crowded, strongly contorted when dry, widely spread- ing when moist, to 2 mm. long, 0.6 mm. wide, lingulate from a nar- rowed base, widest about middle, carinate-concave, broadly rounded, mucronulate; margins entire or with a few blunt teeth near apex, narrowly involute in upper half; costa strong, brownish, percurrent, stereids lacking on ventral face; upper cells rounded, moderately incrassate, papillose, interior basal cells short rectangular, becoming quadrate toward margins. (Fig. 61, C-E.) Dept. Huehuetenango : Sharp 52^5, 5247. Endemic. On moist calcareous rocks at moderate altitudes. Suggestive of Hyophila in everything but the costal structure which shows a H A-B, Streptopogon rigidus: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14. C-E, Desmatodon spathulifolius: C, plant, Xl; D, leaf, X14; E, apex of leaf, X54. F-H, Tortula mniifolia: F, plant, Xl; G, leaf, X12; H, upper leaf cells and margin, XllO. 136 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 stereid band on the dorsal side only. I have tentatively referred the species to Desmatodon but its true affinity must wait upon the discovery of fruit. Hyophila (?) lingulata Card, has narrower leaves less broadly rounded at the apex and not mucronate. 24. ALOINELLA Card., Rev. Bryol. 36: 76. 1909. Small, brownish, gregarious, gemmiform plants; stems very short. Leaves fleshy, rigid, incurved when dry; margins broadly inflexed; costa broad, densely clothed on the ventral face with septate, chlorophyllose filaments; upper lamina cells incrassate, often broader than long, basal cells rectangular, thin walled, hyaline. Seta erect, elongate; capsules subcylindrical, peristome teeth divided to base into 32 papillose, erect forks; lid beaked; calyptra cucullate. 1. ALOINELLA HAMULUS (C. M.) Bartr., Bryol. 49: 114. 1946. Barbula hamulus C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 192. 1897. Dioicous; stems 1-2 mm. high. Upper leaves crowded, brown, 1.5 mm. long, oblong-lingulate from a pale, laxly areolate base, concave, strongly cucullate at apex; upper margins erose-denticulate, broadly inflexed with the edges often overlapping; costa clothed on the ventral face with filaments 2-3 cells high, excurrent in a short, blunt mucro; upper lamina cells mostly transversely elongate, to 20 M long, 5-10 M wide, incrassate, basal cells rectangular, thin walled, hyaline. Seta erect, reddish, 11 mm. long; capsule erect, ovoid-cylindric, urn brown, 2 mm. long; peristome teeth rather short, pale, from a low basal membrane, irregularly divided nearly to base, the forks papillose, erect, about 0.25 mm. long. (Fig. 62, E-H.) Dept. Quezaltenango: Bernoulli & Carlo 118. Distribution: Mexico? I feel reasonably sure that further collections from Guatemala will prove that this species and A. catenula Card, of Mexico are conspecific. One fruiting plant and some fragments of Barbula hamulus have been seen through the courtesy of the New York Botanical Garden. The seta is longer than mentioned by Cardot in his description of A. catenula but numerous subsequent collections of this species from Mexico show the setae varying from 6 to 14 mm. long so this character evidently has little diagnostic value. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 137 [ 25. TORTULA Hedw., Sp. Muse. 122. 1801. (in part). Mostly medium sized to robust plants, often tinged with reddish brown; stems, simple or branched. Leaves broad, ovate-lanceolate or spatulate, erect and twisted when dry; margins entire, usually revolute; costa strong, percurrent to long excurrent, with a thick dorsal stereid band and a ventral layer of large cells; upper leaf cells small, usually coarsely papillose, basal cells much larger, hyaline or colored, usually sharply differentiated. 1. Leaves with a narrow, thickened border of elongated cells 3. T. mniifolia Leaves unbordered 2 2. Costa long excurrent 4. T. guatemalensis Costa percurrent or short excurrent 3 3. Leaves fragile, abruptly mucronate, without propagula 2. T. fragilis Leaves not fragile, costa percurrent, with propagula 1. T. caroliniana 1. TORTULA CAROLINIANA Andrews, Bryol. 23: 72. 1920. Plants green or reddish brown, in small tufts, often associated with other mosses; stems to 1.5 cm. long. Leaves incurved when dry, to 4 mm. long, oblong-lanceolate, carinate, short apiculate, usually bearing numerous cylindrical, brownish septate propagula on the ventral face of the upper lamina; margins recurved more than half way up; costa brown, percurrent; upper cells rounded, 12-15 /x, papillose, often smaller and more incrassate in several rows toward margins, basal cells rectangular, smooth, thin walled. Seta 7-8 mm. long, red; capsule cylindrical, to 3.5 mm. long, exothecial cells short rectangular with thickened, brownish walls, becoming smaller and rounded-hexagonal toward rim; annulus per- sistent, 50 n wide, mostly of a single row of cells; peristome pale red, 0.6-0.7 mm. high, teeth slightly twisted, from a pale basal membrane projecting about 75 ^ above rim of capsule and slightly higher than the annulus; lid conic-rostrate, 1 mm. long; spores pale brown, minutely papillose, diameter 12-15 M- (Fig. 62, I-K.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 69556b. Dept. Huehuetenango : Steyermark 50599b; Sharp 4809 in fruit. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 84441a. Dept. Quezal- tenango: Standley 886440, 841 93 in part. Dept. Sacatepequez: Standley 58825a, 63 71 Id. Distribution: North Carolina, Tennessee, Mexico, Costa Rica. On trees and banks at medium to high altitudes. The Guate- malan plants are often more robust than those from the southern Appalachians but otherwise are typical. The percurrent costa and 138 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 FIGURE 62 A-D, Desmatodon Sprengelii: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14; C, apex of leaf, X120; D, capsule, X8. E-H, Aloinella hamulus: E, plant, Xl; F, leaf, X22; G, apex of leaf in profile, X80; H, lamina cells, X270. I-K, Tortula caroliniana: I, plant, Xl; J, leaf, X8; K, apex of leaf, X54. the characteristic propagula on the upper leaf face are distinctive features. 2. TORTULA FRAGILIS Tayl., Lond. Journ. Bot. 6: 333. 1847. Tortula confusa Card., Rev. Bryol. 36: 87. 1909. Tortula Pringlei Card., Rev. Bryol. 36: 87. 1909. Moderately robust plants, usually reddish brown; stems from 3-4 mm. to 3-4 cm. high, matted with radicles below. Leaves conduplicate and incurved when dry, very brittle, to 3 mm. long, oblong-ovate, obtuse, mucronate; margins narrowly recurved below, often lobed in the smaller, rounded, comal leaves; costa short excurrent, brown; upper cells 10-15 n, densely papillose, inner basal cells rectangular, thin walled, hyaline or colored, smaller and shorter toward margins. Seta 8-14 mm. long, red; capsule cylindric; peristome teeth from a distinct basal tube, spirally twisted. (Fig. 63, A-C.) Dept. Quezaltenango: Standley 66^9^a, 67682. Dept. Sacatepequez: Standley 58825 (as T, parva), 588S2a (as T. parva). Dept. Jutiapa: Standley 75262. Distribution: Virginia, West Virginia, southwestern United States, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 139 On trees and rocks at medium to high altitudes. The exceedingly brittle lamina and the abruptly short mucronate apex distinguish this species with little trouble. Some of the corticolous forms are very reduced in stature. 3. TORTULA MNIIFOLIA (Sull.) Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 167. 1869. Barbula mniifolia Sull., Proc. Am. Acad. 277. 1861. Rather robust, brownish green, terrestrial plants in low, dense tufts. Stems 6-7 mm. high, densely foliate, sparsely radiculose. Leaves strongly curled and twisted when dry, spreading when moist, to 5 mm. long, 1.7 mm. wide, oblong-lingulate from a narrowed base, entire, obtuse, strongly bordered all around with a narrow, thickened band of brownish, elongate cells; costa rather slender, brown, merging with the border in the short, blunt point; upper cells hexagonal, thin-walled, smooth, diameter 25-28 M, gradually becoming more lax and rectangular below. Seta red, 10-12 mm. long; capsule oblong-cylindric, urn 2.25 mm. long; peristome teeth from a short basal membrane. (Fig. 61, F-H.) Dept. Baja Verapaz: Sharp 2900. Distribution: Mexico, Costa Rica, West Indies, western South America to Bolivia. On moist bank at moderate altitude. The plants are suggestive of Atrichum in a superficial way when dry and the brown bordered leaves bear some resemblance to those of Mnium punctatum. It is apparently uncommon and local in Central America. 4. TORTULA GUATEMALENSIS Bartr., Bryol. 49: 114. 1946. Robust reddish brown plants with the habit and appearance of T. norvegica (W. & M.). Stems to 5 cm. long, dichotomously branched. Leaves squarrose-recurved when moist, ovate-lanceolate, acute; margins plane throughout, often toothed at extreme apex; costa long excurrent in a reddish, sparingly spinose awn; upper leaf cells very opaque, densely papillose, 12 14 M, basal cells rectangular, hyaline, shorter and narrower toward margins. Seta 8-10 mm. long; capsule narrowly cylindrical, urn 4 mm. long; peristome 1 mm. long, teeth slightly twisted from a short basal tube extending about 75 n above the rim. (Fig. 63, D-G.) Dept. San Marcos: Between San Sebastian and summit of Volcan Tajumulco, alt. 3,800-4,600 m., Steyermark SS56Sa, S556b TYPE. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 140 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 D B \S ~~^J 3 FIGURE 63 A-C, Tortula fragilis: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, XlO; C, apex of leaf, X26. D-G, Tortula guatemalensis: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X8; F, apex of leaf, X54; G, capsule, X6. Endemic. Very similar to T. norvegica in the acutely pointed leaves and the reddish awn but the plane margined leaves and short basal tube of the peristome leave no doubt that it is a distinct species. 11. GRIMMIACEAE Small to medium sized plants, mostly rupestrine, growing in dense tufts or cushions. Leaves hygroscopic, often hyaline tipped; upper cells small, usually opaque, often in 2 or 3 layers, basal cells elongate, with straight or sinuous lateral walls; costa single, strong. Seta terminal, usually elongate; capsules ovoid or cylindrical; peristome single, teeth 16, entire or cleft above; calyptra mitriform or cucullate. 1. Calyptra plicate, leaves muticous 3. Ptychomitrium Calyptra not plicate, leaves hyaline tipped 2 2. Leaf cells sinuose, short above 1. Grimmia Leaf cells nodulose, narrowly linear 2. Rhacomitrium 1. GRIMMIA Hedw., Sp. Muse. 73. 1801. Densely tufted green plants; stems branched, radiculose below. Leaves crowded, usually hyaline pointed; upper cells small, in several layers especially toward margins, elongate and sinuose below. Seta BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 141 straight or curved; capsules ovoid, smooth or ribbed when dry; peristome teeth 2-3 cleft above; lid short, conical; calyptra mitriform. 1. Capsules immersed 1. G. apocarpa Capsules exserted 2 2. Seta erect, straight 2. G. ovalis Seta arcuate or flexuous 3. G. trichophylla 1. GRIMMIA APOCARPA Hedw. var. GRACILIS (Schleich.) Web. & Mohr., Bot. Taschb. 131. 1807. Grimmia gracilis Schleich., Catal. Helv. (Ed. 2) 29. 1807. Plants very dark brown or blackish, glossy, forming low, dense mats. Stems to 2.5-3 cm. long, decumbent, densely foliate. Leaves erect, curved or slightly secund when dry, 1-1.5 mm. long, ovate, tipped with short, hyaline, denticulate hair-points; margins recurved, often sinuate-dentate toward apex; costa percurrent, slightly toothed on back near apex; basal cells short rectangular with firm, pale, sinuous lateral walls, becoming shorter and rounded above. Peri- chaetial leaves conspicuously larger, to 3 mm. long; capsule small, oblong, immersed; lid rostrate from a conical base; peristome teeth 0.5 mm. long, entire, red, lanceolate, filiform pointed, nodulose toward tips. (Fig. 64, A-C.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Sharp 5000. FIGURE 64 A-C, Grimmia apofarpa var. gracilis: A, plant, XI; B, stem leaf, X14; C, sporophyte, X14. D-G, Funaria obtusala: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X14; F, upper leaf cells and margin, XllO; G, capsule, XlO. 142 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 Distribution: Northern United States and Canada south to West Virginia, Tennessee, Arizona. On limestone boulder at high altitude. This is an unusual record, far to the south of the known range in North America. The plants are in perfect fruit and are typical in all respects excepting the peristome teeth which here instead of being cuneiform are narrowly lanceolate with long, filiform, nodulose tips. Although this is an anomalous feature I doubt if it has any real taxonomic value. 2. GRIMMIA OVALIS (Hedw.) Lindb., Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn. 10: 75. 1871. Dicranum ovale Hedw., Sp. Muse. 140. 1801. ?Grimmia breri-exserta C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 200. 1897. ?Grimmia Bernoullii C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 200. 1897. Grimmia praetermissa Card., Rev. Bryol. 36: 105. 1909. Plants densely tufted, green or yellowish at tips, brown below; stems branched, to 3 cm. high. Leaves 2.5-3 mm. long, imbricated when dry, lanceolate, hyaline tipped; margin recurved on one side below; costa ending below apex; upper cells rounded, sinuose, bistra- j tose, elongated at base with straight or slightly sinuose lateral walls. Seta erect, 2-3 mm. long; capsule erect, exserted, ovoid; lid conical; peristome teeth 2-3 cleft to middle; calyptra mi triform. (Fig. 65, A-C.) Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 3551+7a (as G. ovata), 3551+8 (as G. ovata), 3551+90, (as G. ovata). Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 65526a (as G. praetermissa), 65530 (as G. praetermissa). Dept. Sacatepequez: Standley 65262 (as G. praeter- missa). Distribution: Greenland, British Columbia to California and Arizona, Mexico, Europe, Asia. On rocks and banks at high altitudes. The hyaline leaf tips vary from very short or none to quite long but in a broad sense I can see no advantage in separating these forms. The types of G. brevi- exserta and G. Bernoullii have not been seen but the descriptions strongly suggest that they belong here. 3. GRIMMIA TRICHOPHYLLA Grev., Fl. Edin. 235. 1824. Yellowish green plants in lax tufts; stems to 3 cm. long. Leaves erect and twisted when dry, 2-2.5 mm. long, linear-lanceolate from | an ovate base, hyaline tip subentire; margins recurved below; costa prominent at back; upper cells rounded, bistratose at margins, basal BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 143 cells linear, incrassate, slightly sinuose, shorter toward margins. Seta 3-5 mm. long, strongly curved; capsule ovoid, yellowish, ribbed with age; lid conic-rostrate; peristome teeth reddish, papillose, 2-3 cleft; calyptra mitriform. (Fig. 65, D-F.) Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark S5683 in part, 36091, 36096a; Standley 851*10. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 8M51, 8^62, SWk- Distribution: Western North America, Hawaii, Europe, Asia, Africa, New Zealand. On rocks at high altitudes. A widely distributed, variable species but usually easily recognized by the leaves with a distinctly thickened border and a long, nearly entire hyaline tip. As the plants fruit freely the curved setae are noteworthy. 2. RHACOMITRIUM Brid., Mant. 78. 1819. Robust rupestrine plants in loose, extensive mats; stems often with numerous short lateral branchlets. Leaves lanceolate, usually hyaline tipped; costa ending in or near apex; leaf cells elongate, strongly sinuose or nodulose. Seta terminal, elongate; capsules erect, ovoid-cylindric; lid long beaked; peristome teeth deeply 2-3 cleft into narrow forks; calyptra mitriform. FIGURE 65 A-C, Grimmia ovalis: A, plant, XI; B, leaf, X22; C, capsule, X8. D-F, Grimmia trichophylla: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X22; F, capsule, X8. G-I, Rhacomitrium crispulum: G, part of plant, Xl; H, leaf, X14; I, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. 144 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 1. RHACOMITRIUM CRISPULUM (H. f. & W.) H. f. & W., Fl. Tasm. 181. 1867. Dryptodon crispulus H. f . & W., Fl. Ant. 1 : 57. 1843. Trichostomum crispipilum Tayl., Lond. Journ. Bot. 5: 47. 1846. Grimmia contermina C. M., Syn. 2: 655. 1851. ?Rhacomitrium fragile Ren. & Card., Rev. Bryol. 36: 106. 1909. Plants hoary, yellowish green above, brown below; stems decum- bent, to 8 cm. or more long, with numerous short lateral branchlets. Leaves imbricated when dry, flexuous or secund, 3-3.5 mm. long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, carinate, hyaline tip very variable, from nearly obsolete to very long and strongly crisped; margin recurved on one side; costa prominent at back; cells linear with thickened, strongly nodulose lateral walls. Seta about 10 mm. long; capsule cylindric, urn about 3 mm. long, erect or slightly curved; lid subulate-rostrate. (Fig. 65, G-I.) Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 3551*0, 36101, 36102. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 81*l*35a, 81*1*1*5, 81*1*1*9, 81*1*61, 81*51*6. Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 67709, 67710a, 67711, 6771k, 67715a, 67723; Steyermark 31*210, 31*211, 31+839. Dept. Solola: Steyermark l*71*l*7a, 1*71*53, 1*71*57. Distribution: Costa Rica to Fuegia, Africa, New Zealand, New Guinea, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Hawaii. On rocks and rocky banks at high altitudes. Apart from the hyaline tip, which is too variable to be used as a specific indicator, the Cordilleran plants ranging north to Guatemala differ in no essential way from those of other regions. It is evidently a plastic and widely distributed species. 3. PTYCHOMITRIUM Furnr., Flora 2: 19. 1829. Autoicous; medium sized tufted plants. Stems erect. Leaves crisped when dry, lanceolate, entire or toothed above; cells smooth, rounded above, narrower and elongate below. Setae erect, often aggregated; capsules ovoid;* lid long beaked; peristome teeth 16, divided nearly to base into narrow, papillose, erect forks; calyptra mitriform, plicate, covering half the urn. 1. Leaves entire I. P. Leibergii Leaves sharply serrate above 2 2. Capsule ovoid-cylindric 2. P. serratum Capsule narrowly cylindrical 3. P. cylindrothecium 1. PTYCHOMITRIUM LEIBERGII Best, Bryol. 9: 80. 1906. Plants 1-2 cm. high, brownish green, compactly tufted. Leaves crowded, crispate with incurved points when dry, 3-5 mm. long, BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 145 linear-lanceolate from an ovate base, broadly acute; margins plane, entire; costa strong, percurrent; upper cells rounded, 8-10 n, obscure, often in 2 layers, basal cells oblong, hyaline. Seta 4-5 mm. long; capsule ovoid, urn 1-1.4 mm. long; peristome teeth brown, densely papillose, irregularly cleft; annulus broad; lid about 1 mm. long; calyptra plicate, lobed at base; spores 15-25 M- (Fig. 66, A-D.) Dept. Jalapa: Slandley 76792. Distribution: Arizona. On dry, shaded banks at moderate altitude. , These plants are more robust and the spores average larger than in the Arizona col- lections but these seem to be only trivial differences. 2. PTYCHOMITRIUM SERRATUM Bry. Eur. fasc. 2-3, Mon. 4. 1837 (name only). Brachysteleum serratum C. M., Syn. 1 : 768. 1849. Glyphomitrium serratum Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 106. 1869. Robust, tufted plants, yellowish green above, brown below; stems erect, 3-4 cm. high. Leaves crowded, strongly crisped when dry, 5-6 mm. long, lanceolate, acuminate, apex acute, plicate near FIGURE 66 A-D, Ptychomitrium Leibergii: A, plant, XI; B, leaf, X14; C, apex of leaf, XI 20; D, calyptra, X8. E-H, Ptychomitrium serratum: E, plant, Xl; F, leaf, X8; G, apex of leaf, X54; H, capsule, X8. I-K, Ptychomitrium cylindrothecium: I, leaf, X8; J, apex of leaf, X54; K, capsule, X8. 146 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 base; margins narrowly recurved below, coarsely serrate toward apex; costa percurrent; upper cells quadrate, incrassate, 8-10 n, often in 2 layers near margins, basal cells linear, sinuose, hyaline. Setae 3-7 from one perichaetium, 3-5 mm. long; capsules ovoid-cylindric, urn 2.5 mm. long; lid 1 mm. long; peristome teeth bifid to near base, reddish; calyptra 2.5 mm. long, plicate, deeply lobed at base, serrate on the plaits above. (Fig. 66, E-H.) Dept. Huehuetenango : Standley 6591^3. Distribution: Western Texas, Mexico. On damp bank at high altitude. A handsome plant and one that fruits freely throughout its range. The coarsely toothed leaves and clustered, short setae are conspicuous features. 3. PTYCHOMITRIUM CYLINDROTHECIUM (C. M.) Par., Ind. Bryol. 1056. 1897. Brachysteleum cylindrothecium C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 199. 1897. Plants similar to P. serratum but leaves more slenderly acuminate, usually strongly undulate in the upper half. Setae slender, clustered, about 5 mm. long, yellowish; capsules narrowly cylindrical, 2-2.5 mm. long; peristome teeth reddish, bifid, forks filiform, papillose; calyptra as in P. serratum. (Fig. 66, I-K.) Dept. San Marcos: Standley 85^15. Endemic. At high altitude. Although near P. serratum this species seems to be distinct in the more slenderly pointed leaves and the narrowly cylindrical capsules. Until a careful study of these and the closely allied species from Mexico and Colombia is made the group cannot be clearly resolved. 12. FUNARIACEAE Small terrestrial plants with broad, soft, laxly areolate leaves crowded in a comal tuft. Costa slender, usually ending below apex; cells large, smooth, rhomboidal above, rectangular below. Seta terminal, erect; capsules erect or curved, smooth or ribbed; peristome single or double with segments opposite teeth or lacking; lid plano- convex; calyptra smooth, long beaked. 1. Capsules strongly curved and asymmetrical 3. Funaria Capsules erect and symmetrical 2 2. Lid conical, calyptra mi triform 1. Physcomitrium Lid nearly flat, calyptra cucullate, inflated 2. Entosthodon BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 147 1. PHYSCOMITRIUM Brid., Bryol. Univ. 2:815. 1827. Small, gregarious plants. Leaves contorted when dry, obovate or spatulate; costa subpercurrent. Seta slender, elongate; capsules erect, subglobose, wide mouthed, without peristome; lid plano- convex, apiculate; calyptra mitriform, long beaked, lobed at base; spores large. 1. PHYSCOMITRIUM OLLULA C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 174. 1897. Small plants; stems simple. Leaves few, crispate, undulate-con- cave when moist, rather broadly oblong from a long, very narrow base, folded together, short acuminate, acumen distinctly serrulate, recurved, narrowly bordered; costa reddish, slender, ending below apex; cells lax, pellucid. Seta short, red, erect; capsule "tumescenti- amphoroidea" ; lid minute, flat, apiculate. Alta Verapaz: Pansamala, alt. 3,800 ft., H. v. Turckheim, Dec. 1887. The above is a free transcription of the original description. None of the original collection is available for comparison but I suspect P. ollula will prove to be identical with P. subsphaericum Schimp. of Mexico. The only noteworthy difference seems to be in the short- ness of the setae which is a notoriously variable character in this group. 2. ENTOSTHODON Schwaegr., Suppl. 2':44. 1823. Small, autoicous plants with laxly areolate leaves. Seta slender, elongate; capsules erect, symmetrical; peristome single, often rudi- mentary, rarely lacking or double; lid convex, apiculate; calyptra long beaked, inflated below. Distinguished from Funaria only by the erect, symmetrical capsules. 1. Leaves obtuse, peristome well developed 3. E. longisetus Leaves acuminate, peristome lacking or rudimentary 2 2. Leaves obovate, bordered, serrulate 1. E. Bonplandii Leaves lanceolate, not bordered, entire 2. E. acidotus 1. ENTOSTHODON BONPLANDII (Brid.) Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 245. 1869. Gymnostomum Bonplandii Brid., Bryol. Univ. 1: 101. 1826. ?Entosthodon microcarpus C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 174. 1897. Small, green, gregarious plants; stems 2 mm. high. Upper leaves few, crowded, 2 mm. long and a scant 1 mm. wide, obovate, concave, 148 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 H FIGURE 67 A-C, Entosthodon Bonplandii: A, plant, XI; B, leaf, X18; C, upper leaf cells and margin, X120. D-F, Entosthodon acidotus: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X18; F, upper leaf cells and margin, X120. G-J, Entosthodon longisetus: G, plant, Xl; H, leaf, X18; I, upper leaf cells and margin, X120; J, capsule, X14. short acuminate, bluntly denticulate in upper half; costa ending below apex; cells thin walled, oblong-hexagonal, about 25 p. x 65 /x, narrower in several rows at margins. Seta 6-10 mm. long, reddish; capsule erect, oblong-pyriform, urceolate and wide mouthed when dry; peristome teeth very rudimentary, short, hyaline and truncate or lacking. (Fig. 67, A-C.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 9001 1*. Distribution: Costa Rica, West Indies. On damp bank at moderate altitude. No original material of E. Bonplandii is available but the above collection corresponds in every way with the description and memoranda of Mrs. Britton's taken from the type. The description of E. microcarpus C. M. suggests nothing very different and it is probably the same thing. 2. ENTOSTHODON ACIDOTUS (Tayl.) C. M., Syn. 2: 547. 1851. Gymnostomum acidotum Tayl., Lond. Journ. Bot. 7: 279. 1848. Stems slender, 2-4 mm. high. Leaves erect, appressed, 1-1.5 mm. long, oblong-lanceolate, subulate-acuminate, entire; costa strong but thin, ending below apex; cells oblong with firm, yellowish pellucid BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 149 walls, laxer below. Seta slender, red, 5-10 mm. long; capsules erect or nodding, oblong-pyriform, tapering to a distinct neck, urn brown, 1-1.5 mm. long; peristome lacking. (Fig. 67, D-F.) Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 61015 in part (as Funaria microcarpa) . Distribution: Ecuador, Bolivia. On wet bank at high altitude. This is an interesting addition to the North American moss flora. The erect, imbricated, entire, unbordered leaves are sharply distinct from those of E. Bonplandii and seem to be similar in all ways to Spruce's No. 444 from Mt. Pichincha, Ecuador. 3. ENTOSTHODON LONGISETUS Schp., in Besch. Prodr. Bryol. Mex. 48. 1871. Funaria epipedostegia Card., Rev. Bryol. 36: 109. 1909. Small, yellowish green plants, densely gregarious. Stems 4-5 mm. high. Upper leaves in a terminal tuft, decreasing in size below, to 2.8 mm. long, 1.2 mm. wide, spathulate-ovate from a narrow base, widest about middle, obtuse, minutely apiculate, unbordered, entire; costa ending below apex; upper cells irregularly hexagonal, thin- walled, 25-30 ju wide, gradually more elongate and rectangular below. Seta very variable in length, to 4 cm. long, slender, reddish; capsules suberect, pyriform, narrowed to a distinct neck; peristome simple, teeth red, well separated, linear-lanceolate. (Fig. 67, G-J.) D.ept. Alta Verapaz: Sharp 29^1. Dept. El Quiche: Sharp 2356. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 8^021. Distribution: Mexico. On banks at moderately high altitudes. The broad, entire, un- bordered leaves coupled with the peristomate capsules are good diagnostic characters. 3. FUNARIA Hedw., Sp. Muse. 172. 1801. Autoicous; plants gregarious; stems short. Lower leaves small, the upper much larger and crowded in a terminal rosette, obovate, acuminate; cells lax; costa strong, ending in or near apex. Seta elongate; capsules pyriform with a long neck, usually unsymmetrical and arcuate, sulcate, mouth oblique; annulus large; lid nearly flat; peristome double, teeth 16, curved, segments opposite teeth. Capsules smooth, annulus lacking 1. F. obtusata Capsules sulcate, annulus present 2. F. hygrometrica 150 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 FIGURE 68 A-C, Funaria hygrometrica: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14; C, capsule, X8. D-F, Splachnobryum Bernoulli!: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X26; F, cells and margin near leaf apex, X120. G-I, Tayloria mexicana: G, plant, Xl; H, leaf, XlO; I, upper leaf cells and margin, X54. 1. FUNARIA OBTUSATA Schimp., in C. M. Syn. 2: 540. 1851. Small, densely tufted plants, dull yellowish green. Leaves crowded in a terminal tuft, to 2.5 mm. long, 1.2 mm. wide, Ungulate, obtuse, entire or sinuate toward apex by the projecting marginal cells; costa slender, ending well below apex; upper cells irregularly hexagonal, 25-30 n wide, elongate and rectangular toward base. Seta yellow, 1 cm. long; capsule strongly arcuate and asymmetrical when dry so that the mouth is vertical, faintly ribbed in lower half, nodding, pyriform when moist; peristome double; annulus lacking. (Fig. 64, D-G.) Dept. Baja Verapaz: Sharp 279^. Distribution : Mexico. On soil at moderate altitude. Easily recognized by the short, curved asymmetrical capsules with the mouth nearly vertical. Previously known only from Mexico. 2. FUNARIA HYGROMETRICA Hedw., Sp. Muse. 172. 1801. Funaria megapoda C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 175. 1897. Plants in extensive colonies, pale green; stems to 1 cm. high. Upper leaves contorted when dry, oblong-ovate, concave, short BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 151 acuminate, 2-4 mm. long, entire or weakly toothed; costa sub- percurrent; upper cells hexagonal, elongated below. Seta 1-5 cm. long, flexuous; capsule pyriform, unsymmetrical, sulcate; peristome teeth spirally curved, dark red, united at tips, segments shorter than teeth; calyptra long beaked, inflated below. (Fig. 68, A-C.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 90790. Dept. Huehuetenango: Standley 65931, 82119, 81261, 82730. Dept. San Marcos: Standley 86265, 85SW, 85373, 86^36. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 83989, 8^1+75. Dept. Quezaltenango: Standley 66019, 66U8, SSltOS. Dept. Sacatepequez: Standley 58031, 586^2, 61175, 63052, 6S707. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 61112, 80316, 80325. Dept. Guatemala: Standley 8050^. Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark ^2^60. Dept. Chiquimula: Steyer- mark 31640. Dept. Jalapa: Steyermark 32680. Dept. Santa Rosa: Standley 77819. Distribution: Cosmopolitan. On bare soil, burned ground, banks etc. Many of the above collections, especially from lower altitudes, represent the variety calvescens (Schwaegr.) Bry. Eur. but at high altitudes the typical form is not uncommon. 13. SPLACHNACEAE Small to medium sized plants with erect stems and relatively broad leaves, laxly areolate as in Funaria. Costa ending below apex or excurrent. Seta elongate; capsules cylindrical, usually with a distinct hypophysis; peristome single, teeth 16, often in 8 pairs. Leaves entire, apex rounded, not bordered 1. Splachnobryum Leaves serrate, apiculate, bordered 2. Tayloria \ 1. SPLACHNOBRYUM C. M., Verh. z. b. Ges. Wien 503. 1869. Dioicous; small, slender, gregarious plants. Leaves not crowded, Ungulate, obtuse, subentire; costa weak, ending below apex; cells smooth and lax. Seta slender, elongate; capsule cylindric, erect; peristome teeth papillose, well spaced, irregularly cleft; lid conical; calyptra short, cucullate. 1. SPLACHNOBRYUM BERNOULLII C. M., Verh. z. b. Ges. Wien 505. 1869. Splachnobryum crenulatulum Card., Rev. Bry. 36: 86. 1909. Plants green; stems 5-8 mm. high. Leaves oblong-ovate, 1-1.5 mm. long, rounded and crenulate at apex; margins recurved toward base; costa ending below apex; upper cells irregularly hexagonal, to 152 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 10-12 /i wide, smooth, more elongate below. Seta 4-5 mm. long, slender; capsule cylindric, urn 1 mm. long, pale yellow, reddish at mouth; peristome teeth 16, linear, coarsely papillose, deeply inserted; lid conical, 0.25 mm. long; spores 13-17 n, smooth. (Fig. 68, D-F.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 70961 (as S. obtusum C. M.?). Dept. Zacapa: Standley 73880 (as S. obtusum?). Distribution: Mexico, Honduras. On wet rocks and banks at low altitudes. Until the tropical American species of this genus are restudied it seems advisable to refer the local collections here. The Arizona collections referred to S. Bernoullii are apparently not the same thing and as far as I know S. Bernoullii has not been found north of Mexico. The sporophyte characters in the above description are from Standley's No. 53516 from Honduras. 2. TAYLORIA Hook., Journ. Sci. and Arts 3: 144. 1816. Medium sized plants; stems erect. Leaves not crowded, con- torted when dry, lingulate or' spatulate, entire or serrate, often bordered; cells lax; costa strong. Seta elongate; capsule erect with a tapering neck; peristome teeth 16, single or paired; lid conical; calyptra inflated below, smooth or pilose. 1. TAYLORIA MEXICANA (The>.) Bartr., Bryol. 49: 115. 1946. Orthomnium mexicanum Ther., Rev. Bryol. et Lich. 5 : 103. 1932. Moderately robust, pale green plants; stems about 1.5 cm. high, densely reddish tomentose below, laxly foliate. Leaves strongly contorted when dry, widely spreading when moist, 4 mm. long, 2 mm. wide, broadly spatulate, obtuse, short apiculate, narrowly bordered; margins recurved at extreme base, plane above, irregularly dentate with short teeth; costa ending below apex; leaf cells lax, oblong- hexagonal, gradually becoming rectangular below, 2-3 rows at margins broadly rectangular, hyaline, forming an indistinct border above middle. Seta short, smooth, 2-3 mm. long; capsule erect, narrowly cylindrical, to 4.5 mm. long; peristome teeth evenly spaced, brown, entire, to 300 M long, minutely vertically papillose- striolate on the outer plates; spores brown, 15 M- (Fig. 68, G-I.) Dept. Quezaltenango : Steyermark 34093a. Dept. San Marcos: Sharp 54.77. Dept. Chimaltenango : Slopes of Volcan de Acatenango above Las Calderas, alt. 2,400-2,700 m., in dense, wet, Chiranthodendron forest, Standley 61932e. Distribution: Mexico. BARTRAM: MOSSES. OF GUATEMALA 153 This interesting and attractive species has some affinities with both T. Jamesoni (Tayl.) and T. Moritziana C. M. From the former it differs in the shorter setae, narrower capsule and narrower leaf border and from T. Moritziana in the short seta, evenly spaced peristome teeth and bordered leaves with short, blunt marginal teeth. Unfortunately the calyptrae are not available. 14. BRYACEAE Small to very large plants, usually tufted. Stems radiculose below, simple or with subfloral innovations. Lower leaves small, the upper larger, lanceolate to obovate; costa strong, usually per- current or excurrent; cells smooth, prosenchymatous, linear to rhomboidal, often narrower toward margins. Seta elongate; capsules mostly inclined to pendulous, usually tapering to a distinct neck; lid convex, apiculate; peristome normally double; calyptra cucullate; spores small. 1. Peristome teeth lacking 1. Mielichhoferia Peristome teeth present 2 2. Inner peristome without basal membrane 2. Orthodontium Inner peristome with basal membrane 3 3. Capsule suberect, segments of inner peristome none or rudimentary 7. Brachymenium Capsule inclined or pendulous, segments well developed 4 4. Upper leaf cells narrow, linear or narrowly rhomboidal 5 Upper leaf cells broad, rhomboidal 7 5. Stems julaceous, leaves closely imbricated 8. Anomobryum Stems not julaceous, leaves spreading 6 6. Leaves narrow, costa broad 3. Leptobryum Leaves broader, costa narrow 4. Pohlia 7. Upper leaf cells lax, wide, 15 n or more broad 8 Upper leaf cells firm, less than 15 /x wide 9 8. Leaves dimorphous, lateral rows larger than the dorsal rows . 6. Epipterygium Leaves uniform 5. Mniobryum 9. Segments of inner peristome split into widely divergent forks 9. Acidodontium Segments not forked 10 10. Seta usually solitary, stems not stoloniferous 10. Bryum Setae aggregated, stems stoloniferous 11. Rhodobryum 1. MIELICHHOFERIA Hornsch., Bryol. Germ. 2 2 : 179. 1831. Slender, tufted plants. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, toothed above; costa strong, ending near apex; cells linear-rhomboidal. Seta slender; 154 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 FIGURE 69 A-C, Mielichhoferia praticola: A, plant, XI; B, leaf, X26; C, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. D-F, Orthodontium pellucens: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X20; F, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. G-I, Leptobryum pyriforme: G, plant, Xl; H, leaf, X18; I, capsule, X8. capsules pyriform, erect to horizontal; outer peristome lacking, segments of endostome linear from a short basal membrane; lid convex. 1. MIELICHHOFERIA PRATICOLA Card., Rev. Bryol. 38: 3. 1911. Synoicous; plants in close, fragile tufts, yellowish green above, brown below; stems 2-4 cm. high. Leaves suberect, 1.5 mm. long, narrowly lanceolate, acuminate; margins plane, denticulate toward apex; costa strong, ending below apex; cells linear-rhomboidal, with firm walls, shorter below. Seta about 15 mm. long; capsule cylindric, curved, erect or nodding, urn to 3 mm. long; segments of endostome filiform, smooth. (Fig. 69, A-C.) Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 855 Wa, 355^6. Dept. Quezaltenango : Steyer- mark Distribution: Mexico, Costa Rica. Rock crevices at high altitudes. These collections appear to be identical with M . praticola but until a review of the tropical North American species is made the specific distinctions must remain uncertain. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 155 2. ORTHODONTIUM Schwaegr., Suppl. 2 2 : 123. 1827. Small, delicate, yellowish green plants. Leaves numerous, long and narrow, subentire; costa nearly percurrent; cells linear-rhom- boidal. Seta elongate; capsule cylindric, sulcate when dry; peristome double, teeth 16, slender, fragile, segments of endostome 16, not united below, about as long as teeth. 1. ORTHODONTIUM PELLUCENS (Hook.) Bry. Eur. fasc. 23-24. 1844. Bryum pellucens Hook., Ic. PI. 1: 34. 1837. Autoicous; plants densely tufted; stems 3-8 mm. high. Leaves flexuous when dry, linear-lanceolate, minutely denticulate near apex, about 3 mm. long; costa slender, ending just below apex; cells linear- rhomboidal, incrassate, shorter, laxer, thin walled and brownish at base. Seta slender, to 1 cm. long; capsule nodding, pyriform with a short neck, lightly sulcate when dry; peristome teeth and segments about equal in length. (Fig. 69, D-F.) Dept. Quezaltenango : Steyermark 31^6^2. Distribution: California, Costa Rica, West Indies, South America. On rocks near sulfur terraces at high altitude. This collection is sterile but is well within the known range of the species and evidently belongs here. 3. LEPTOBRYUM (Bry. Eur.) Schimp., Coroll. 64. 1855. Bryum subg. Leptobryum Bry. Eur. fasc. 46-47. 1851. Slender, pale green, closely tufted plants. Leaves narrow, setace- ous, costa broad ; cells linear above, shorter and broader below. Seta elongate; capsule pyriform, glossy; peristome double, segments with median slits, cilia appendiculate. 1. LEPTOBRYUM PYRIFORME (Hedw.) Schimp., Coroll. 64. 1855. Webera pyriformis Hedw., Sp. Muse. 169. 1801. Synoicous; stems about 1 cm. high, laxly foliate. Leaves flexuous when dry, linear-setaceous, 2-3 mm. long; margins plane, denticulate above; costa broad below, excurrent; cells linear. Seta terminal, slender, to 3 cm. long; capsule pendulous, glossy, narrowed to a rather long, wrinkled neck; lid hemispherical; peristome complete, teeth 156 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 yellowish, segments of endostome from a high basal membrane; cilia 3, strongly appendiculate. (Fig. 69, G-I.) Dept. San Marcos: Slandley 66232. Distribution: Wide and nearly cosmopolitan. On damp bank at high altitude. Infrequent throughout Mexico and Central America and apparently confined to moderately high altitudes. 4. POHLIA Hedw., Sp. Muse. 171. 1801. Plants tufted or associated with other mosses. Stems erect, simple or innovating. Leaves lanceolate, not distinctly bordered, denticulate above; costa usually ending below apex; cells narrow, usually linear, shorter and rectangular below. Seta elongate; capsules clavate or pyriform, inclined or pendulous; peristome double, segments of endostome with median slits; cilia nodose. 1. Capsule slender, with a long neck 1. P. spectabilis Capsule clavate, with a short neck 2 2. Leaves pale green with metallic luster 2. P. cruda Leaves yellowish green, without luster 3 3. Setae aggregated, short 3. P. polycarpa Seta solitary, elongate 4 4. Capsules suberect, endostome rudimentary 6. P. tenuiseta Capsules nodding, endostome well developed 5 5. Capsules ovoid, leaves short acuminate 4. P. papillosa Capsules oblong-cylindric, leaves slenderly acuminate 5. P. peracuminata 1. POHLIA SPECTABILIS (C. M.) Broth., E. & P. Pflanzenfam. I 3 : 547. 1903. Bryum spedabile C. M., Syn. 2: 583. 1851. Webera cylindrica (Mont.) Schimp., in Besch., Prodr. Bryol. Mex. 52. 1871. Paroicous; antheridia in axils of comal leaves. Plants slender, yellowish green; stems about 1 cm. high, nearly bare below. Comal leaves crowded, erect, 3-3.5 mm. long, lanceolate, acuminate; margins recurved below, denticulate toward apex; costa strong, ending just below apex or percurrent; cells linear, incrassate, shorter and rectangular at base. Seta slender, 2.5-3 cm. long; capsules nodding or horizontal, to 6-7 mm. long, cylindric, often curved, neck not much narrowed, shorter than the rest of the capsule; lid conical, apiculate; peristome teeth yellow, minutely papillose, seg- ments of endostome narrow, nearly as long as teeth, scarcely slit, cilia 2-3, short and rudimentary, nodose; spores 12-15 M- (Fig. 70, A-C.) BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 157 Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark S5900a. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 62712, 62697, 62699, 65909. Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 676 14a, 67680, 67686, 67690, 67694, 67695, 67716, 67755, 67759, 83404, 83407, 86115, 86121a; Steyer- mark 34186, 34165. Distribution: Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia. On damp banks, logs and trees at high altitudes. This frequent species fruits freely and will command attention at once by the rela- tively large and conspicuous, elongated capsules. When well developed the fruit is longer than in any of the nearly related species north of the Mexican border but the structural features are very similar. 2. POHLIA CRUDA (Hedw.) Lindb., Muse. Scand. 18. 1879. Mnium crudum Hedw., Sp. Muse. 189. 1801. Plants slender, loosely tufted, pale green with a pronounced metallic luster; stems to 4 cm. high, radiculose below. Lower leaves small and distant, above about 3 mm. long, ovate-lanceolate, short acuminate, denticulate toward apex; costa reddish below, end- ing below apex; upper cells linear, to 85 n long, comal leaves often longer, narrower and slenderly acuminate. Seta 1.5-2 cm. long, reddish; capsule nodding or horizontal, oblong-cylindric, neck short; lid short, conical; peristome complete, teeth yellow, segments of endostome widely split, cilia 2-3, nodose. (Fig. 70, D-F.) Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 35482, 36085. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 62693, 62724, 84516a. Dept. Quezaltenango: Steyermark 34193a, 34251, 34254. Distribution: Wide in North America, south along Cordillera to Antarctica, Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand. On rocks and trees at high altitudes. Several of these collections are more robust than the average but otherwise typical. 3. POHLIA POLYCARPA (Mitt.) Broth., E. & P. Pflanzenfam. I 3 : 548. 1903. Bryum polycarpum Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 293. 1869. Webera Costesii Card. & The>., Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat. 1917: 13. 1917. ?Bryum aggregatum Hampe, Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 181. 1897. Dioicous? Small, dull green plants; stems slender, about 1 cm. high, nearly naked below. Upper leaves crowded in a comal tuft, 1.5-2 mm. long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, denticulate toward apex; costa ending below apex; margins plane or narrowly recurved below; cells linear, shorter and broader at base. Setae aggregated, 158 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 FIGURE 70 A-C, Pohlia spectabilis: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X12; C, capsule, X4. D-F, Pohlia cruda: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X14; F, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. G-I, Pohlia polycarpa: G, plant, Xl; H, leaf, X14; I, apex of leaf, X54. 2-4 from one perichaetium, 6-8 mm. long; capsules brown, oblong- cylindric, 2.5-3 mm. long, neck about equaling the rest of the capsule; peristome short, segments of endostome narrow from a short basal membrane, cilia none or very rudimentary; lid conical, apicu- late. (Fig. 70, G-I.) Volcan de Fuego, Godman & Salvin. Distribution: Chile. The clustered, short setae should readily identify this species which is known locally only from the type locality. 4. POHLIA PAPILLOSA (C. M.) Broth., E. & P. Pflanzenfam. I 3 : 552. 1903. Bryum papillosum C. M., Syn. 1 : 326. 1849. ?Bryum didymodontium Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 289. 1869. Dioicous; plants slender, dull green; stems to 1.5 cm. high. Lower leaves minute and distant, the upper 1.5-2 mm. long, narrowly lanceolate, decurrent, acuminate, denticulate toward apex; margins plane or narrowly recurved below; costa strong, ending just below apex; cells linear. Seta slender, variable in length, from 3-8 cm. long; capsules nodding, ovoid, small mouthed, short necked, 2-3 mm. long, appearing papillose by the strongly convex exothecial BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 159 cells; lid convex, apiculate; peristome short, teeth densely but minutely papillose, segments of endostome narrow from a high basal membrane, about as long as teeth, cilia none or rudimentary. Sterile stems often with linear, vermicular propagula in the leaf axils. (Fig. 71, A-C.) Dept. San Marcos: Standley 66268, 66269, 86511a, 86515b; Steyermark 35631. Dept. Quezaltenango: Standley 66375, 8SS08, 836^5, 85986, 86025. Dept. Suchitepequez: Steyermark S5S2\, S5S62. Distribution: Mexico, Costa Rica, West Indies, northern South America. On damp banks and trees at rather high altitudes. The long setae and short, small, wide mouthed capsules are very distinctive. Mitten's description of Bryum didymodontium is not very convincing as compared with Muller's species, and I strongly suspect they are conspecific. Sterile plants may be distinguished from Mniobryum Wahlen- bergii by the presence of gemmae in the upper leaf axils. 5. POHLIA PERACUMINATA Bartr., Bryol. 50: 206. 1947. Dioicous; tufts yellowish green and slightly glossy above, reddish tomentose below. Stems slender, laxly foliate, 1-1.5 cm. high. FIGURE 71 A-C, Pohlia papillosa: A, plant, XI; B, leaf, X14; C, capsule, X8. D-F, Mniobryum Wahlenbergti: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X14; F, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. G-I, Epipterygium immarginatum: G, plant, Xl; H, lateral leaf, X14; I, dorsal leaf, X14. 160 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 H D FIGURE 72 A-C, Pohlia peracuminata: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X26; C, capsule, XlO. D-G, Pohlia tenuiseta: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X14; F, capsule, XlO; G, part of peristome, XllO. H-I, Anomobryum semiovatum: H, leaf, X14; I, apex of leaf, XllO. Leaves erect-spreading, 1.5 mm. long, ovate-lanceolate, long and slenderly acuminate; margins recurved, minutely denticulate toward apex; costa ending in acumen; upper cells linear-rhomboidal, laxer and short rectangular toward base, not incrassate. Seta red, flexu- ous, to 2 cm. long; capsule pendulous, urn 3 mm. long with neck, oblong-cylindrical, neck about half the length of urn; lid conical; peristome teeth yellow, endostome from a high basal membrane, cilia 2, short, nodose. (Fig. 72, A-C.) Dept. Huehuetenango : Sharp ^780a. Dept. San Marcos: Sharp 5451a. Endemic. On bank and tree trunk at high altitudes. Bryum Seleri C. M. is described as having the leaves "breviter acuminata" which should preclude any confusion with the new species. The dioicous inflores- cence and sporophyte characters suggest faintly some affinity with P. Drummondii (C. M.) Andrews but the leaves of the Guatemalan plants are much more slenderly acuminate and the basal leaf cells lax and delicate. 6. POHLIA TENUISETA Bartr., Bryol. 50: 206. 1947. Dioicous; slender plants in dense, pale green tufts. Stems erect, 5-10 mm. high, radiculose at base. Upper leaves erect-spreading, BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 161 2-2.3 mm. long, narrowly ovate-lanceolate, acuminate; margins recurved below, minutely denticulate above; costa ending below apex; upper cells linear becoming short rectangular at base. Seta very slender, to 5 cm. long, flexuous, red; capsules suberect, oblong- cylindric from a short neck, small-mouthed, to 3.5 mm. long; lid convex, apiculate; peristome teeth yellow, about 0.2 mm. high, minutely papillose, endostome imperfect, consisting of a low, hyaline basal membrane with irregularly cleft segments about as long as teeth, cilia none or rudimentary; spores minutely papillose, diameter 20-25 M . (Fig. 72, D-G.) Dept. El Quiche: Sharp 5336. Dept. Huehuetenango : Sharp 4909. Endemic. On banks at moderate altitudes. This is an unusual species in several respects. The long, slender, bright red setae, suberect capsules and imperfect inner peristome are characters in the aggre- gate widely different from those attributed to any other member of the genus. EXCLUDED SPECIES BRYUM SELERI C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 181. 1897. This species is evidently referable to Pohlia but it cannot be accurately determined from the description. 5. MNIOBRYUM (Schimp. ex p.) Limpr., Laubm. 2: 272. 1892. Mniobryum Schimp. in Bry. Eur. fasc. 46-47 et Consp. ad Vol. 4. 1851. Plants in lax pale green tufts; stems elongate, radiculose below, laxly foliate. Leaves slightly contorted when dry, ovate-lanceolate; costa ending below apex; cells lax, rhomboidal. Seta elongate; capsule ovoid, nodding or pendulous; peristome complete, cilia nodose; lid convex, apiculate. 1. MNIOBRYUM WAHLENBERGII (Web. & Mohr.) Bartr., comb. nov. Hypnum Wahlenbergii Web. & Mohr., Bot. Taschenbuch 280. 1807. Mnium albicans Wahlenb., Fl. Lapp. 353. 1812. Dioicous; stems to 5 cm. long, often branched, slender. Leaves 1.5-2 mm. long, slightly decurrent, short acuminate; margins slightly recurved below; plane and denticulate above; costa reddish toward base, ending below apex; cells thin walled, to 15 or 20 n wide and 162 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 100 n long, narrower toward margins. Seta to 2 cm. or more long; capsule ovoid, wide mouthed, neck short; peristome teeth slender, yellowish, segments of endostome split, cilia 2 or 3, nodose. (Fig. 71, D-F.) Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 36523. Distribution: Nearly cosmopolitan. Wet banks and rocks at medium to high altitudes. No fertile plants have been seen from the local area. Sterile stems are fre- quently quite slender with reduced leaves. 6. EPIPTERYGIUM Lindb., Oefv. K. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 1863:599. 1863. Dioicous; plants rather small, pale and dull green tinged with red ; stems simple, radiculose below. Lower leaves small and distant, the upper not crowded, complanate, dimorphous, the lateral rows ovate, larger and broader than the dorsal rows; costa ending above mid-leaf; cells very lax and thin walled, narrower toward margins often forming a distinct, colored border. Seta elongate; capsule pendulous, small, ovoid; peristome complete, segments of endostome from a high basal membrane, cilia well developed, nodose. Leaves with a reddish border 2. E. lepidopiloides Leaves not bordered 1. E. immarginatum 1. EPIPTERYGIUM IMMARGINATUM Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 319. 1869. Densely gregarious, medium sized plants; stems about 2 cm. high. Lateral leaves broadly ovate, short apiculate, 2.5 mm. long; margins plane, minutely denticulate above; costa slender, ending well above mid-leaf; cells rhomboidal-hexagonal, to 20 M x 120 n, gradually nar- rower and longer toward margins but not forming a distinct border; dorsal leaves about 1 mm. long, lanceolate, acuminate. Seta 12-15 mm. long; capsule small, pendulous. (Fig. 71, G-I.) Dept. Quezaltenango : Steyermark 3^736; Standley 65321 . Dept. Sacatepequez: Standley 59^6 in part. Distribution: Costa Rica. On wet banks and rocks at high altitudes. The longer costa and the indistinct, concolorous leaf border will aid in separating this species from the following. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 163 2. EPIPTERYGIUM LEPIDOPILOIDES (C. M.) Par., Suppl. Ind. Bryol. 143. 1900. Bryum lepidopiloides C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 185. 1897. Similar to E. immarginatum but smaller and more deeply tinged with red. Stems under 1 cm. high. Lateral leaves to 2.5 mm. long, oblong-ovate, short apiculate, entire; costa ending about mid-leaf or below; cells as in E. immarginatum but colored toward margins forming a rather indefinite reddish border; dorsal leaves much smaller, narrowly lanceolate, slenderly acuminate. Sporophyte not seen. (Fig. 73, A-D.) Dept. Suchitepequez: Steyermark 1*6850. Endemic. On shaded cliff face at high altitude. Very distinct from E. Wrightii (Sull.) Lindb. of the West Indies in the oblong, not obovate, lateral leaves, less abruptly apiculate and the narrower, more elongated leaf cells. 7. BRACHYMENIUM Schwaegr., Suppl. 2 1 : 131. 1824. Small to medium sized plants, densely tufted. Leaves imbricated or contorted when dry; costa strong, often long excurrent; cells FIGURE 73 A-D, Epipterygium lepidopiloides: A, lateral leaf, X14; B, dorsal leaf, X14; C, upper leaf cells and margin, X120; D, apex of leaf, X54. E-G, Brachymenium systylium: E, plant, XI; F, leaf, X14; G, apex of leaf, X54. H-J, Brachymenium barbe-montis: H, plant, Xl; I, leaf, X14; J, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. 164 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 rhomboidal above, short rectangular below. Seta elongate; capsule suberect; peristome double, teeth normally developed, endostome imperfect, consisting of an irregular basal membrane without segments or cilia. 1. Costa ex current in a long, hyaline hair point 1. B. systylium Costa not as above 2 2. Leaves spirally twisted when dry, narrowly bordered 4. B. macrocarpum Leaves erect-imbricated when dry, unbordered 3 3. Small plants, leaves less than 1 mm. long, cells not incrassate 2. B. barbe-montis Large plants, leaves 1-1.5 mm. long, cells very incrassate. . . .3. B. mexicanum 1. BRACHYMENIUM SYSTYLIUM (C. M.) Jaeg., Adumb. 2: 117. 1874-75. Bryum systylium C. M., Syn. 1 : 320. 1849. Bryum Carionis C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 180. 1897. Plants 1-3 cm. high, densely tufted, matted with reddish brown radicles below; stems branched. Leaves crowded, often in inter- rupted tufts, closely imbricated, unbordered, oblong-ovate, concave, with long, hyaline hair points; costa strong, excurrent in a long, subentire hair point; margins erect, denticulate above; cells rhom- boidal-hexagonal becoming linear toward margins, quadrate toward base. Seta 1.5 mm. long or longer; capsule suberect, ovoid-cylindric, 3.5 mm. long; lid bluntly conical; peristome teeth slender, brown, papillose; endostome a low, yellowish membrane slightly exceeding the rim. (Fig. 73, E-G.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 69650, 71730, 717J*3a, 90775. Dept. Huehuete- nango: Standley 81690, 82867; Steyermark 50598, 50599a. Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 81*261, 85738; Steyermark 31*101*, 31*106. Dept. Sacatepequez : Standley 59011. Dept. Solola: Steyermark 1*6959. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 61856. Dept. Jalapa: Standley 75581*. Distribution: Arizona, New Mexico, Mexico, Central and South America. On trees, logs and damp, shaded banks at medium to high alti- tudes. Variable and frequent but easily recognized by the closely imbricated, hair-pointed leaves. 2. BRACHYMENIUM BARBE-MONTIS C. M., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belg. 31 : 165. 1892. Small, densely tufted, terrestrial plants; stems to 7 mm. high, slender. Leaves erect and closely imbricated when dry, scarcely BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 165 1 mm. long, ovate, concave, aristate; margins erect, entire; costa strong, excurrent in a stout, concolorous arista; cells narrowly rhomboidal, not incrassate, narrower toward margins, short rec- tangular below. Seta slender, reddish, about 15 mm. long; capsule erect, ovoid with a short neck, wrinkled when dry, 1.5 mm. long; lid bluntly conical; peristome teeth linear, densely papillose, endostome a high membrane more than half the height of the teeth; annulus compound. Sterile stems frequently with small, foliose gemmae in upper leaf axils. (Fig. 73, H-J.) Dept. Guatemala: Standley 891*38. Dept. Jalapa: Standley 76785, 77527. Distribution: Costa Rica. On shaded banks at moderate altitudes. The small size and minute, unbordered leaves will distinguish this species without much trouble. 3. BRACHYMENIUM MEXICANUM Mont., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. Ser. II, 9: 54. 1838. Dull, yellowish green plants, closely tufted; stems to 1 cm. high, often branched. Lower leaves small, upper crowded in a comal tuft, closely imbricated, broadly ovate, about 1.5 mm. long, concave, cuspidate, entire, unbordered; costa excurrent in a short, concolorous point; upper cells rhomboidal-hexagonal, incrassate, basal cells quadrate. Seta 12-25 mm. long; capsule erect, ovoid-cylindric, tapering to a slender neck; lid bluntly conical; annulus broad; peristome teeth brownish, papillose, endostome about half the height of the teeth, irregularly laciniate on the edge. (Fig. 74, A-D.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Standley 82522a. Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 83261 a. Dept. Jutiapa: Standley Distribution: Texas, Mexico. On banks and rocks mostly at rather high altitudes. The short pointed, unbordered leaves in compact comal tufts give this species a characteristic look. 4. BRACHYMENIUM MACROCARPUM Card., Rev. Bryol. 38: 6. 1911. Rather robust plants in green mats or tufts; stems about 1 cm. high, densely radiculose below, simple or branched. Leaves crowded, spirally twisted when dry, oblong-ovate, obtuse, cuspidate, to 2 mm. long, 1 mm. wide; margins strongly recurved, denticulate near apex; costa stout, excurrent in a toothed, concolorous point; upper cells 166 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 vxi D F FIGURE 74 A-D, Brachymenium mexicanum: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14; C, upper leaf cells and margin, X270; D, part of peristome, X120. E-G, Brachymenium macrocarpum: E, plant, Xl; F, leaf, X14; G, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. H-J, Anomobryum filiforme: H, plant, Xl; I, leaf, X14; J, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. hexagonal, thin walled, densely chlorophyllose, elongate in 1 or 2 rows at margins forming a narrow border, basal cells quadrate. Seta red, 1.5-2 cm. long; capsule erect, ovoid-cylindric, small mouthed, 3-4 mm. long; lid conical, curved, a scant 1 mm. long; peristome teeth brown, densely papillose, endostome a high yellowish, papillose cylinder, laciniate on the edge. (Fig. 74, E-G.) Dept. Peten: Lundell 2056. Distribution: Florida, Mexico. On rocks, logs and trees at low altitude. Sharply distinct from the other local species in that the leaves are spirally twisted when dry with the margins recurved nearly to apex. 8. ANOMOBRYUM Schimp., Syn. Ed. I, 382. 1860. Dioicous; slender, pale green, glossy plants; stems evenly foliate and terete. Leaves erect, closely imbricated, ovate, concave, entire; costa ending below apex; upper cells narrow, more lax and rhomboidal below. Seta elongate; capsule pendulous; peristome double and complete. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 167 1. Leaves plicate, upper cells to 50 n long 2. A. plicatum Leaves not plicate, upper cells to 100 /i long 2 2. Leaves bluntly pointed, costa ending below apex 1. A. filiforme Leaves acute, costa percurrent 3. A. semiovatum 1. ANOMOBRYUM FILIFORME (Dicks) Husn., Muse. Gall. 2?2. 1888. Bryum filiforme Dicks., PI. Crypt, fasc. 4: 16. 1801. ?Bryum perappresum C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 182. 1897. Plants tufted, to 2 cm. or more high, glossy; stems julaceous, with subfloral innovations. Leaves numerous, erect and rigidly imbricated, 1-1.5 mm. long, obtuse to broadly acute; margins erect, denticulate toward apex; costa ending below apex; upper cells linear, to 100 M or more long, incrassate, vermicular, broader, shorter and thin walled below. Seta slender, flexuous, to 2 cm. long; capsule oblong-cylindric, neck distinct, 3-4 mm. long; peristome teeth yellow, segments of endostome from a high basal membrane, split, cilia appendiculate. (Fig. 74, H-J.) Dept. Huehuetenango : Standley 82^28. Dept. San Marcos: Standley 66271; Steyermark 85675, 35993. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 65921, 8M25. Dept. Quezaltenango: Standley 67829, 67861, 83313, 83430, 83377, 852^5, 85987, 8601>5; Steyermark 33929, 8^596, 8^618, 8^916, 3^920. Dept. Sacatepequez: Standley 65273. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 62322, 6^80. Distribution: Greenland to Alaska south to New York, Wisconsin and Minnesota, Mexico, Costa Rica, South America, Europe, Africa. On damp banks and rocks at medium to high altitudes. The species is quite variable and I cannot satisfactorily segregate the var. mexicanum (Schimp.) Par. from the type concept. It fruits freely in Mexico and Costa Rica and is apparently broadly dis- tributed. 2. ANOMOBRYUM PLICATUM Card., Rev. Bryol. 36: 112. 1909. More robust than A. filiforme; stems to 5 cm. or more high. Leaves broadly ovate, about as broad as long, rounded at apex, crenulate-denticulate about half way down, often with 1 or 2 notice- able plicae on either side of costa; costa stout, ending below apex; upper cells narrowly rhomboidal, 8-10 M wide, 25-50 n long, in- crassate, much narrower and linear in several rows toward margins, basal cells shorter and broader. (Fig. 75, A-C.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Standley 81087, 81179 in part. Distribution: Mexico. 168 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 Alpine meadow. Distinct from A. filiforme in the orbicular- ovate leaves and shorter, broader upper leaf cells. 3. ANOMOBRYUM SEMIOVATUM (Brid.) Jaeg., Adumb. 1 : 602. 1874- 75. Bryum semiovatum Brid., Bryol. Univ. 1 : 846. 1826. Slender yellowish green plants forming low, dense mats. Stems decumbent, to 2 cm. long, julaceous when moist. Leaves laxly appressed when dry, tightly imbricated when moist, to 1.5 mm. long, ovate, concave, acute; margins erect, entire; costa percurrent; upper cells rather lax, linear-rhomboidal, 12-15 /JL wide, 60-100 /z long, laxer toward base. Fruit not seen. (Fig. 72, H-I.) Dept. Solola: Svihla 2890b. Distribution: Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru. At moderate altitudes. Unless I am much mistaken this collec- tion represents a robust form of this species. It is well distinguished from A. filiforme by the laxer upper leaf cells, percurrent costa and acute leaf points. Furthermore the leaf points when dry are spread- ing, not closely appressed, so that the stems lack the characteristic julaceous appearance of A. filiforme. 9. ACIDODONTIUM Schwaegr., Suppl. 2 2 : 152. 1827. Dioicous; plants medium sized growing in dense, green tufts matted together with reddish brown radicles below; stems with numerous subfloral innovations. Leaves lanceolate, piliform acumi- nate, bordered; margins recurved below; costa ending below apex or excurrent; cells hexagonal above, rectangular below. Seta elongate; capsule large, suberect or nodding, ovoid, long necked; peristome double, teeth papillose, segments of endostome split into 2 divergent forks, cilia rudimentary; lid conical, short. 1. ACIDODONTIUM MEGALOCARPUM (Hook.) Ren. & Card., Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 31 : 162. 1892. Bryum megalocarpum Hook, in Kunth., Syn. PI. Aeq. 59: 1822-28. Addodontium floresianum C. M., Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 31 : 162. 1892. Stems about 2 cm. high. Leaves numerous, spirally contorted when dry, 3 mm. long, ovate-lanceolate, narrowed to a slender, toothed, hair-like point; margins narrowly recurved near base, plane above, denticulate toward apex; costa slender, ending near base of BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 169 acumen; upper cells hexagonal, thin walled, 1-2 rows at margins narrowly linear, not forming a distinct border, basal cells laxly rectangular. Seta 2.5-3.5 cm. long; capsule ovoid-cylindric, abruptly contracted to a slender, rugose neck, small mouthed ; peristome teeth broad below, abruptly contracted to a long subulate point, segments of endostome from a high basal membrane, forks widely divergent. (Fig. 75, D-G.) Dept; Alta Verapaz: Standley 90878. Distribution: Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia. On trees at moderate altitude. Allowing for a reasonable varia- tion in leaf outline there seems to be no appreciable difference between A. floresianum and A. megalocarpum. The conspicuous capsules and the curiously forked segments are distinctive characters. 10. BRYUM Hedw., Sp. Muse. 178. 1801 in part. Small to very large, tufted plants; stems with subfloral innova- tions, radiculose below. Leaves usually ovate-lanceolate, often bordered with narrower cells, entire or nearly so; costa excurrent or ending in or near apex; upper cells rhomboidal. Seta terminal, elongate; capsules clavate or pyriform, mostly horizontal or pen- FIGURB 75 A-C, Anomobryum plicatum: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14; C, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. D-G, Acidodontium megalocarpum: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X14; F, part of peristome, X54; G, capsule, X4. 170 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 dulous; peristome double, usually complete, teeth 16, lanceolate, endostome with a high basal membrane bearing 16 keeled, split segments and appendiculate cilia; lid convex, apiculate; calyptra small, fugacious. 1. Leaves silvery white or yellow 2 Plants green, often with a reddish or brownish tinge 3 2. Plants silvery white, capsule oblong with a short neck 3. B. argenteum Plants yellow, capsule narrowly cylindrical, with a long neck. 4. B. chryseum 3. Capsule short, with a thick, spongy neck, abruptly contracted to seta 4 Capsule elongate, with a slender, tapering neck 5 4. Capsule cylindrical, 2 mm. or more long, leaves 2-3 mm. long 5. B. coronatum Capsule subglobose, 1 mm. or less long, leaves about 1.5 mm. long 6. B. microbalanum 5. Leaves bluntly pointed 6 Leaves acuminate 7 6. Leaves not bordered, ovate-lanceolate 1. B. Crugeri Leaves strongly bordered, orbicular-oval 2. B. mnioides 7. Very robust plants, stems to 12 or 15 cm. long, leaves long decurrent 13. B. procerum Stems shorter, seldom over 3-4 cm. long, leaves scarcely decurrent 8 8. Leaf cells lax, thin-walled 8. B. capillare Leaf cells firm, thick-walled 9 9. Costa long excurrent, synoicous 9. B. cuspidatum Costa short excurrent, dioicous 10 10. Stems evenly foliate, leaves contorted and appressed when dry 7. B. pseudotriquetrum Stems with the leaves imbricated, crowded above, often in rosulate tufts. . . 11 11. Upper leaves in conspicuous rosulate tufts, leaf cells elongate. 10. B. truncorum Upper leaves crowded but not in rosulate tufts, leaf cells short, 1:2 or less. . 12 12. Leaf margins with short, single teeth 11. B. Mangini Leaf margins spinose-serrate, teeth often in pairs 12. B. geminidens 1. BRYUM CRUGERI Hampe, in C. M., Syn. 1 : 300. 1849. Dioicous; rather small, pale green, slightly glossy plants, densely tufted; stems red, branched. Lower leaves widely spreading, upper more erect, 1.5-2 mm. long, oblong-ovate, concave, bluntly acute; margins plane, subentire; costa slender, percurrent; cells narrowly rhomboidal, linear near margins, lax and broad near base. Seta 1.5-2 cm. long, slender; capsule pendulous, clavate with a tapering neck; peristome teeth dark brown, segments widely perforate along keel, cilia appendiculate. (Fig. 76, A-C.) BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 171 Dept. Izabal: Standley 721*62. Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark 29389. Dept. Chiquimula: Steyermark 30878. Distribution: Florida, Costa Rica, West Indies, South America. On damp ground at low altitudes. The deeply concave, short pointed unbordered leaves will readily distinguish this species. 2. BRYUM MNIOIDES (Schimp.) Broth., E. & P. Pflanzenfam. I 3 : 574. 1904. Webera mnioides Schimp., Ann. Sci. Nat. 6, Ser. 3: 204. 1876. Fragile, brownish green plants in dense tufts or cushions. Stems to 2 cm. high, laxly foliate, with clusters of brownish, septate fila- ments in the upper leaf axils. Leaves contorted when dry, widely spreading when moist, orbicular-oval, slightly concave, decurrent, obtuse or broadly rounded, bordered, subentire to faintly sinuate, 1.5-1.8 mm. long, 1.2 mm. wide; margins erect; costa strong, brown, ending below apex; upper cells short hexagonal, 3-5 rows at margins linear with brown, incrassate walls, forming a strong border, basal cells rectangular. Fruit not seen. (Fig. 78, A-C.) Dept. El Quiche: Sharp 21*51*. Dept. Baja Verapaz: Sharp 28 11*, 2818. Distribution: Guadeloupe. D FIGURE 76 A-C, Bryum Crugeri: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14; C, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. D-G, Bryum argenteum: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X14; F, leaf of var. lanatum, X14; G, capsule, X8. H-L, Bryum chryseum: H, plant, Xl; I and J, leaves, X14; K, capsule, X8; L, apex of leaf, X54. 172 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 On moist rocks at moderate altitudes. As these collections are sterile the determination is questionable but the broadly ovate leaves with the costa ending below the short, blunt apex, compare favorably with the original description and with specimens from Guadeloupe. 3. BRYUM ARGENTEUM Hedw., Sp. Muse. 181. 1801. ?Bryum subcorrugatum C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 182. 1897. ?Bryum lagunicolum C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 183. 1897. Dioicous; small, silvery white, often densely tufted plants; stems red, fragile. Leaves crowded, imbricated, broadly ovate, acuminate, entire; costa ending below apex or excurrent in forms; upper cells hyaline, narrow, basal cells quadrate, chlorophyllose. Seta slender, red, about 1 cm. high; capsule pendulous, oblong, short necked; peristome complete. (Fig. 76, D-G.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 7174.3. Dept. Huehuetenango : Steyermark 48928; Standley 81111, 81714, 81721. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 83156, 84447. Dept. Quezaltenango: Standley 66497, 83400, 83459, 84155; Steyermark 34625a, 34626, 34835. Dept. Sacatepequez : Standley 58644, 58646. Dept. Guatemala: Standley 80716. Dept. Chiquimula: Steyermark 30611. Dept. Jutiapa: Standley 75711, 78450. Dept. Jalapa: Standley 76713, 77499. Dept. Santa Rosa: Standley 78248. Distribution: Cosmopolitan. On banks, rocks, trees, etc., at medium to high altitudes. A cosmopolitan species with an extensive synonymy. Many of the above collections represent the var. lanatum (P. B.) Bry. Eur. with the costa excurrent but there are closely intergrading forms. 4. BRYUM CHRYSEUM Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 304. 1869. ?Bryum guatemalense Hampe, Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 182. 1897. Dioicous; plants small, yellowish, slightly glossy, densely tufted; stems to 5-6 mm. high, julaceous. Leaves closely imbricated with spreading points, about 1 mm. long, broadly ovate, concave, slenderly acuminate, minutely denticulate toward apex; costa excurrent in a concolorous, denticulate point; upper cells linear-rhomboidal, basal cells quadrate, chlorophyllose. Seta to 20 mm. long; capsule hori- zontal, cylindrical with a tapering neck; peristome complete. (Fig. 76, H-L.) Dept. Quezaltenango: Standley 84815. Distribution: Mexico. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 173 On dry bank at rather high altitude. The yellowish, terete stems with the leaf points widely spreading on all sides and the narrow capsule wij:h a tapering neck clearly distinguish this species from any form of B. argenteum. 5. BRYUM CORONATUM Schwaegr., Suppl. I 2 : 103. 1816. Dioicous; plants green, tufted, radiculose below; stems short, slender, rarely over 1 cm. high. Leaves numerous, erect and slightly contorted when dry, to 2-3.5 mm. long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, concave, entire; costa usually excurrent; cells narrowly rhomboidal, narrower toward margins but not forming a distinct border, broader and shorter below. Seta slender, red, to 2 cm. or more long; capsule red, pendulous, oblong, 2-2.5 mm. long, with a short, spongy, rounded neck; peristome complete. (Fig. 77, A-C.) Dept. Jutiapa: Standley 76102. Distribution: Pantropical, north to Florida. On damp banks, rocks, etc., mostly at low altitudes. Readily known by the peculiar short necked capsules. 6. BRYUM MICROBALANUM Card., Rev. Bryol. 36: 112. 1909. Similar to B. coronatum but smaller. Plants yellowish; stems less than 5 mm. high. Leaves erect, imbricated when dry, about FIGURE 77 A-C, Bryum coronatum: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14; C, capsule, X8. D-F, Bryum microbalanum: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X14; F, capsule, X8. G-J, Bryum pseudotriquelrum: G, plant, Xl; H, leaf, X14; I, apex of leaf, X54; J, upper leaf cells, X270. 174 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 1.5 mm. long, lanceolate, acuminate; margins recurved below; costa excurrent. Seta 1-2 cm. long, slender, reddish; capsule minute, pendulous, subglobose with a short, thick, rounded neck, about 1 mm. long. (Fig. 77, D-F.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Steyermark ^9662. Distribution: Mexico. On sandy river flat at rather low altitude. These plants seem to be identical with the type collection from Mexico and are distin- guished from B. coronatum by the smaller leaves and shorter, sub- globose capsules. 7. BRYUM PSEUDOTRIQUETRUM (Hedw.) Schwaegr., Suppl. I 2 : 110. 1816. Mnium pseudotriquetrum Hedw., Sp. Muse. 109. 1801. Synoicous or dioicous; plants rather robust, green toward tips, brown and radiculose below. Stems erect, to 5 cm. or more high. Leaves not crowded, contorted when dry, about 3 mm. long, ovate- lanceolate, short pointed; margins entire or slightly toothed toward apex, recurved; costa strong, reddish, percurrent or short excurrent; cells rhomboidal-hexagonal, moderately incrassate, several rows at margins long and narrow forming a distinct border, shorter, broader and reddish at base. Seta to 4 cm. or more long; capsule sub- pendulous, clavate, with a long neck, to 5-6 mm. long; peristome large, complete. (Fig. 77, G-J.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Standley 81180 (as B. bimum). Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 35971. Distribution: United States and northward, Europe, Asia. Wet alpine meadows. These collections are sterile but the vegeta- tive characters differ in no way from typical plants of farther north. 8. BRYUM CAPILLARE Hedw., Sp. Muse. 182. 1801. ?Bryum Bernoullii C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 183. 1897. Bryum vulcanicolum C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 184. 1897. Rather small tufted plants, green or brownish; stems rarely over 1 cm. high. Lower leaves small, distant, upper leaves larger, crowded in a comal tuft, strongly contorted when dry, obovate, cuspidate, often serrulate above; margins recurved below; costa ending below apex to long excurrent; cells broadly hexagonal, thin walled, 2 or 3 rows at margins long and narrow forming a distinct border. Seta BARTRAM: MOSSES 6F GUATEMALA 175 to 3 cm. long; capsule large, often curved, cylindric with a tapering neck; peristome large, complete. (Fig. 79, A-D.) Dept. Izabal: Steyermark 39807. Dept. Huehuetenango: Standley 81087d; Steyermark ^9130, 50268b. Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 36086, 36097, 36103. Dept. Quezaltenango : Steyermark 34139, 34630 (as Brachymenium spirifolium?) ; Standley 67627 (as Bryum erythroneurori), 8^225, 86005. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 587^0 (as Brachymenium spirifolium?) . Dept. Guatemala: Standley 80601a. Dept. Jutiapa: Standley 75163, 75671. Distribution: Nearly cosmopolitan. On damp banks, meadows, walls, etc., at medium to high altitudes. The strongly contorted leaves, often spirally twisted when dry, with broad, thin walled cells may usually be relied upon to distinguish this widespread, variable species. No. 36103 cited above is synoicous and represents the form usually referred to as var. torquescens (Bry. Eur.) which, as Andrews remarks in his recent treatment of the species north of Mexico, differs only in the synoicous inflorescence. 9. BRYUM CUSPIDATUM (Bry. Eur.) Schimp., Syn. (Ed. 2) 430. 1876. Bryum bimum var. cuspidatum Bry. Eur. fasc. 6/9: 50. 1839. Synoicous; small, tufted plants. Stems to 5 mm. high, sparingly radiculose. Leaves erect, flexuous and slightly spreading when FIGURE 78 A-C, Bryum mnioides: A, plant, XI; B, leaf, X18; C, upper leaf cells and margin, XllO. D-F, Bryum cuspidatum: D, plant, XI; E, leaf, X14; F, apex of leaf, X66. 176 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 moist, to 4 mm. long, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate; margins re- curved below, denticulate toward apex; costa long excurrent in a slightly denticulate arista; upper cells linear-rhomboidal, narrower in several rows at margins forming an indistinct border, basal cells oblong, lax, often tinged with red. Seta slender, red, to 3 cm. long; capsules pendulous, ovoid-cylindrical, reddish brown. (Fig. 78, D-F.) Dept. Baja Verapaz: Sharp 5156, 5158. Distribution : United States and Canada. On soil at low altitudes. These records are far to the south of the range previously credited to the species in North America but they seem to be typical in all essential particulars. 10. BRYUM TRUNCORUM Brid., Sp. Muse. 3: 50. 1817. Bryum andicola Hook, in Kunth, Syn, PI. Aeq. 1 : 58. 1822. Bryum streptorhodon C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 179. 1897. Dioicous; plants usually in dense tufts, green or yellowish above; stems to 3 cm. high, radiculose below. Leaves contorted when dry, distant below, the upper crowded in a dense, rosulate tuft, 3-3.5 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide, obovate, short acuminate, usually with numerous brown, septate, cylindrical, papillose propagula in the axils; margins recurved below, toothed above; costa short excurrent; cells rhom- boidal-hexagonal, 2-3 rows at margins linear and incrassate forming a distinct border. Seta 1 or 2 from the same perichaetium, 2 cm. or more long; capsule large, subpendulous; peristome complete. (Fig. 79, E-H.) Dept. Huehuetenango : Standley 81717, 82553. Dept. San Marcos: Standley 66247b. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 65886a, 65888, 83103. Dept. Quezal- tenango: Standley 65558, 83396, 83805, 85736, 86065; Steyermark 34241. Dept. Suchitepequez : Steyermark 46712. Dept. Sacatepequez : Standley 59499, 63077. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 60068, 8003 8a, 80152, 80323. Dept. El Progresso: Steyermark 43698. Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark 42640. Dept. Chiquimula: Steyer- mark 30592. Dept. Jutiapa: Standley 76320. Dept. Jalapa: Steyermark 32263, 32482, 32495, 32816; Standley 76571. Dept. Santa Rosa: Standley 78097, 78101. Distribution: Texas and Arizona, Mexico, West Indies, South America, also wide in southern hemisphere. On banks, trees, logs, etc., mostly at medium altitudes. I have followed Andrews' interpretation of this species, which seems a very happy solution of a complex problem. The complete synonymy is evidently very extensive. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 177 11. BRYUM MANGINI Ren. & Card., Rev. Bryol. 36: 115. 1909. Robust densely tufted plants; stems to 5 cm. high, evenly and densely foliate, matted together with reddish brown tomentum. Leaves contorted when dry, obovate, short pointed, to 3.5 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide; margins strongly revolute nearly to apex, bluntly serrulate above; costa percurrent; cells short oval-hexagonal, in- crassate, rarely more than twice as long as wide, narrower toward margins but not forming a distinct border, larger and yellowish at base. Seta solitary, slender, 2-3 cm. long; capsule nodding or hori- zontal, cylindrical with a tapering neck, 4-5 mm. long; peristome complete, endostome with a high basal membrane, cilia 2-3, short, nodose or weakly appendiculate. (Fig. 80, A-C.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Steyermark 50185, 50268. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 58739, 60962, 61857. Distribution: Mexico. On trees, logs and limestone bluffs at high altitudes. This seems to be a well marked species differing from B. truncorum in the evenly foliate stems and unbordered leaves with shorter, more incrassate cells. 12. BRYUM GEMINIDENS Bartr., Bryol. 49: 115. 1946. Robust, densely tufted, yellowish green plants; stems to 5 cm. high, evenly foliate, densely tomentose. Leaves strongly contorted H FIGURE 79 A-D, Bryum capillare: A, plant, XI; B, leaf, X8; C, apex of leaf, X54; D, upper leaf cells and margin, X120. E-H, Bryum truncorum: E, plant, XI; F, leaf, X8; G, apex of leaf, X54; H, upper leaf cells and margin, X120. 178 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 F A-C, Bryum Mangini: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X8; C, upper leaf margin, X270. D-F, Bryum geminidens: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X8; F, upper leaf margin, X270. cells and cells and when dry, 3.5-4 mm. long, 1.5-2 mm. wide, obovate, abruptly apiculate; margins recurved below, plane and strongly spinose- serrate above with the teeth often paired; cells short, incrassate, oval-hexagonal, about 1:2, several rows at margins long and narrow forming a distinct border; costa excurrent. Sporophyte unknown. (Fig. 80, D-F.) Dept. San Marcos: Between San Sebastian and summit of Volcan Tajumulco, alt. 3,800-4,600 m., among rocks on top of ridge leading to rocky dome, Steyer- mark 35519 TYPE. Endemic. Distinct from B. Mangini in the plainly bordered leaves, spinose- serrate above with the teeth often in pairs. From B. procerum it differs in the leaves, which are not decurrent, and in the shorter, incrassate areolation. 13. BRYUM PROCERUM Schimp., in Besch., Prodr. Bryol. Mex. 55. 1871. Rhodobryum elatissimum Bartr. in herbaria. Plants large to very robust, yellowish green; stems to 15 cm. long, evenly foliate, densely tomentose nearly to tips. Leaves not crowded, contorted when dry, to 10 mm. long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, decurrent, strongly bordered; margins narrowly recurved below, BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 179 plane and spinose-serrate in upper half with the teeth often in pairs; costa ending below apex; cells rhomboid-hexagonal, thin walled, to 100 M long, very narrow in 3-4 rows at margins forming a distinct, pale border, gradually laxer below. . Setae 1-3 from the same peri- chaetium, red, to 5 cm. long; capsule horizontal, oblong-cylindric with a tapering neck, to 5 mm. long; lid conical; annulus broad, compound; peristome teeth brownish, segments of endostome from a high basal membrane, widely split, cilia 2-3, strongly appendicu- late; spores 10-12 M . (Fig. 81, A-B.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Standley 81626, 81768; Steyermark 1*8391, 5061*3. Dept. San Marcos: Standley 85398, 851*820.; Steyermark 35628. Dept. Totoni- capan: Standley 62711*a, 62727, 83101, 81*006, 81*1*85. Dept. Quezaltenango : Steyermark 31*071*, 31*102. Dept. Solola: Steyermark 1*7513, 1*7562. Dept. Chimal- tenango: Standley 5876 1*, 60967, 61109a, 61831. Distribution: Mexico. On damp banks, rocks, trees etc. at medium to high altitudes. In addition to the robust habit these plants are distinguished by the ovate-lanceolate, decurrent and strongly bordered leaves with the margins spinose-serrate above and the elongate, rhomboidal, thin walled cells. EXCLUDED SPECIES Bryum pergracilescens C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 184. 1897. Bryum perminutum C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 184. 1897. No material relating to either of these species is available for comparison. 11. RHODOBRYUM (Schimp.) Limpr., Laubm. 2: 444. 1892. Bryum subg. Rhodobryum Schimp., Syn. 381. 1860. Robust terrestrial plants, stoloniferous, in lax mats; stems erect, often interruptedly foliate. Lower leaves small and distant, upper leaves often crowded in rosette-like tufts, bordered, serrate above; costa strong; upper cells rhomboidal, basal cells rectangular. Seta single or aggregated, elongate; capsules large, pendulous; peristome complete. 1. Leaf border 5-6 cells wide above 2. R. confluens Leaf border about 2 cells wide above 2 2. Plants yellowish, leaves oblong, little narrowed below 3. R. utriculosum Plants dark green tinged with red, leaves spatulate 1. R. Beyrichianum 180 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 D FIGURE 81 A-B, Bryum procerum: A, leaf, X8; B, upper leaf cells and margin, X120. C-D, Rhodobryum Beyrichianum: C, leaf, X4; D, upper leaf cells and margin, X120. 1. RHODOBRYUM BEYRICHIANUM (Hornsch.) Par., Ind. Bryol. 1115. 1894-98. Mnium Beyrichianum, Hornsch., Fl. Bras. 1 : 45. 1840. Plants large, dark green tinged with red; stems 2-6 cm. or more high, radiculose below. Lower leaves small, upper much larger, crowded or in rosulate tufts, contorted when dry, to 12 mm. long, 6 mm. wide, broadly spatulate, short acuminate; margins slightly recurved at extreme base, plane and sharply spinose-serrate above; costa strong, percurrent; cells oval-hexagonal, thin walled, 2-3 rows at margins elongate forming a narrow distinct border. Seta 4 cm. or more long; capsule large, curved, cylindric with a tapering neck. (Fig. 81, C-D.) Dept. Peten: Lundell 2730; Bartlett 12604, 12636. Dept. El Progresso; Steyermark 43530, 43780. Dept. Chiquimula: Steyermark 30843. Distribution: Mexico, Central America, South America. On ground at medium altitudes. A critical study of the tropical American species is essential before the species and their respective ranges can be limited with any satisfaction. 2. RHODOBRYUM CONFLUENS (C. M.) Par., Ind. Bryol. 1115. 1894- 98. Bryum confluens C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 179. 1897. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 181 Rather small yellowish green plants, laxly tufted; stems to 6-7 cm. high, proliferous from the comal tufts. Upper leaves in small rosu- late tufts, contorted when dry, to 8 mm. long, 4 mm. wide, obovate, short acuminate, strongly bordered; margins recurved more than half way up, plane and serrulate above; costa short excurrent; upper cells oval-hexagonal, thin walled, 25 n wide, 50 n long, linear and incrassate in 5-6 rows at margins forming a wide, distinct border, lax and rectangular below. Sporophyte unknown. (Fig. 82, A-B.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Steyermark 50076 (as Bryum truncorum). Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 57819a (as R. Beyrichianum). Endemic. Wet, shaded bank at moderately high altitude. I have not seen the original collection but these specimens agree closely with the description and seem to be well distinguished by the widely bordered leaves with short upper cells. 3. RHODOBRYUM UTRICULOSUM (C. M.) Par., Ind. Bryol. 1122. 1894-98. Bryum utriculosum C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 180. 1897. Plants robust, yellowish green; stems to 5 cm. high, nearly naked below. Upper leaves in large rosulate tufts, to 11 mm. long, 2.5 mm. B D X120. FIGURE 82 A-B, Rhodobryum confluens: A, leaf, X8; B, upper leaf cells and margin, X120. C-D, Rhodobryum utriculosum: C, leaf, X4; D, upper leaf cells and margin, 182 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 wide, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate; margins recurved about half way up, undulate, plane and sharply serrate above; costa percurrent; upper cells rhomboidal-hexagonal, thin walled, 1 : 3 or 4, one or two rows at margins elongate forming a narrow, indistinct border, basal cells laxly rectangular. (Fig. 82, C-D.) Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 87278. Endemic. Moist pine slopes at moderate altitude. The oblong leaves from a scarcely narrower base with the margins recurved seem clearly to separate this species from R. Beyrichianum. I have not seen the type and the determination is based on the description. EXCLUDED SPECIES BRYUM LATO-CUSPIDATUM C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 180. 1897. The type is not available and the species cannot be placed from the description. 15. MNIACEAE Medium sized, broad leaved plants in tufts or mats. Leaves large, the upper often in rosulate tufts, short pointed, bordered, serrate with single or paired teeth; costa strong; cells broadly hexa- gonal. Seta elongate, single or aggregated; capsules usually pendu- lous, oblong, short necked; peristome double, complete, bryoid in structure. 1. MNIUM Hedw., Sp. Muse. 188. 1801. Plants with the characters of the family. Setae often aggregated ; capsules oblong-ovoid, subpendulous; peristome double, complete, segments of endostome from a high basal membrane, cilia nodose. Leaves oblong or obovate, apiculate, marginal teeth single. . . .1. M. longirostrum Leaves ovate, acuminate, marginal teeth in pairs 2. M. serratum 1. MNIUM LONGIROSTRUM Brid., Muse. Recent. 2 3 : 106. 1803. Mnium orbifolium C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 176. 1897. Synoicous; plants in loose mats; fertile stems about 2 cm. high, sterile stems longer. Leaves large, to 7 mm. long, obovate, rounded above, short apiculate, bordered with 3-4 rows of narrow cells; BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 183 margins bluntly serrate with short, single teeth well toward base; costa percurrent; cells rounded-hexagonal with thickened corners. Seta solitary or aggregated, about 2 cm. long; capsule pendulous, oblong, urn to 3 mm. long; lid long rostrate; annulus broad; peristome large and well developed. (Fig. 83, A-D.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 70050, 71629, 91392. Dept. Huehuetenango : Steyermark 1*8756. Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 35731, 37518. Dept. Chimal- tenango: Standley 61821. Dept. El Progresso: Steyermark 1*31*51. Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark 1*2388. Dept. Chiquimula: Steyermark 3081*2. Dept. Jalapa: Steyer- mark 32839. Distribution: Cosmopolitan, mostly in tropical and subtropical regions. On banks, logs, trees, etc., at medium to high altitudes. Frequent and usually fruiting. 2. MNIUM SERRATUM Brid., Muse. Rec. 2 2 : 84. 1803. Synoicous; rather slender, greenish plants, laxly tufted; stems erect, simple, laxly foliate, to 2 cm. high. Leaves crisped when dry, about 3 mm. long, oblong-ovate, short acuminate, with a strong reddish border, serrate with short, usually paired teeth; costa strong, smooth on back, percurrent; upper cells rounded-quadrate with noticeably thickened corners, basal cells more elongate. Seta solitary, FIGURE 83 A-D, Mnium longirostrum: A, plant, XI; B, leaf, X4; C, upper leaf cells and margin, X120; D, capsule, X4. E-F, Mnium serratum: E, leaf, X8; F, upper leaf cells and margin, X120. 184 FIELD IANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 to 2 cm. long; capsule large, oblong-cylindric; lid rostrate; peristome complete. (Fig. 83, E-F.) Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark S5711a, 35713, 35832. Dept. Huehuetenango : Steyermark 48399. Distribution: Wide in temperate North America, Europe, Asia. On wet rocks, banks and in meadows at higk altitudes. The local collections are all sterile and often poorly developed but they surely belong here. 16. DREPANOPHYLLACEAE Small to medium sized laxly tufted plants. Leaves in 4 rows, laterally spreading on both sides, very inequilateral, broad and convex on one side of costa, narrow and concave on the other side; costa percurrent; cells short. Seta terminal, elongate; capsule erect; peristome single. 1. MNIOMALLIA C. M., in Journ. Mus. Godeffr. 5:60. 1873-74. Small, slender, gregarious plants; stems branched, complanate- foliate. Leaves very unequally divided by the costa, obliquely ovate, short pointed; costa strong; cells rounded, smooth or papillose. Sporophyte not seen. 1. MNIOMALLIA VIRIDIS (Mitt.) C. M., Journ. Mus. Godeffr. 5: 61. 1873-74. Drepanophyllum viride Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 318. 1869. Mniomallia Bernoullii C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 176. 1897. Plants to 1 cm. high, dull green; stems branched, often with clustered brood filaments at tips, radiculose below, 1.5 mm. wide with leaves. Leaves numerous, obliquely inserted, to 0.7 mm. long, oblong-ovate, acute, arcuate when moist, overlapping, very asym- metrical; margins narrowly inflexed above and minutely serrulate in upper half; costa strong, nearer the concave side, percurrent; cells rounded-quadrate with firm, pellucid walls, coarsely and dis- tinctly papillose. Sporophyte unknown. (Fig. 84, A-C.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Steyermark M995a. Distribution: Brazil, Ecuador. On log at medium altitude. This interesting and highly individual species has much the appearance of a small Fissidens to the naked BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 185 eye but under a microscope the oddly shaped leaves are unmistak- able. I have not seen the original of M. Bernoullii but certainly the description suggests nothing different. 17. EUSTICHIACEAE Slender, bright green plants in dense tufts, interwoven with brownish radicles below; stems branched. Leaves numerous, dis- tichous, deeply carinate, ovate, cuspidate; margins erose-denticulate; costa strong, excurrent; cells small, papillose. Seta slender, elongate; capsules suberect; peristome teeth lacking, endostome of 16 vertically striolate segments, slightly perforate, united at base; lid long and slenderly beaked; calyptra cucullate. 1. EUSTICHIA (Brid.) Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 603. 1869. Phyllogonium sect. Eustichia Brid., Bryol. Univ. 2: 674. 1827. Plants with the characters of the family. 1. EUSTICHIA SPRUCEANA (C. M.) Par., Ind. Bryol. Suppl. 153. 1900. Diplostichum Spruceanum C. M., Hedwigia 36: 85. 1897. ?Diplostichum miradoricum C. M., Hedwigia 36: 85. 1897. Stems to 4 cm. high, considerably branched, about 1 mm. wide with leaves. Leaves spreading, with erect or incurved points, under 1 mm. long, deeply carinate-concave, cuspidate by the strong, pellucid, excurrent costa; margins erect, finely and irregularly denticulate; cells 8-10 n, rather obscure, papillose, several rows at margins often slightly elongate but not forming a distinct border. Seta 1.5-2 cm. long; capsule ovoid, wide mouthed, erect or curved, sulcate when dry. (Fig. 84, D-F.) Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 35700, 35703, 36^8. Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 837 1*5. Distribution: Mexico, Costa Rica, South America. Moist cliffs and bluffs at high altitudes. The various species proposed by Muller in Hedwigia 1897 appear to be based on very trivial distinctions. My numerous specimens from various parts of South America look much alike and I suspect they are merely forms of one broadly distributed species possibly referable to E. longirostris (Brid.). Dr. Reimers advised me some years ago that the original of E. miradorica (C. M.) from Mexico could not be located in 186 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 FIGURE 84 A-C, Mniomallia viridis: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X54; C, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. D-F, Eustichia Spruceana: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X28; F, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. G-I, Rhizogonium Lindigii: G, plant, Xl; H, leaf, X28; I, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. Berlin but the brief description leaves little doubt that it is the same as E. Spruceana. 18. RHIZOGONIACEAE Plants medium sized, densely tufted; stems erect, radiculose below. Leaves narrow, spreading, strongly serrate with single or paired teeth; costa strong; cells small, rounded, incrassate, smooth. Setae elongate, lateral near base of stem; capsule nodding or hori- zontal, curved; lid beaked; annulus present; peristome double, complete. 1. RHIZOGONIUM Brid., Bryol. Univ. 2: 663. 1827. Plants with the characters of the family. Leaves in 2 rows, bifarious, serrate with single teeth 1. R. Lindigii Leaves spreading on all sides, serrate with paired teeth 2. R. spiniforme 1. RHIZOGONIUM LINDIGII (Hampe) Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 328. 1869. Mnium Lindigii Hampe, Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. V, 4: 345. 1865. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 187 Dioicous; slender, yellowish brown, glossy plants; stems about 2 cm. high, nearly naked below, flexuous. Lower leaves small and distant, the upper numerous in 2 opposite rows, 1-1.5 mm. long, ovate, cuspidate by the excurrent costa, not bordered, coarsely incised serrate with simple teeth. Inflorescence basal. Sporophyte not seen. (Fig. 84, G-I.) Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark 43289. Distribution: Costa Rica, Colombia, British Guiana, Brazil. On shaded bluffs at high altitude. The bifarious, unbordered leaves distinguish this species at a glance. This is the northern limit of the range as now known. 2. RHIZOGONIUM SPINIFORME (Hedw.) Bruch, Flora 29: 134. 1846. Hypnum spiniforme Hedw., Sp. Muse. 236. 1801. Normally synoicous; inflorescence basal. Plants yellowish green in deep tufts, densely radiculose at base; stems to 3-5 cm. high, flexuous. Leaves numerous, not crowded, linear-lanceolate, gradu- ally acuminate, to 8 mm. long; margins thickened, spinose-serrate with paired teeth from near base; costa strong, toothed on back above; cells rounded, incrassate, several rows at margins in 2 layers forming a thickened border. Seta slender, flexuous, to 7 cm. long; capsule nodding or horizontal, curved; lid obliquely beaked; peris- tome teeth brownish, close, segments of endostome narrow from a high basal membrane, cilia nodose. (Fig. 85, A-C.) Dept. Izabal: Steyermark 38895, 41895. Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 90412, 90^21, 90433, 91420, 91662, 91667, 91962. Dept. Huehuetenango: Steyermark 48798. Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 37260. Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark 29829, 42556, 43225. Dept. Chiquimula: Steyermark 30815. Distribution: Cosmopolitan in tropical and subtropical regions reaching the southeastern United States. On logs, trees and humus at low altitudes. Frequent and usually fruiting. 19. MEESEACEAE Plants of bogs and wet places; stems erect. Leaves spreading, lanceolate, cells small, smooth; costa single, strong. Seta terminal, long; capsules curved, with a long, prominent neck; peristome double, the teeth usually blunt and shorter than the segments, cilia rudi- mentary; lid short, conical. 188 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 E FIGURE 85 A-C, Rhizogonium spiniforme: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X8; C, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. D-F, Meesea longiseta: D, leaf, X8; E, capsule, X8; F, apex of leaf, X120. G-I, Anacolia laevisphaera: G, plant, Xl; H, leaf, X14; I, basal leaf cells, X270. 1. MEESEA Hedw., Sp. Muse. 173. 1801. Plants with the characters of the family. Leaves decurrent; costa ending below apex. Segments of endostome often transversely connected. 1. MEESEA LONGISETA Hedw., Sp. Muse. 173. 1801. Synoicous; plants rather densely tufted, yellowish green; stems densely radiculose below. Leaves numerous, contorted when dry, lanceolate from an ovate base, to 3-4 mm. long, acute or blunt at apex; margins entire, plane or narrowly recurved toward base; costa ending below apex; upper cells rhomboidal, 2-4:1, rectangular toward base. Seta to 8 or 10 cm. long but often shorter; capsule curved, nodding, pyriform with a long neck; peristome teeth short, obtuse, segments of endostome much exceeding the teeth. (Fig. 85, D-F.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 92739. Distribution: Rare and local in North America, Honduras (as M. Ulei C. M.), Europe, Asia. Terrestrial in bogs at moderate altitude. The unexpected occur- rence of this species in Guatemala naturally led to a comparison with Standley's No. 56214a from Honduras, which I referred to BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 189 M. Ulei C. M. After comparing the two Central American collec- tions with each other and with M. longiseta I am convinced that they are identical. The leaves of M. longiseta are invariably described as plane margined but I find the basal edges are often narrowly recurved on one or both sides. 20. BARTRAMIACEAE Small to robust tufted plants; stems branched or with whorled subfloral innovations. Leaves usually narrow and acute; cells narrow, papillose at or near end walls. Setae short or long; capsules mostly globose and cernuous, ribbed when dry. Peristome usually double or imperfect, teeth 16, segments of endostome shorter than teeth, often poorly developed; lid convex or conical. . 1. Seta short, 2-3 mm. long 2 Seta elongate 3 2. Peristome lacking, dioicous 1. Anacolia Peristome present, synoicous 2. Leiomela 3. Synoicous, very small plants 4. Bartramidula Dioicous, plants larger 4 4. Leaves plicate, at least at base, alar cells differentiated 6. Breutelia Leaves not plicate, alar cells not differentiated 5 5. Leaves linear-lanceolate from a sheathing base 3. Bartramia Leaves lanceolate, not sheathing at base 5. Philonotis 1. ANACOLIA Schimp., Syn. Ed. 2, 513. 1876. Dioicous; plants fairly large, tufted, densely felted with brown tomentum below. Leaves appressed when dry, lanceolate; costa stout, percurrent or excurrent; margins recurved below, plane and serrate above; cells oblong, usually papillose. Seta terminal, short; capsules nearly erect, subglobose; peristome lacking or of 16 fragile, rudimentary teeth. Basal cells elongate, lamina cells in 2 layers 1. A. laevisphaera Basal cells short, lamina cells in 1 layer 2. A. intertexta 1. ANACOLIA LAEVISPHAERA (Tayl.) Flowers, Moss Fl. of No. Amer. 2 3 : 155. 1935. Glyphocarpus laevisphaera Tayl., Lond. Journ. Bot. 1846: 56. 1846. Bartramia subsessilis Tayl., Lond. Journ. Bot. 1847: 334. 1847. Plants yellowish green, closely tufted; stems 2-4 cm. long, branched. Leaves crowded, erect with flexuous points when dry, 190 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 3-4 mm. long, narrowly lanceolate, long acuminate, sharply serrate above; costa excurrent; upper cells in 2 layers, oblong, papillose, basal cells rectangular, to 65 // long, shorter toward margins. Seta 2-3 mm. long; capsule erect, globose, 2 mm. in diameter, small mouthed; peristome none as seen; spores papillose, about 25 n. (Fig. 85, G-I.) Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 84.170. Distribution: Arizona, New Mexico, Mexico, wide in South America. On damp bank at high altitude. Uniformly sterile in North America as far as I know but readily known by the elongated basal leaf cells and the bistratose upper cells. The sporophyte characters are described from fruiting plants collected in Ecuador. 2. ANACOLIA INTERTEXTA (Schimp.) Jaeg., Adumb. 2: 699. 1879. Bartramia intertexta Schimp. in C. M., Syn. 1: 503. 1849. Robust plants, yellowish, strongly tinged with brown, growing in extensive mats; stems slender, decumbent, to 7 or 8 cm. long, copiously branched, densely felted with red tomentum nearly to tips. Leaves appressed when dry, 3 mm. long, lanceolate from an ovate, plicate base, subulate-acuminate; margins strongly recurved more than half way up, serrulate nearly to base; costa excurrent; cells rounded, incrassate, in one layer, coarsely papillose, narrower toward margins but not elongate below. Perichaetial leaves longer, setaceous pointed; seta 2-3 mm. long, curved; capsule large, globose, pale brown, glossy, diameter 3 mm.; peristome none. (Fig. 86, A-C.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Standley 81090, 81677, 81691, 81852, 83088a; Steyer- mark 50231. Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 35896 (c. fr.). Dept. Quezaltenango: Steyermark 3^764, 3^765; Standley 8^180. Dept. Solola: Steyermark 1^6932. Distribution: Mexico. On limestone rocks, banks and trees at high altitudes. Mitten confused this species with A. setifolia as explained by TheYiot. The short, rounded distinct leaf cells of A. intertexta are very distinctive. 2. LEIOMELA (Mitt.) Broth., E. & P. Pflanzenf. I 3 : 634. 1904. Bartramia subsec. Leiomela Mitt, in part, Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 253. 1869. Synoicous; robust, dull yellowish green plants, densely tufted, felted with brown tomentum below; stems erect, branched. Leaves narrow, setaceous, serrulate; costa long excurrent; cells narrowly BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 191 rectangular, papillose at apical angles. Perichaetial leaves longer than stem leaves; seta terminal, short; capsule ovoid; lid plano- convex; peristome teeth 16, deeply inserted, endostome rudimentary. 1. LEIOMELA BARTRAMIOIDES (Hook.) Par., Ind. Bryol. Ed. 2, 3: 132. 1905. Leucodon bartramioides Hook., Ic. PI. Rar. 1: tab. 71. 1837. Stems to 7 cm. high. Leaves crowded, erect-spreading when dry, to 8 mm. long, linear-subulate from an erect, pale, oblong base; margins plane, minutely serrulate nearly to base; costa excurrent, toothed on back above; upper cells oblong, obscure, coarsely papillose, basal cells linear, smooth, hyaline, brownish near insertion. Peri- chaetial leaves 14-16 mm. long, with long, fragile, capillary, con- colorous points; seta 1 mm. or less long; capsule immersed, 2.5 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide, pale and rather glossy, smooth; peristome teeth irregularly cleft. (Fig. 86, D-F.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 71682. Dept. Huehuetenango : Steyermark 1*875]*, 1*9790 (c. fr.). Dept. San Marcos: Standley 68552a. Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 85997, 8601Sa. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 61080. Distribution: Costa Rica, Jamaica, South America. On trees at medium to high altitudes. Easily recognized by the very narrow, plane margined leaves and immersed capsules. Numer- FIGURE 86 A-C, Anacolia interiexta: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14; C, basal leaf cells, X270. D-F, Leiomela bartramioides: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X8; F, upper leaf cells, X270. G-I, Bartramia microstoma: G, plant, Xl; H, leaf, X8; I, capsule, X8. 192 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 ous purplish or brown, naked, filiform shoots are often produced near the tips of the sterile stems. These shoots bear clusters of rhizoids from which grow minute plants. 3. BARTRAMIA Hedw., Sp. Muse. 164. 1801. Plants erect, tufted, bright or yellowish green; stems branched. Leaves narrow, serrulate; costa strong, often excurrent; upper cells quadrate or elongate, papillose, obscure, basal cells linear, smooth. Seta short to elongate; capsules exserted, subglbbose, furrowed when dry; peristome double, single or none, endostome often rudi- mentary. The local species all belong in the section Vaginella. 1. Perichaetial leaves to 10-12 mm. long, much longer than stem leaves 3. B. Mathewsii Perichaetial leaves not differentiated 2 2. Leaves erect, rigid, appressed when dry 2. B. potosica Leaves with spreading points when dry 1. B. microstoma 1. BARTRAMIA MICROSTOMA Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 272. 1869. Synoicous; plants compactly tufted, green above, brown below; stems 2-4 cm. high. Leaves crowded, suberect with spreading, curved points when dry, 3-5 mm. long, linear-subulate from an erect, oblong, hyaline, sheathing base, wider at shoulders than below, subula opaque, serrulate; margins narrowly recurved just above shoulders, plane above; costa obscure above, excurrent; upper cells small, oblong, obscure, papillose. Seta slender, 6-8 mm. long, straight or curved; capsule nodding, ovoid, 1.5 mm. long, small mouthed; peristome teeth reddish brown, about 225 n long, endos- tome rudimentary; lid convex with a blunt point; spores reniform, to 28 M long. (Fig. 86, G-I.) Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 36116 (as B. Mathewsii). Dept Quezaltenango: Standley 66^08, 664U, 67749a. Dept. Sacatepequez: Standley 65202. Distribution: Arizona. On shaded banks at rather high altitudes. The sporophyte is very similar to that of B. potosica excepting the endostome, which appears to be constantly more rudimentary. 2. BARTRAMIA POTOSICA Mont., Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. II, 9: 56. 1838. Dioicous; plants yellowish green; stems 2-3 cm. high, usually simple, densely radiculose below. Leaves rigidly erect and appressed BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 193 when dry, fragile, points often broken off, 4-6 mm. long, abruptly linear-subulate from an erect, oblong, hyaline base, broader at shoulders than below, subula opaque, sharply serrulate; costa obscure above, excurrent; upper cells narrowly oblong, obscure, papillose. Seta 3-6 mm. long, usually curved; capsule suberect, ovoid, glossy, 1.5-2 mm. long; peristome double, teeth brown, segments of endos- tome shorter than teeth; spores reniform, 22-28 M- (Fig. 87, A-D.) Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 65936. Dept. Quezaltenango: Steyermark 34192, 34193. Distribution: Mexico, Colombia to Chile. On shaded banks and rocks at high altitudes. Noticeably distinct from B. microstoma in the rigidly erect, fragile leaves. Brotherus includes this species in the dioicous group while Mitten describes it as synoicous. The plants I have examined are dioicous but the inflorescence may be variable. 3. BARTRAMIA MATHEWSII Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 273. 1869. Dioicous? Plants yellowish green above, brown below; stems simple or sparingly branched, to 3 cm. high. Leaves crowded, erect, appressed, brittle, the points often broken off, 4-6 mm. long, similar FIGURE 87 A-D, Bartramia potosica: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X8; C, broken leaf, X8; D, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. E-G, Bartramia Mathewsii: E, plant, Xl; F, stem leaf, X8; G, comal leaf, X8. H-J, t Bartramidula patula: H, two plants, Xl; I, leaf, X22; J, upper leaf cells and margin, X346. 194 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 in structure to those of B. potosica; margins narrowly recurved just above shoulders. Perichaetial leaves much longer, 10-12 mm. long, with long, capillary, concolorous points; capsule erect, oblong, globose; peristome imperfect, teeth none? Segments well developed. Sporophyte not seen. (Fig. 87, E-G.) San Marcos: Steyermark 3551>6b, 355M, 36115. Distribution: Ecuador, Peru. Rock crevices and boulders at very high altitudes. The con- spicuously long pointed perichaetial leaves are suggestive of Leiomela but the stem leaves follow the pattern of Bartramia. These collec- tions agree perfectly with the original collection by Mathews from Peru. Brotherus interprets Mitten's ambiguous description of the sporophyte to mean that the inner peristome only is present. How- ever a single capsule in a collection from Chile on the sheet bearing the type specimen shows a short, curved seta about 4 mm. long and the teeth of the outer peristome well developed. Until this problem is clarified the peristome structure must remain in doubt. 4. BARTRAMIDULA Schimp., Bry. Eur. fasc. 29-30. 1846. Small, slender plants with whorled, subfloral innovations. Leaves small, lanceolate, erect-spreading; costa percurrent; cells oblong, papillose. Seta slender, straight or curved; capsule small, sub- globose; peristome usually lacking. Peristome lacking 1. B. patula Peristome present 2.. B. Turckheimi 1. BARTRAMIDULA PATULA (Mitt.) Jaeg., Adumb. 2: 698. 1877-78. Bartramia patula Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 255. 1869. Synoicous; plants less than 1 cm. high with several slender sub- floral innovations. Leaves erect-spreading, 1-1.5 mm. long, lanceo- late, acuminate; margins plane, serrate above middle; costa percur- rent; cells narrowly oblong to linear, smooth to very faintly papillose. Seta 5-8 mm. long, flexuous or arcuate, slender; capsule globose- pyriform, brown, rugulose, about 1.5 mm. long, mouth small; peristome lacking. (Fig. 87, H-J.) Volcan de Agua; Godman & Salvin. Endemic. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 195 Evidently a rare, local species. The only plants I have seen are from the Mitten Herbarium in New York. 2. BARTRAMIDULA TURCKHEIMI (C. M.) Par., Ind. Bryol. Suppl. 36. 1900. Bartramia Turckheimi C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 187. 1897. Synoicous; small, densely tufted plants, yellowish green, matted together with brown tomentum below. Stems to 7 mm. high, tipped with 4-6 short, whorled innovations. Leaves crowded, erect-spread- ing, to 2 mm. long, narrowly lanceolate, slenderly acuminate; margins recurved; costa excurrent in a long, denticulate hair-point; leaf cells linear, papillose at upper ends. Seta curved, to 7 mm. long; capsule globose, sulcate, 1.5 mm. in diameter; peristome double, teeth about 110 M high, broad, brownish, truncate, smooth, endostome rudimentary, fragments as long as teeth, pale yellow, minutely papillose, segments and cilia lacking; spores brown, diameter 40-45 M - (Fig. 88, A-C.) Dept. El Quiche: Sharp 2568. Endemic. On bank at moderate altitude. This is a noteworthy collection as the species is apparently known only from the type gathering by FIGURE 88 A-C, Bartramidula Turckheimi: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X26; C, part of peri- stome, X68. D-G, Philonotis Bernoullii: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X28; F, apex of leaf, X68; G, capsule, X8. 196 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 Turckheim from near Coban, Alta Verapaz, and no material is available in the American herbaria. Muller describes the capsules as gymnostomous but Brotherus notes (E. & P. Ed. 2, 10: 460) that an examination of an unripe capsule from the type collection shows a peristome structure but only fragments of the outer peristome were seen. This observation is confirmed by Sharp's collection, which is in good fruit and shows the peristome described above. 5. PHILONOTIS Brid., Bryol. Univ. 2: 15. 1827. Plants of varying size, partial to wet places. Stems with whorled, subfloral branches. Leaves appressed when dry, lanceolate; costa strong, percurrent or excurrent; cells narrow, usually papillose. Seta elongate; capsules subglobose, cernuous, furrowed when dry; peris- tome double, teeth 16, segments of endostome from a high basal membrane, cilia well developed. 1. Autoicous 1. P. longiseta Dioicous 2 2. Stems hooked at tips .'6. P. uncinata Stems not hooked 3 3. Leaves obtuse, costa ending below apex 3. P. gracillima Leaves acute or acuminate, costa percurrent or excurrent 4 4. Costa percurrent 2. P. glaucescens Costa long excurrent 5 5. Robust plants, seta erect, 2 cm. or more long 4. P. sphaericarpa Very slender plants, setae flexuous or curved, less than 1.5 cm. long 5. P. Bernoullii 1. PHILONOTIS LONGISETA (Rich.) E. G. Britt., Bryol. 14: 44. 1911. Bartramia longiseta Rich, in Michx., Fl. Am. Bor. 2: 301. 1803. Bartramia graminicola C. M., Linnaea 38: 632. 1874. Autoicous; plants green, tufted, tomentose below; stems about 2 cm. high. Leaves 1-1.5 mm. long, lanceolate, acuminate; costa excurrent; margins revolute, serrulate; cells linear, papillose at upper ends. Seta about 2.5 cm. long; capsule nodding, 2 mm. long. (Fig. 89, A-C.) Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 85907. Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark 43187. Distribution: Eastern and southeastern United States, Mexico. On damp banks at moderate to rather high altitudes. There seems to be no appreciable difference between P. graminicola (C. M.) and P. longiseta. If anything the setae are a little longer in the BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 197 Guatemalan plants, nearly 3 cm. at times, but this is an inconstant character. 2. PHILONOTIS GLAUCESCENS (Hornsch.) Par., Ind. Bryol. 923. 1894. Barlramia glaucescens Hornsch., Fl. Bras. 1: 40. 1840. Bartramia tenella C. M., Syn. 1: 481. 1849. ?Bartramia scobinifolia C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 188. 1897. Dioicous; small plants, pale green; stems slender. Leaves crowded, often subfalcate, less than 1 mm. long, lanceolate, acumi- nate; costa percurrent; margins recurved; cells linear-oblong, papil- lose at upper ends. Seta 1-1.5 cm. long, erect; capsule inclined, ovoid, furrowed when dry. (Fig. 89, D-G.) Dept. Izabal: Steyermark 41782; H. Johnson 1123. Dept. Alta Verapaz: Steyermark MS 92, 45815, 45817; Standley 71748. Dept. Huehuetenango : Standley 82307; Steyermark 51169, 51170. Dept. San Marcos: Standley 66247a; Steyermark 35710. Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 65481, 67856, 84818, 87051, 87216; Steyer- mark 35163. Dept. Sacatepequez: Standley 59357, 59957, 62177, 63285. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 62053, 79724, 80852. Dept. Jutiapa: Standley 75584. Dept. Jalapa: Steyermark 32135, 32916, 32990. Dept. Santa Rosa: Standley 77781 . Distribution: Southern United States, Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America. o T i A \ FIGURE 89 A-C, Philonotis longiseta: A, plant, XI; B, leaf, X26; C, apex of leaf, X120. D-G, Philonotis glaucescens: D, plant, XI; E and F, leaves, X24; G, apex of leaf, X120. H-I, Philonotis gracillima: H, leaves, X24; I, apex of leaf, X120. 198 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 On damp banks and rocks at low and medium altitudes. Fre- quent and widely distributed. The small leaves with the costa percurrent and margins recurved simplify the recognition of this rather variable species. 3. PHILONOTIS GRACILLIMA Aongstr., Oefv. Sv. K. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 33: 17. 1876. Dioicous; small, slender, green plants; stems to 1.5 cm. long. Leaves oblong-ovate, bluntly pointed, to 1 mm. long; margins plane or recurved, bluntly serrulate; costa ending below apex; cells oblong to rhomboidal, weakly papillose at upper ends. Sporophyte as in P. glaucescens. (Fig. 89, H-I.) Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 35729, 36884- Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 57909, 6155k. Dept. Guatemala: Standley 62961. Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark 291+13(1. Distribution: Southern United States, Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America. On damp banks at medium altitudes. This species intergrades with P. glaucescens but may usually be separated, since some of the leaves are obtusely rounded with the costa ending below the tip, and the upper cells are broader and more pellucid. 4. PHILONOTIS SPHAERICARPA (Hedw.) Brid., Bryol. Univ. 2: 25. 1827. Mnium sphaericarpum Hedw., Sp. Muse. 197. 1801. ?Bartramia chrysoblasta C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 188. 1897. Dioicous; plants rarely over 2-3 cm. high, yellowish green, tomen- tose below. Leaves erect, closely imbricated, oblong-lanceolate, slenderly acuminate, 1.5-2 mm. long; margins revolute, sharply serrulate; costa long excurrent in a slender, spinulose point; cells linear, papillose at upper ends, oblong below. Seta 2-2.5 cm. long; capsule cernuous, subglobose, brown, furrowed when dry, 2 mm. long. (Fig. 90, A-C.) Dept. Huehuetenango : Steyermark 50083. Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 37313, 37315. Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 81+827, 81+830; Steyermark 33621. Dept. Solola: Steyermark 1+71+25, 1+71+87. Distribution: Florida, Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America. On damp banks at medium to high altitudes. Distinguished from P. glaucescens by the long excurrent costa and from P. uncinata by the erect leaves. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 199 5. PHILONOTIS BERNOULLII (C. M.) Par., Ind. Bryol. Suppl. 265. 1900. Bartramia Bernoullii C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 187. 1897. Dioicous? No antheridial buds seen. Slender, yellowish green plants, laxly gregarious. Stems 6-8 mm. high, erect, densely tomen- tose, with 4-6 slender, whorled innovations about 5 mm. long. Leaves appressed, under 1 mm. long, narrowly triangular-lanceolate, slenderly acuminate; margins narrowly recurved; costa long ex- current in a denticulate, concolorous point; cells narrowly rec- tangular, papillose at upper ends, wider and laxer toward base. Seta slender, red, 12-14 mm. long, flexuous or slightly curved; capsules subglobose, about 2 mm. in diameter, sulcate when dry; peristome double, teeth acuminate, 200 yu high, segments of endos- tome nearly as long as teeth; spores reniform, diameter 20-25 M- (Fig. 88, D-G.) Dept. Suchiate: Svihla 2872. Dept. Guatemala: Svihla 2800, 2801. Endemic. On damp soil at moderate altitudes. A considerable risk is assumed in naming a species without authentic material for com- parison but in this instance the plants agree so closely with the original description that I am reasonably confident the name is correctly applied. The extremely slender stems clothed with minute, narrow leaves, gradually tapering to a long, setaceous point formed by the excurrent costa, and the filiform, flexuous or even arcuate setae are widely different from any form of P. sphaericarpa (Hedw.) Brid. 6. PHILONOTIS UNCINATA (Schwaegr.) Brid., Bryol. Univ. 2: 22. 1827. Bartramia uncinata Schwaegr., Suppl. I 2 : 60. 1816. Dioicous; plants very similar to P. sphaericarpa but with the upper leaves falcate and hooked at the tips of the stems. Setae to 2.5 cm. or more long. (Fig. 90, D-E.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: H. Johnson 982. Distribution: Southern United States, Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America. On clay bank. This is the only collection I have seen from Guatemala but it may prove to be more widely distributed locally. 200 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 B A-C, D-E, F-H, X270. FIGURE 90 Philonotis sphaericarpa: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X28; C, apex of leaf, X120. Philonotis uncinata: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X28. Breutelia tomentosa: F, plant, Xl; G, leaf, X14; H, basal angle of leaf, 6. BREUTELIA Schimp., Coroll. 85. 1856. Dioicous; male flower discoid. Usually robust plants with erect, branched stems, densely tufted. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, plicate at base; margins serrulate; cells linear, papillose, well differ- entiated at basal angles. Seta usually elongate; capsules cernuous, furrowed; peristome double, endostome with well developed seg- ments, cilia rudimentary; lid short, convex. 1. Leaf base erect and sheathing 2 Leaves spreading from insertion, base not sheathing 3 2. Stems slender, leaf base sulcate, often with a pocket on either side of costa near shoulders 5. B. Brittoniae Stems robust, leaf base plicate, without pockets 6. B. deflexifolia 3. Seta short, arcuate 2. B. subarcuata Seta elongate, straight 4 4. Basal cells quadrate across width of leaf 3. B. jamaicensis Quadrate alar cells few or none 5 5. Basal angles of leaf laxly areolate, decurrent 4. B. auriculata Basal angles of leaf not as above 1. B. tomentosa 1. 1894. BREUTELIA TOMENTOSA (Sw.) Schimp., in Ind. Bryol. 155. , Bryum tomentosum Sw., Fl. Ind. Occ. 3: 1837. 1806. Plants yellowish green, laxly tufted; stems to 10 cm. or more long but usually shorter, variously branched, densely felted with BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 201 reddish brown tomentum below, branches in subfloral whorls on fertile stems. Leaves spreading from insertion, occasionally sub- secund, 3-4 mm. long, narrowly lanceolate from an ovate base, slenderly acuminate; margins narrowly recurved below, distantly serrulate above; costa slender, excurrent; cells narrowly linear, in- crassate, papillose above, smooth toward base, colored across insertion, very few at basal angles irregularly oblong, pellucid. Setae 1-2 cm. long; capsules nodding, ovoid, 3 mm. long. (Fig. 90, F-H.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 7107^. Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 35981, 36M9a, 36799a; Standley 86194, 86205, 86296, 86^00, 86^69. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 65919. Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 67710. Dept. Baja Verapaz: Standley 69908. Distribution: Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America. On wet banks at moderate to high altitudes. Variable but readily recognized by the spreading leaves with only a few differentiated cells at the extreme basal angles. 2. BREUTELIA SUBARCUATA (C. M.) Schp. in Besch., Prodr. Bryol. Mex. 60. 1871. Bartramia subarcuata C. M., Syn. 2: 617. 1851. Plants yellowish green; stems to 8 or 10 cm. long, copiously branched. Leaves crowded, spreading or often subfalcate, 4 mm. long, lanceolate from a short, broadly ovate, erect, slightly clasping, plicate base, margins recurved to or above mid-leaf, sharply serrulate above; costa excurrent; cells linear, sharply papillose, 4-5 rows at basal margins lax, oblong, pellucid, extending well up the basal margins. Setae 4-6 mm. long, curved, reddish; capsules subglobose, 3-3.5 mm. long, not furrowed. (Fig. 91, A-C.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Standley 83086b. Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 35492 (c. fr.), 36099. Dept. Quezaltenango: Standley 67685a (as B. deflexifolia), 67701 (as B. deflexifolia), 677Ub (as B. deflexifolia), 677^9 (as B. deflexifolia), 67753 (as B. deflexifolia); Steyermark 3^163, 3^854. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 61010 (as B. deflexifolia). Dept. Guatemala: Standley 80699. Dept. Jutiapa: Steyermark 31922. Distribution: Mexico, Colombia. On forested banks, trees and rocks at high altitudes. When in fruit the short, arcuate setae are distinctive. Sterile plants may be distinguished from B. deflexifolia by the more branched stems and the leaves often secund from a less strongly clasping base. 202 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 D FIGURE 91 A-C, Breutelia subarcuata: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14; C, basal angle of leaf, X120. D-F, Breutelia jamaicensis: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X14; F, basal angle of leaf, X120. 3. BREUTELIA JAMAICENSIS (Mitt.) Jaeg., Adumb. 1 : 558. 1873-74. Bartramia jamaicensis Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 265. 1869. ?Bartramia erythrocaulis C. M., Syn. 1: 473. 1849. Philonotis Schlumbergeri Schimp. in Besch., Prodr. Bryol. Mex. 59. 1871. Philonotis haitensis Ren. & Card., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belg. 29: 177. 1890. Plants medium sized, yellowish or green, densely tufted; stems to 3 or 4 cm. high, densely tomentose below. Leaves closely im- bricated, appressed when dry, 2-3 mm. long, ovate-lanceolate; margins recurved below, serrulate above; costa excurrent; upper cells linear, papillose, gradually shorter and broader below, basal cells subquadrate clear across the leaf. Seta about 1.5 cm. long, red; capsule ovoid, nodding, strongly furrowed, 2.5 mm. long. (Fig. 91, D-F.) Dept. San Marcos: Standley 68496, 86417, 86468; Steyermark 86493. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 65924. Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 66798, 67076, 83383, 84576, 84579, 84642, 84761, 86765. Dept. Suchitepequez: Steyermark 35320. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 61059. Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark 42204, 42207. Dept. Chiquimula: Steyermark 31123. Dept. Jalapa: Steyermark 32858. Distribution: Mexico, Costa Rica, Jamaica. On damp banks, rocks^and trees at medium to high altitudes. A variable plant but readily known by the large area of subquadrate cells extending across the leaf base. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 203 4. BREUTELIA AURICULATA Bartr., Bryol. 49: 115. 1946. Robust plants, green above, brown below; stems 10-12 cm. long, densely reddish tomentose below. Leaves erect-spreading, some- what flexuous when dry, 4 mm. long, oblong-lanceolate, gradually slenderly acuminate, faintly plicate at base, with conspicuous, laxly areolate, decurrent auricles; margins plane, minutely serrulate nearly to base; costa percurrent; cells narrowly linear, sharply papillose at upper ends, very lax, smooth, hyaline or brownish at extreme base, laxly rectangular and hyaline in the decurrent auricles. Setae 12-14 mm. long, flexuous, reddish; capsules subglobose, inclined, sulcate. (Fig. 92, A-C.) Dept. San Marcos: Finca El Porvenir along Rio Chopal, south-facing slopes of Volcan Tajumulco, alt. 1,300-1,500 m., Steyermark 37^62 TYPE. Endemic. Sharply distinct from any other species of the genus familiar to me in the lax basal cells and the laxly areolate, hyaline, decurrent auricles. 5. BREUTELIA BRITTONIAE Ren. & Card., Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 31: 161. 1893. Stems slender, branched, to 10 cm. long, densely reddish tomen- tose below. Leaves crowded, 3-4 mm. long, plicate, abruptly lanceo- FIGURE 92 A-C, Breutelia auriculata: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14; C, basal angle of leaf, X120. D-F, Breutelia Britloniae: D, part of plant, Xl; E, leaf, X14; F, basal angle of leaf, X120. 204 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 late from a short, erect, sulcate, closely clasping, obovate base, acuminate, points squarrose-spreading, often with a small pocket of lax cells on each side of the costa near the top of the leaf base; margins slightly recurved at leaf shoulders, otherwise plane, serrulate above; costa excurrent; cells linear, papillose above, smooth at base, several rows at basal margins more lax, oblong and pellucid. Setae 1.5 cm. long, erect; capsules nodding, ovoid, 3 mm. long, furrowed. (Fig. 92, D-F.) Dept. Huehuetenango : Steyermark 50072. Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 35790, 35982. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 62731, 6273 h. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 61081>a. Distribution: Costa Rica, Colombia. On banks and trees at high altitudes. The characteristic little pockets or cavities of lax cells are not always evident but occur at least in some leaves of every plant examined. The slender habit and short leaf base, broader at the shoulders than below will separate it from B. deflexifolia. 6. BREUTELIA DEFLEXIFOLIA Card., Rev. Bryol. 37: 4. 1910. Stems to 10 cm. long, sparingly branched, densely tomentose below. Leaves crowded, deflexed or widely spreading, 5-6 mm. long, lanceolate from an erect, ovate, lightly plicate base, slenderly acumi- nate; margins recurved to about mid-leaf, serrulate above; cells narrowly linear, incrassate, papillose 5-6 rows at basal margins rectangular, lax and hyaline, forming a border nearly to the leaf shoulders. Seta erect, 7 mm. long, red, stout, curved at tip; capsule pendulous, subglobose, nearly smooth; lid conical (Fig. 93, A-C.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Steyermark 501 73a (c. fr.). Dept. El Progresso: Steyermark J^3094. Distribution: Mexico. Terrestrial at high altitudes. More robust than B. Brittoniae, the leaves larger and the margins strongly recurved below. 21. ERPODIACEAE Autoicous; small, delicate, soft plants, usually corticolous, grow- ing in mats. Stems lax in structure, prostrate, branched, usually flattened. Leaves crowded, broad, ecostate, unbordered; cells rounded-hexagonal, smooth or papillose. Sporophyte at ends of short lateral branches; seta short, erect; capsule erect, thin walled, persistent; peristome lacking or simple; calyptra mi triform, plicate. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 205 1. ERPODIUM (Brid.) C. M., Bot. Zeit. 1:774. 1843. Anoectangium subg. Erpodium Brid., Bryol. Univ. 2: 167. 1827. Plants with the characters of the family. Leaves imbricated, concave; cells rounded, smooth or papillose. Perichaetial leaves erect; seta short; capsules erect, exserted (in our species); annulus broad; lid nearly flat; peristome lacking; calyptra mitriform, plicate, lobed at base. Leaf apex acuminate, cells smooth 2. E. Pringlei Leaf apex rounded, cells papillose 1. E. domingense 1. ERPODIUM DOMINGENSE (Brid.) C. M., Bot. Zeit. 1: 774. 1843. Anoectangium Erpodium domingense Brid., Bryol. Univ. 2: 167. 1827. Plants yellowish green in close mats; stems flattened, to 1.5 mm. wide with leaves, radiculose. Leaves closely imbricated when dry, oblong-lingulate, to 1 mm. long, entire, rounded at apex; cells large, papillose, rather obscure. Seta less than 0.5 mm. long; capsule exserted, cylindrical, pale, 1 mm. long; lid plano-convex; calyptra plicate, scabrous on the plaits, lobed at base, fugacious; spores 25-30 M. (Fig. 93, D-F.) Distribution: Texas, Mexico, West Indies. Usually on trees. This well known tropical American species is recorded by Steere from the department of Peten (Lundell 2325) but I have seen no collection from the local area. 2. ERPODIUM PRINGLEI E. G. Britt, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 32: 266. 1905. Plants tinged with brown; stems creeping, radiculose, closely applied to the substratum, branches numerous, short, blunt, sub- terete. Leaves closely imbricated, 1-1.3 mm. long, broadly ovate, concave, short acuminate, entire; cells rounded-hexagonal, about 20 n, smooth, distinct, becoming wider than long below mid-leaf and smaller at margins. Perichaetial leaves erect, clasping; capsule partly exserted, urn 1 mm. long; spores 25-35 M- (Fig. 93, G-I.) Dept. Santa Rosa: Standley 791>27. Distribution: Mexico. On exposed rock at low altitude. The collection is sterile and the habit on rock unusual but otherwise the plants are indistinguish- able from the corticolous specimens from Mexico. 206 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 22. ORTHOTRICHACEAE Plants growing on rocks or trees in tufts or mats. Stems erect or creeping with erect branches. Leaves crowded, hygroscopic, lanceolate; costa strong, usually percurrent; upper cells rounded, usually papillose, elongate below. Seta terminal; capsules immersed or exserted, smooth or plicate; peristome usually present and double, the teeth often united in pairs, segments of endostome narrow; lid generally beaked ; calyptra mostly mitriform or campanulate, smooth or plicate, usually pilose. 1. Stems erect ". 2 Stems creeping, often with erect branches 3 2. Calyptra small, cucullate 1. Zygodon Calyptra large, campanulate 2. Orthotrichum 3. Leaves long decurrent, spinose-tuberculate at basal angles, basal cells short 3. Coleochaetium Leaves not as above 4 4. Calyptra large, campanulate, not plicate, lobed at base 6. Schlotheimia Calyptra mitriform, usually plicate, laciniate at base 5 5. Leaves bordered below with several rows of elongated cells, basal cells short 5. Micromitrium Leaf base not bordered, basal cells usually elongate 4. Macromitrium H FIGURE 93 A-C, Breutelia deflexifolia: A, part of plant, Xl; B, leaf, X12; C, basal angle of leaf, X120. D-F, Erpodium domingense: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X54; F, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. G-T, Erpodium Pringlei: G, plant, Xl; H, leaf, X30; I, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 207 1. ZYGODON Hook. & Tayl., Muse. Brit. 70. 1818. Slender, tufted plants; stems erect, dichotomously branched. Leaves lanceolate, contorted when dry, entire or serrate above; costa strong; upper cells small, rounded, incrassate. Seta terminal, elongate; capsules suberect, 8 ribbed; peristome single, double or none; calyptra cucullate, fugacious. 1. Leaf apex rounded 1 . Z. obtusifolius Leaf apex acuminate 2 2. Leaves strongly squarrose-recurved when moist 3. Z. campylophyllus Leaves erect-spreading when moist 2. Z. Reinwardtii 1. ZYGODON OBTUSIFOLIUS Hook., Muse. Exot., tab. 159. 1819. Zygodon spathulaefolius Besch., Prodr. Bryol. Mex. 43. 1871. Autoicous; plants small, in compact reddish brown tufts; stems 6-12 mm. high, branched, densely reddish tomentose below. Leaves lingulate, broadly rounded, to 1 mm. long; margins papillose- crenulate, recurved below; costa ending below apex, scabrous on back; cells small, rounded-quadrate, incrassate, coarsely papillose. Seta 4-5 mm. long; capsule erect or slightly inclined, cylindrical, strongly ribbed, urn 1.25 mm. long; peristome double, teeth blunt, in 8 pairs, segments 8, as long as teeth. (Fig. 94, A-C.) Dept. Baja Verapaz: O. F. Cook & C. B. Doyle 255. Distribution: Mexico, South America, New Zealand, Asia. A highly individual species clearly distinguished by the broadly rounded lingulate leaves with the costa ending well below the apex. 2. ZYGODON REINWARDTII (Hornsch.) Al. Br., Bry. Eur. 4, mon. 9. 1838. Syrrhopodon Reinwardtii Hornsch., Nov. Act. Acad. Leop. 14 2 : 700. Zygodon circinatus Schimp. in Besch., Prodr. Bryol. Mex. 43. 1871. Synoicous or heteroicous; tufts dense, yellowish green; stems about 2 cm. high, tomentose below. Leaves crispate when dry, to 1.5 mm. long, oblong-lanceolate, short acuminate, carinate, decurrent; margins erect, coarsely and irregularly serrate near apex; costa ending in or near apex; basal cells rectangular, upper cells rounded, incrassate, papillose. Seta 1-2 cm. high; capsule nearly cylindrical, small mouthed; peristome single, teeth 16, short and often rudimentary; spores 20-25 M- (Fig. 94, D-F.) Dept. Huehuetenango : Standley 81121,. in part. Dept. El Progresso: Steyer- mark ltS119. Dept. Jalapa: Steyermark S2758a. 208 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 FIGURE 94 A-C, Zygodon obtusifolius: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X26; C, apex of leaf, X120. D-F, Zygodon Reinwardtii: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X26; F, apex of leaf, X120. G-J, Zygodon campylophyllus: G, moist plant, Xl; H, leaf, X16; I, upper leaf cells and margin, X270; J, capsule, X8. Distribution: Alaska, Mexico, Costa Rica, West Indies, South America, Pacific Islands, India, Africa. On trees and banks at medium to "high altitudes. The sharply toothed apical leaf margins can usually be relied upon as a good diagnostic character for the typical form but the var. subintegri- folius is not without difficulties. Fruiting plants in good condition are essential for accurate determination in many of the species. var. SUBINTEGRIFOLIUS Malta, Monog. 122. 1926. Leaves entire or nearly so. Dept. San Marcos: Standley 85285. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 8453 J^a. Dept. Quezaltenango : Steyermark 3^.9Hb. Distribution: South America. These collections all lack good fruit. I had determined them as Z. Liebmannii Schimp. on account of the subentire leaves, but Dr. Grout, who has kindly examined them in the course of his studies in this group, thinks that they might better be referred here. 3. ZYGODON CAMPYLOPHYLLUS C. M., Syn. 1 : 680. 1849. Dioicous; stems slender, to 10 cm. high, branched, tomentose below. Leaves erect and slightly contorted when dry, squarrose- BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 209 recurved when moist, 2 mm. long, lanceolate, decurrent, carinate; margins often slightly reflexed above, sharply serrate toward apex; costa ending below apex; upper cells small, rounded or angular, in- crassate, papillose, rectangular and smooth below. Seta 5-6 mm. long; capsule cylindric, 2.5 mm. long; peristome double, teeth broad and blunt, in 8 pairs, segments 8, narrow; lid slenderly beaked, curved. (Fig. 94, G-J.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Standley 81 621 a, 81732, 81743, 81749, 81801, 83088 (c. fr.), 83089 (c. fr.); Steyermark 48374. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 84521b. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 58781 a. Distribution: Mexico. On trees and shaded limestone rocks in alpine regions. The long, slender, much branched stems with the leaves squarrose- recurved when moist will identify this individual species with little difficulty. It will almost surely be mistaken for a Leptodontium at first glance. A pertinent query is how this species differs from Z. gracilis Wils. 2. ORTHOTRICHUM Hedw., Sp. Muse. 162. 1801. Plants tufted, growing on trees or rocks; stems erect. Leaves hygroscopic, imbricated, lanceolate, mostly entire; costa strong; upper cells small, incrassate, papillose, rectangular below. Seta terminal, short; capsules immersed or emergent, often 8 ribbed; peristome usually double, teeth 16, often in pairs, segments 8 or 16, narrow; calyptra campanulate, plicate, often pilose. 1. Stomata superficial 1. O. pycnophyllum Stomata immersed 2 2. Capsules exserted, rupestrine plants 2. O. anomalum Capsules immersed or emergent, corticolous plants 3 3. Upper and perichaetial leaves toothed 3. O. Bartramii Leaves entire 4. O. malacophyllum 1. ORTHOTRICHUM PYCNOPHYLLUM Schimp. in C. M., Syn. 1: 709. 1849. Orthotrichum recurvans Schimp. in C. M., Syn. 1: 709. 1849. Orthotrichum Lozani Card., Rev. Bryol. 36: 107. 1909. Autoicous; plants to 3 or 4 cm. high. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 3-4 mm. long, acuminate; costa percurrent; margins recurved to just below apex; upper cells rounded, incrassate, papillose, basal 210 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 cells linear, nodulose, shorter and broader toward margins. Seta variable, to 2.5 mm. long; capsules immersed or exserted, nearly smooth or lightly ribbed in upper half, ovoid-cylindric, sulcate when dry and empty, stomata superficial, near middle of urn; peristome teeth in 8 pairs, papillose, segments 16, about as long as teeth, 2 cells wide, papillose; spores 16-20 /z. (Fig. 96, A-C.) Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 62666a. Distribution: Mexico. On tree at high altitude. Very near 0. speciosum Nees. The only noticeable difference is in the segments of the endostome which in 0. pycnophyllum are supposed to number 16 but in some capsules I find only 8. 2. ORTHOTRICHUM ANOMALUM Hedw., Sp. Muse. 162. 1801. Autoicous; densely tufted, dark green rupestrine plants. Stems 1 cm. or more high, simple or branched. Leaves imbricated when dry, strongly hygroscopic, to 3 mm. long, oblong-lanceolate, broadly acute; margins revolute, entire; costa brown, ending just below apex; upper cells irregularly rounded, incrassate, papillose, basal cells rectangular, thin-walled, smooth. Seta 1.5 mm. long; capsules exserted, ovoid-cylindric, tapering below, urn 2 mm. long, stomata immersed; peristome double, teeth erect when dry, faintly striolate, segments of endostome rudimentary and fragile; calyptra pilose. (Fig. 95, A-C.) Dept. Huehuetenango : Sharp 5000a. Distribution: Northern United States and Canada south to New Mexico. On limestone boulder at high altitude. A significant collection marking another long range extension to the south. These plants are associated with Grimmia apocarpa var. gracilis just as they might be in northeastern United States. 3. ORTHOTRICHUM BARTRAMII Williams, Bryol. 28: 76. 1925. Mostly autoicous; small compactly tufted plants, yellowish green at tips, brown below. Stems to 1 cm. high, often branched. Leaves appressed when dry, widely spreading when moist, about 2 mm. long, oblong-ovate, pinched at apex to a short, blunt, toothed point; margins recurved nearly to apex; costa ending below apex; upper cells rounded, incrassate, papillose, basal cells rectangular near BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 211 I D \A FIGURE 95 A-C, Orthotrichum anomalum: A, plant, Xl; B, capsule, X8; C, stoma of capsule, X270. D-G, Orthotrichum Bartramii: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X16; F, apex of leaf, X68; G, sporophyte, XlO. H-J, Orthotrichum malacophyllum var. guatemalense: H, plant, X 1 ; I, leaf, X 12 ; J, part of peristome, X68. costa, subquadrate toward margins. Seta scarcely 1 mm. long; capsules emergent, ovoid, urn to 1.5 mm. long, ribbed, stomata immersed; peristome double, teeth papillose, paired, segments of endostome 8; calyptra pilose. (Fig. 95, D-G.) Dept. Quezaltenango: Sharp 2317. Distribution: Arizona. On tree trunk at moderately high altitude. An interesting range extension of this species hitherto known only from the type locality in Arizona. The Guatemalan plants are not exactly typical but the toothed upper leaves suggest this species rather than 0. tenellum Bruch. 4. ORTHOTRICHUM MALACOPHYLLUM Card. var. GUATEMALENSE Bartr., Bryol. 50: 207. 1947. Autoicous; small dull yellowish plants tinged with brown, densely tufted. Stems to 1 cm. high, branched. Leaves contorted when dry, spreading when moist, to 3 mm. long, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, bluntly acute, carinate, decurrent; margins entire, recurved below; costa ending below apex; upper cells rounded, incrassate, minutely 212 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 papillose, basal cells rectangular with firm, pellucid, sinuose lateral walls. Seta very short; capsules immersed, oblong, urn 2 mm. long, stomata immersed; peristome teeth paired, minutely papillose, segments of endostome 8, vertically striolate; calyptra pilose. (Fig. 95, H-J,) Dept. El Quiche: Sharp 2^32, 2^5, 2^63. Dept. Baja Verapaz: Sharp 2926 a. Endemic. On trees and shrubs at moderate altitudes. These collections are an exact counterpart of the Mexican species except that the segments of the endostome are uniformly vertically striolate instead of papillose. 3. COLEOCHAETIUM (Besch.) Ren. & Card., Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 33 2 : 120. 1894. Orthotrichum subg. Coleochaetium Besch., Fl. Bryol. Reun. 1879: 66. 1879. Medium sized brownish green plants in lax, intricate tufts; stems creeping, branched. Leaves crowded, fragile, decurrent; costa strong; cells uniform, rounded, small, papillose and pellucid, rec- tangular and spinose in the decurrent portion. Seta short, erect; capsules exserted, 8 ribbed; peristome double; calyptra campanulate, smooth, pilose (sporophyte not seen). 1. COLEOCHAETIUM STANDLEYI Bartr., Bryol. 47: 21. 1944. Probably dioicous. Plants wiry, laxly caespitose, dull sordid green, brown below. Primary stems creeping, radiculose, irregularly branched, branches up to 5 cm. long, laxly and irregularly rebranched, branches obtuse or often attenuate and radiculose at the tips, flexuous when moist, variously curved and contorted when dry. Leaves crowded, 5 ranked, appressed when dry, squarrose-spreading when moist, about 2 mm. long, 1 mm. wide, shortly ligujate-lanceo- late from an ovate base, carinate above with the points fragile and usually broken off, acute, apiculate, strongly decurrent; margins narrowly recurved below, sharply and finely papillose-serrate above; costa brownish, strong, ending below apex; leaf cells obscure, densely papillose with sharp, salient papillae, rounded, about 10 n in diameter, in the decurrent angles large, rectangular and pellucid, strongly armed with high, spine-like tubercles up to 20 ^ long. Fruit unknown. (Fig. 96, D-G.) BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 213 Dept. Huehuetenango : Rio Pucal, about 14 km. south of Huehuetenango, alt. about 1,780 m., Standley 82293. Endemic. In this highly individual species the decurrent leaf auricles com- posed of large, rectangular, pellucid cells strongly armed with spinose tubercles is a striking character. The species is evidently near C. scaberrimum (Broth.) Broth, of Brazil but the plants are wiry, laxly branched and strongly contorted when dry whereas the Brazilian plants are described as rigid, densely branched with strict branchlets. No specimen of C. scaberrimum is available for com- parison but it seems evident that the Guatemalan plant is distinct. It is a privilege to associate Dr. Standley's name with this unique * addition to the Central American moss flora. 4. MACROMITRIUM Brid., Muse. Rec. Suppl. 4: 132. 1819. Plants slender to robust, in dense mats; stems elongate, creeping, branches numerous, erect, densely foliate. Leaves lanceolate or oblong; costa strong; upper cells small, smooth or papillose, basal cells, usually elongated. Seta smooth or scabrous; capsules exserted, erect, ovoid, smooth or ribbed; peristome single, double or lacking; calyptra large, mitriform, naked or pilose, deeply laciniate below; lid mostly long beaked. FIGURE 96 A-C, Orlhotrichum pycnophyllum: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X8; C, capsule, X8. D-G, Coleochaetium Standleyi: D, part of moist plant, Xl; E, leaf, X14; F, basal angle of leaf, X120; G, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. 214 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 Grout's timely and important studies in this group (Grout 18) have been followed closely in the treatment of the local species. 1. Stems slender, leaves rigid and appressed when dry, basal cells short 2 Stems more robust, leaves spreading, basal cells elongate 3 2. Calyptra pilose, peristome a rudimentary membrane. . . .1. M. hymenostomum Calyptra naked or nearly so, peristome of 16 short teeth 2. M. filiforme 3. Capsule mouth small, puckered or plicate 4 Capsule mouth wide, not puckered 5 4. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, cells incrassate 3. M. stratosum Leaves Ungulate, short pointed, cells thin- walled ., 4. M. Richardi 5. Capsules ribbed 6 Capsules smooth 12 6. Seta scabrous 7 Seta smooth 8 7. Calyptra pilose, peristome teeth long, subulate-acuminate. .7. M. homalacron Calyptra naked, peristome teeth short, truncate 6. M. longifolium 8. Leaves lingulate, obtuse, mucronate '. 5. M. altituberculosum Leaves lanceolate, acute 9 9. Leaves entire 11. M. Podocarpi Leaves toothed above 10 10. Leaf cells highly convex or mammillose 9. M. serrulatum Leaf cells smooth or slightly convex 11 11. Seta 8-10 mm. long, leaves squarrose-recurved when moist. 8. M. punctatum Seta 4-5 mm. long, leaves erect-spreading 10. M. guatemalense 12. Calyptra pilose, leaves spirally ranked 12. M. pentastichum Calyptra naked, leaves not seriate 13 13. Leaves ending in a long, fragile point, mostly broken off at base of acumen 14. M. fragilicuspis Leaves acuminate, not fragile 13. M. cirrosum 1. MACROMITRIUM HYMENOSTOMUM Mont., Ann. Sci. Nat. 3, 4: 120. 1845. Macromitrium mexicanum Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 198. 1869. Very slender plants in thin mats, brown below, yellowish green at tips. Branches suberect, to 2 cm. long. Leaves closely imbricated when dry, 1-1.5 mm. long, narrowly triangular-lanceolate, acumi- nate, carinate, excavate at base; margins entire, slightly recurved near base; cells nearly uniform throughout, oval, incrassate, nearly smooth above, mammillose near base. Seta 8-10 mm. long, smooth; capsule ovoid-cylindric, puckered at mouth, 2 mm. long; peristome BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 215 single, a low, coarsely papillose cylinder representing the endostome; calyptra brown, pilose, covering capsule. (Fig. 97, A-C.) Dept. Guatemala: Standley 80555. Distribution: Georgia, Mexico, Costa Rica, South America. On tree at moderate altitude. The slender, subjulaceous branches with rigidly erect leaves are very characteristic. M. filiforme (Hook. & Grev.) Schwaegr. is quite similar but has less slenderly pointed leaves, less incrassate upper cells and a different peristome. 2. MACROMITRIUM FILIFORME (Hook. & Grev.) Schwaegr., Suppl. 2 2 :64. 1826. Orthotrichum filiforme Hook. & Grev., Edinb. Journ. Sci. 1: 116. 1824. Slender plants scarcely distinguishable from M. hymenostomum except in the sporophyte characters. Capsules noticeably plicate; peristome single, of 16 short, papillose teeth; calyptra naked or very sparsely pilose; spores brownish, papillose, diameter to 50 M- (Fig. 98, A-C.) Dept. Quezaltenango: Sharp 1955, 2051. Distribution: Mexico, Central America, South America. 8 ROP FIGURE 97 A-C, Macromitrium hymenostomum: A, part of plant, Xl; B, leaf, X22; C, basal leaf cells, X270. D-G, Macromitrium stratosum: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X22; F, upper leaf cells and margin, X270; G, capsule, X8. H-J, Macromitrium Richardi: H, leaf, X22; I, apex of leaf, X120; J, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. 216 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 D FIGURE 98 A-C, Macromitrium filiforme: A, capsule, XlO; B, calyptra, XlO; C, part of peristome, X68. D~I, Macromitrium Podocarpi: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X24; F, apex of leaf, X134; G, upper leaf cells and margin, X338; H, basal leaf cells, X338; I, capsule, X12. On trees at moderately high altitudes. These collections are well within the range of the species in North America but are the only records from Guatemala that I know of. The sparsely pilose calyptrae and well developed peristome teeth will readily separate it from M. hymenostomum Mont. 3. MACROMITRIUM STRATOSUM Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 199. 1869. Autoicous; plants brownish green; branches numerous, less than 1 cm. long. Leaves crowded, erect with incurved, crispate points when dry, about 1.5 mm. long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate; margins minutely crenulate above; costa percurrent; upper cells rounded, smooth, very incrassate, basal cells linear, smooth. Seta smooth, 10-15 mm. long; capsule ovoid, 1.5 mm. long, puckered around the small mouth; peristome single, of 16 papillose teeth; calyptra naked. (Fig. 97, D-G.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 924.06 (as M. didymodon). Distribution: Costa Rica, West Indies. On tree at moderate altitude. The thick walled upper leaf cells and the narrower basal cells are distinguishing characters in com- parison with M. Richardi as are also the sharper leaf points and naked calyptrae. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 217 4. MACROMITRIUM RICHARDI Schwaegr., Suppl. 2-: 70. 1826. Macromitrium Didymodon Schwaegr., Suppl. 2 2 : 138. 1827. Autoicous; plants yellowish green; branches 1-1.5 cm. high. Leaves erect with inrolled points when dry, 2-2.5 mm. long, narrowly lanceolate, broadly acute; margins papillose-crenulate above, re- curved on one side below; costa ending in or below apex; upper cells small, rounded, papillose obscure, not incrassate, gradually more elongate, smooth and incrassate toward base. Seta 8-10 mm. long; capsule ovoid, ribbed, puckered and colored around the small mouth; peristome single, of 16 short, pale, papillose, paired teeth; calyptra sparingly pilose. (Fig. 97, H-J.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 6910S. Distribution: Florida, Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America. On tree at moderate altitude. This and the preceding species are the only local representatives of the Sec. Goniostoma characterized by capsules with a small, fleshy, highly colored, puckered mouth. 5. MACROMITRIUM ALTITUBERCULOSUM Bartr., Bryol. 47: 17. 1944. Rather robust plants in wide mats, dull olive green, brown below; branches crowded, about 1 cm. high, obtuse, densely foliate, reddish tomentose below. Leaves appressed and spirally contorted when dry, spreading when moist, about 2 mm. long, 0.8 mm. wide, Ungulate, concave, plicate, obtuse, short mucronate, decurrent; margins erect, crenulate above, tuberculate toothed toward insertion; costa strong, short excurrent; upper leaf cells rounded-hexagonal, not incrassate, 6-8 M in diameter, basal cells narrowly rectangular, strongly tubercu- late, at the decurrent basal angles densely armed with long, spine-like tubercles. Perichaetial leaves similar but acute with the costa percurrent; seta stout, 6 mm. long, smooth; capsule ovoid, urn 2 mm. long, strongly ribbed when dry; peristome simple, teeth to 240 M long, densely and minutely papillose; calyptra naked, scabrous above, 3.5 mm. long; operculum 1-1.2 mm. long, conic-rostrate; spores papillose, to 30 M in diameter. (Fig. 99, A-D.) Dept. Zacapa: Sierra de las Minas, oak-pine woods along the upper reaches of Rio Sitio Nuevo, between Santa Rosalia and first waterfall, alt. 1,200-1,500 m., on rock, Steyermark 42274. Endemic. A striking feature of this unusual species is the dense armature of long, spine-like tubercles at the basal angles of the leaves. I know 218 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 FIGURE 99 A-D, Macromitrium altituberculosum: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X16; C, apex of leaf, X120; D, capsule, X8. E-G, Macromitrium longifolium: E, plant, Xl; F, leaf, X14; G, capsule, X8. H-I, Macromitrium homalacron: H, leaf, X14; I, calyptra, X8. of no other species with which it might be compared. The lingulate leaves, rounded and mucronate at the apex, along with the ribbed capsules distinguish it at once from any of the other Guatemalan species. 6. MACROMITRIUM LONGIFOLIUM (Hook.) Brid., Bryol. Univ. 1: 738. 1826. Orthotrichum longifolium Hook., Muse. Exot. tab. 44. 1818. Rather robust, tawny plants, densely tufted; branches crowded, densely foliate, to 2.5 cm. high. Leaves spirally contorted and flexuous when dry, 4-5 mm. long, narrowly lanceolate, slenderly acuminate, slightly undulate above, serrulate toward apex; costa ending in or near apex; upper cells irregularly rounded, incrassate, smooth, longer in acumen and gradually elongate below, basal cells linear, strongly tuberculate. Seta 8-16 mm. long, scabrous above or throughout; capsule oblong, ribbed, 2 mm. long; peristome double, teeth close, short, truncate, united below; lid long beaked; calyptra naked. (Fig. 99, E-G.) Dept. San Marcos: Standley 68^.89, 68517. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 58753, 61080a, 61087a. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 219 Distribution: Mexico, Costa Rica, West Indies, South America, Galapagos Islands. On trees and damp banks at rather high altitudes. The com- bination of rough setae, ribbed capsules and naked calyptrae make the identification of this species relatively easy. 7. MACROMITRIUM HOMALACRON C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 197. 1897. Macromitrium perundulatum Bartr. in herbaria. Plants similar in size and appearance to M. longifolium. Leaves often distinctly undulate when dry. Seta about 5 mm. long, scabrous; capsule oblong, ribbed; peristome teeth with fragile, acuminate points; calyptra pilose. (Fig. 99, H-I.) Dept. Huehuetenango : Steyermark 51966. Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 35788. Dept. Quezaltenango: Steyermark 34880. Dept. Jalapa: Steyermark 32758. Distribution: Haiti. On trees and humus at high altitudes. Although near M. longi- folium this species may be distinguished by the shorter setae and pilose calyptrae. 8. MACROMITRIUM PUNCTATUM (Hook. & Grev.) Brid., Bryol. Univ. 1:739. 1826. Orthotrichum punctatum Hook. & Grev., Edinb. Journ. Sci. 1: 119. 1824. Macromitrium Sumichrasti Duby, Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. GeneVe 19: 297. 1867-68. Macromitrium reflexifolium Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 211. 1869. Branches numerous, to 1.5 cm. high, densely foliate. Leaves erect and flexuous when dry, squarrose-recurved when moist, oblong- lanceolate, broadly acute to apiculate, 2-2.5 mm. long, serrate toward apex; costa percurrent or short excurrent; upper cells small, rounded, papillose, basal cells linear, tuberculose. Seta 8-12 mm. long, smooth; capsule ovoid, ribbed, 1.5 mm. long; peristome double, teeth united in a low cylinder; calyptra naked. (Fig. 100, A-C.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 89858; Steyermark 45676. Distribution: Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, West Indies, South America. On trees and rocks at moderate altitudes. The relatively long setae and the leaves decurved when moist are fairly good diagnostic characters in comparison with M. guatemalense. 220 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 e 9 FIGURE 100 A-C, Macromitrium punctatum: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X16; C, apex of leaf, X120. D-G, Macromitrium serrulatum: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X16; F, apex of leaf, X120; G, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. H-K, Macromitrium guatemalense: H, plant, Xl; I, leaf, X16; J, capsule, X8; K, apex of leaf, X120. 9. MACROMITRIUM SERRULATUM Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 215. 1869. Macromitrium verrucosum Bartr., Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 26 3 : 82. 1928. Branches 3-4 cm. high, brownish and radiculose below, yellowish green above. Leaves 2.5-3 mm. long, oblong-lanceolate, acute, carinate, crisped when dry, squarrose-spreading when moist; margins undulate and serrulate about }/% down; costa ending just below apex; upper cells rounded, about 12 n, strongly mammillose on both surfaces, narrowly linear and tuberculose below. Seta about 1 cm. long, smooth; capsule ovoid, 2 mm. long, ribbed; peristome double; calyptra naked. - (Fig. 100, D-G.) Turckheim 6918, 71*95. Distribution: Mexico, Costa Rica, South America. I have seen no material of this species from Guatemala but Grout cites the two Turckheim collections by number. The above description was made from a Costa Rican collection. 10. MACROMITRIUM GUATEMALENSE C. M., Syn. 2: 644. 1851. Macromitrium rhystophyllum C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 198. 1897. Macromitrium subreflexum C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 198. 1897. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 221 Plants in dense greenish brown mats; branches erect, to 2 cm. high. Leaves crowded, crisped when dry, widely spreading when moist, 2.5-3 mm. long, narrowly lanceolate, sharply acute, minutely serrulate above and often toothed near apex; costa nearly percurrent; upper cells small, rounded, smooth, incrassate, basal cells linear, strongly tuberculose. Seta 4-6 mm. long, reddish; capsule oblong, strongly ribbed, urn brown, 2 mm. long; peristome double, teeth truncate, united in a cylinder about 275 M high, endostome a pale, papillose cylinder about as high as teeth; calyptra naked; spores opaque, 25-28 M - (Fig. 100, H-K.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Standley 81504, 82169, 82543, 8259Sa. Dept. Quezal- tenango: Steyermark 339^3. Dept. Sacatepequez: Standley 59368. Dept. Chimal- tenango: Standley 5793 8a, 80952. Dept. Baja Verapaz: Standley 91187. Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark 29706. Distribution: Mexico, Costa Rica, Galapagos Islands. On trees and rocks at medium altitudes. The shorter setae and spreading (not deflexed) leaves will help to separate this species from M. punctatum. 11. MACROMITRIUM PODOCARPI C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 6: 96. 1898. Small plants in dense, trim mats, green above, brown below. Branches about 1 cm. high, densely reddish tomentose below. Leaves closely curled and twisted when dry, erect-flexuous when moist, narrowly lanceolate, carinate, entire, sharply acute, to 2 mm. long; costa ending in or near apex; upper cells small, diameter 5-6 M, rounded, slightly incrassate, highly convex, basal cells narrow- ly oblong, tuberculate. Seta 3-5 mm. long; capsule ovoid, contracted below mouth when dry, urn 1.5 mm. long, bright brown; peristome double, teeth truncate, united in a cylinder about 225 n high, en- dostome as long as teeth, pale, papillose, fragile. (Fig. 98, D-I.) Dept. Quezaltenango: Sharp 20^9, 2090, 2199, 2200a. Distribution: Costa Rica, Honduras, South America. On oaks at moderately high altitudes. A neat little moss with tightly curled, pointed leaves. The above collections mark the extreme northern limit of the range. 12. MACROMITRIUM PENTASTICHUM C. M., Linnaea 21 : 186. 1848. Macromitrium hirtellum Bartr., Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 26 3 : 86. 1928. Plants in yellowish green tufts; branches slender, 2-4 cm. high. Leaves crowded, recurved and usually plainly 5 ranked when moist, 222 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 FIGURE 101 A-D, Macromitrium pentastichum: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14; C, perichaetial leaf, X14; D, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. E-H, Macromitrium cirrosum: E, plant, Xl; F, leaf, X14; G, upper leaf cells and margin, X270; H, capsule, X8. I, Macromitrium fragilicuspis: I, leaf, X14. 2-3 mm. long, oblong-lanceolate, acute to short acuminate, serrulate more than halfway down; costa short excurrent; upper cells rounded, obscure, mammillose, basal cells linear, smooth. Perichaetial leaves longer than the stem leaves, gradually acuminate; seta 6-8 mm. long, smooth; capsule short, ovoid, urn 1.5 mm. long, smooth; peristome double, teeth united in a cylinder, endostome equal to teeth in height; calyptra pilose, deeply laciniate at base. (Fig. 101, A-D.) Dept. Peten: Lundell 2679. Distribution: Mexico, British Honduras, Costa Rica, West Indies, South America. On tree at low altitude. The slender habit, short pointed, spirally ranked leaves and pilose calyptra clearly distinguish this species. 13. MACROMITRIUM CIRROSUM (Hedw.) Brid., Bryol. Univ. 1 : 316. 1826. Anictangium cirrosum Hedw., Sp. Muse. 42. 1801. Slender, slightly glossy, yellowish plants tinged with brown; branches 2-4 cm. high, often dichotomously branched. Leaves crowded, flexuous and crispate when dry, 3-3.5 mm. long, gradually linear-lanceolate from an erect, oblong base, acuminate, serrulate BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 223 toward apex; costa percurrent; upper cells small, irregularly rounded, slightly incrassate, smooth or convex, narrower in acumen and linear, sinuose and tuberculose at base. Seta 8-15 mm. long or longer; capsule small, ovoid with a short neck, urn 1-1.5 mm. long, smooth or occasionally faintly ribbed; peristome double; calyptra naked. (Fig. 101, E-H.) Dept. Izabal: Steyermark 1+1 7tf. Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 70SM, 70350a, 70S85, 91596a, 92073; Steyermark M62S, 45676a, 45680. Dept. Chiquimula: Steyermark 31488 (as M. Steyermarkii) . Distribution: Costa Rica, West Indies, South America. On trees and rocks at medium to low altitudes. This is a variable species widely distributed through tropical America and has an ex- tensive synonymy. In the above series Grout thinks that No. 41746 may represent the var. stenophyllum (Mitt.) Grout and No. 31488 the var. jamaicense (Mitt.) Grout. 14. MACROMITRIUM FRAGILICUSPIS Card., Rev. Bryol. 36: 109. 1909. Plants green, densely tufted, branches to 2 cm. high. Leaves crowded, erect and contorted when dry, 3-3.5 mm. long, narrowly lingulate, abruptly contracted to a very fragile, green, cuspidate point; costa percurrent; upper cells small, rounded-quadrate, smooth, basal cells linear, tuberculose. Seta 5-6 mm. long; capsule ovate- oblong, suberect, deeply furrowed when dry; peristome rudimentary, a short, papillose membrane; calyptra unknown. (Sporophyte not seen.) (Fig. 101, I.) Dept. Guatemala: Standley 80664. Dept. Jalapa: Steyermark 32532. Distribution: Mexico. On trees and banks at medium altitudes. The leaf points of this curious species are so fragile that it is difficult to find a leaf intact. Micromitrium fragile Mitt, will be readily distinguished by the leaves, which are twisted spirally around the stem when dry, and the bor- dered leaf base. 5. MICROMITRIUM (Mitt.) Schimp. in Besch., Prodr. Bryol. Mex. 46. 1872. Macromitrium subg. Micromitrium Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 197. 1869. Plants similar in appearance to Macromitrium. Stems densely foliate. Leaves contorted when dry, leaf cells nearly uniform, 224 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 distinctly bordered at base with several rows of linear cells extending well up the margins. Seta elongate, smooth; capsule subcylindric; peristome double; lid long beaked; calyptra naked, scarcely reaching the middle of the urn. 1. Leaf points fragile, elongate, mostly broken off 1. M. fragile Leaves short pointed, not fragile 2 2. Leaves obtuse, mucronate, spirally twisted around stem when dry 3 Leaves acute, apiculate, variously contorted, not spirally twisted 4 3. Branches short, leaves obtuse or retuse, short mucronate. .2. M. mucronifolium Branches longer, leaves strongly apiculate ; 3. M. apiculatum 4. Leaves not or scarcely undulate "; 4. M. Wagnerianum Leaves undulate . . . . 5. M. undosum 1. MICROMITRIUM FRAGILE (Mitt.) Jaeg., Adumb. 1: 435. 1872-73. Macromitrium fragile Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 218. 1869. Micromitrium Schlumbergeri Schimp. in Besch., Prodr. Bryol. Mex. 47. 1871. Slender yellowish green plants; stems branched, densely reddish tomentose below. Leaves crowded, spirally twisted around stem when dry with the points spreading, 2-3 mm. long, narrowly ovate- lanceolate, gradually narrowed to a long, slender, very brittle point which is broken off on all but the uppermost leaves; costa ending in acumen; upper cells small, rounded, incrassate, smooth, elongate only at extreme base near costa, border of linear, incrassate cells 12-14 rows wide at base quickly narrowing upward and extending to or beyond mid-leaf. Seta 6-8 mm. long; capsule oblong-cylindric, urn 3 mm. long; calyptra naked, covering only upper half of urn. (Fig. 102, A-D.) 'Dept. Peten: Lundell 2092, 2232, 2500a, 2528a, 8505. Dept. Izabal: Steyer- mark 39990. Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 70391, 90626, 90876, 92M4. Dept. Escuintla: Standley 63^99. Distribution: Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America. On trees and rocks at low to medium altitudes. The species is sharply distinct in the fragile pointed leaves, closely spiraled when dry and distinctly bordered below the middle. 2. MICROMITRIUM MUCRONIFOLIUM (Hook. & Grev.) Grout, Bryol. 47:3. 1944. Macromitrium mucronifolium Hook. & Grev., Edinb. Journ. Sci. 1 : 116. 1824. Plants growing in extensive mats, green at tips, brown below; branches erect, to 5 mm. long. Leaves crowded, spirally twisted BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 225 around stem when dry, about 1.5 mm. long, carinate, Ungulate, broadly obtuse to retuse, short mucronate, entire; costa strong, ending in mucro; cells rounded, nearly or quite smooth, slightly elongate only near insertion, 2-3 rows at basal margins linear, incrassate forming a narrow but distinct border extending only a short way up the leaf. Seta 3-6 mm. long, smooth; capsule oblong- ovoid, wide mouthed, urn 1.5 mm. long; peristome rudimentary; calyptra naked, covering the urn. (Fig. 102, E-G.) Dept. Peten: Bartlett 12315; Lundell 2319, 285 la, 2856. Distribution: Florida, Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America, Galapagos Islands. On branches or trunks of trees at low altitudes. Dr. Grout has transferred this and the following species to Micromitrium and I think justly so. It is a frequent lowland plant in tropical America and will hardly be confused with anything but M. apiculatum from which it differs in the shorter branches and more broadly pointed leaves. 3. MICROMITRIUM APICULATUM (Hook.) Grout, Bryol. 47: 3. 1944. Orthotrichum apiculatum Hook., Muse. Exot. tab. 45. 1818. Plants in dense mats, yellowish green above, brown below; branches 1.5-3 or 4 cm. long. Leaves crowded, spirally twisted around FIGURE 102 A-D, Micromitrium fragile: A, plant, XI; B and C, leaves, X14; D, basal cells and margin, X270. E-G, Micromitrium mucronifolium: E, plant, Xl; F, leaf, X14; G, apex of leaf, X54. H-J, Micromitrium apiculatum: H, plant, Xl; I, leaf, X14; J, apex of leaf, X54. 226 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 stem when dry, 2.5-3 mm. long, Ungulate, entire, narrowed at apex to a stout apiculus; costa excurrent; upper cells small, rounded, becoming more incrassate below, slightly elongate^and sinuose near insertion, 6-10 rows at basal margins linear forming a distinct border, quickly narrowed upward and extending to about mid-leaf. Seta 6-8 mm. long; capsule ovoid with a wide mouth; calyptra naked. (Fig. 102, H-J.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 69-46.4, 71583. Distribution: Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America. On trees at medium altitudes. In addition to the distinctions made above M. apiculatum may be separated from M. mucronifolium by the larger leaves more strongly bordered below the middle. 4. MICROMITRIUM WAGNERIANUM (C. M.) Par., Ind. Bryol. Ed. 2, 3: 242. 1905. Macromitrium chimborazense Spr., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 218. 1869. Macromitrium lamprocarpum C. M., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belg. 31: 158. 1892. ? Macromitrium orthotrichaceum C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 197. 1897. Plants yellowish green above, brown below, growing in extensive mats; branches erect, to 2.5 cm. long. Leaves crowded, spreading on all sides, strongly crisped when dry, 2-2.5 mm. long, oblong- lanceolate, short acuminate, entire; costa ending just below apex; cells small, rounded, incrassate, smooth, elongate only at extreme base, 8-10 rows at basal margins linear forming a distinct yellowish border quickly narrowing upward and extending to about mid-leaf. Seta stout, 6-10 mm. long; capsule large, erect, oblong-cylindric, urn brown, often glossy, 3 mm. long, smooth or faintly ribbed; lid long beaked; calyptra naked, short, barely covering lid. (Fig. 103, A-D.) Dept. Huehuetenango : Standley 82368; Steyermark 49606. Dept. Quezalte- nango: Steyermark 3^232, 3^387. Dept. Solola: Steyermark 47993. Dept. Chim- altenango: Standley 57929, 80953. Dept. Guatemala: Standley 58353, 80370. Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark 43182. Distribution: Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America. On trees and rocks at medium altitudes. A frequent species in Central America and usually richly fruited. The relatively large, lustrous capsules and the strongly curled leaves spreading on all sides make recognition easy. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 227 5. MICROMITRIUM UNDOSUM (Card.) Grout, Bryol. 47: 4. 1944. Macromitrium undosum Card., Rev. Bryol. 36: 108. 1909. Plants very similar to M. Wagnerianum and differing in no con- stant way that I can see except in the more strongly undulate leaves. (Fig. 103, E.) Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 80953 (as M. lamprocarpum). Dept. Guate- mala: Standley 80370 (as M. lamprocarpum) . Distribution: Mexico, Costa Rica. On trees at moderate altitudes. This appears to me to be a very weak species and I have little doubt but that eventually it will have to be combined with M. Wagnerianum. EXCLUDED SPECIES MACROMITRIUM SEMIMAHGINATUM C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 197. 1897. MACROMITRIUM CARIONIS C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 199. 1897. These species evidently belong in Micromitrium but no authentic material is available for comparison. 6. SCHLOTHEIMIA Brid., Muse. Rec. Suppl. 4: 114. 1819. Medium sized plants growing in extensive mats, usually lustrous and reddish brown or green at tips; branches numerous, suberect, densely foliate, tomentose. Leaves erect and usually spirally twisted around stem when dry, lanceolate or lingulate, entire; costa strong; cells small, incrassate. Seta erect; capsules erect, subcylindric, smooth; peristome double; lid long beaked; calyptra large, cylindric- campanulate, not plicate, lobed at base, covering the capsule. 1 . Leaf acumen linear, very fragile, mostly broken off 3. S. angustata Leaves not fragile, acuminate or mucronate 2 2. Leaves rugose, lingulate, mucronate 1. S. rugifolia Leaves not rugose, lanceolate, acuminate 2. S. sublaevifolia 1. SCHLOTHEIMIA RUGIFOLIA (Hook.) Schwaegr., Suppl. 2 2 : pi. 139. 1826. Orthotrichum rugifolium Hook., Muse. Exot. tab. 128. 1820. Schlotheimia Sullivantii C. M., Syn. 1: 756. 1849. Autoicous; branches crowded, to 2 cm. high. Leaves appressed and slightly spiraled when dry, to 2 mm. long, lingulate, abruptly 228 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 H FIGURE 103 A-D, Micromitrium Wagnerianum: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X18; C, apex of leaf, X54; D, capsule, X8. E, Micromitrium undosum: E, leaf, X14. F-I, Schlotheimia rugifolia: F, plant, Xl; G, leaf, X16; H, calyptra, X8; I, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. short mucronate, rugose above; costa strong, short excurrent; cells smooth, the upper small, rounded, basal cells linear, very incrassate, sinuose. Perichaetial leaves little differentiated; seta 2-4 mm. long; capsule oblong-cylindric, urn 2 mm. long; calyptra 3-4 mm. long, pale, scabrous near apex, deeply lobed at base, covering the whole capsule. (Fig. 103, F-I.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 70391a, 91 651 a; Steyermark ^5667. Dept. Jalapa: Steyermark 321*32, 325S2a; Standley 76566, 771*01. Distribution: Southern United States, Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America. On trees and shaded rocks at low altitudes. This is by far the commonest species in tropical America and has an extensive synonymy. 2. SCHLOTHEIMIA SUBLAEVIFOLIA C. M., Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. N. S. 4: 126. 1897. Glossy reddish brown plants, yellowish toward tips, growing in dense tufts or mats; branches to 3 cm. long, densely foliate, felted with reddish tomentum below. Leaves spirally twisted around stem when dry, erect-spreading when moist, to 3 mm. long, 0.9 mm. wide, BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 229 oblong-lanceolate, rather abruptly narrowed to a slender apiculus, strongly carinate; margins plane except for a slight curvature on one side near base; costa brownish, 50 M wide below, ending in apiculus; upper leaf cells obliquely oval toward costa, longer diameter about 18 M, incrassate, smaller and rounded toward margins, basal cells narrowly rectangular. (Fig. 104, A-C.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 92360, 9236 la. Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark 29947 (as S. sarcotricha) . Distribution: Bolivia. On trees at moderate altitudes. Apparently near S. lancifolia Bartr. of North Carolina but more robust, with longer, broader leaves, more elongated, obliquely oval juxta costal upper leaf cells and abruptly narrowed at apex to a more pronounced slender apiculus. 3. SCHLOTHEIMIA ANGUSTATA Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 223. 1869. Schlotheimia sarcotricha C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 196. 1897. Plants slender, brownish green, darker below, densely tufted; stems to 1.5 cm. high, densely felted with reddish tomentum below. Leaves crowded, spirally appressed with spreading points, 2-2.5 mm. FIGURE 104 A-C, Schlotheimia sublaevifolia: A, plant, X 1 ; B, leaf, X 14; C, apex of leaf, X54. D-F, Schlotheimia angnstata: D, plant, XI; E, leaf, X14; F, basal leaf cells, X270. G-J, Helicophyllum torquatum: G, part of plant, Xl; H, lateral leaf, X16; I, dorsal leaf, X16; J, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. 230 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 long, oblong-ovate, rather quickly contracted to a long, linear-subu- late, acute, fragile point, entire, slightly rugulose; costa ending near point of acumen; upper cells small, smooth, rounded-quadrate, often wider than long, basal cells linear, smooth, incrassate with very narrow sinuose lumens. Seta short; capsule narrowly cylindrical, small mouthed, slightly sulcate; lid beaked; calyptra lobed at base; peristome double. Sporophyte not seen. (Fig. 104, D-F.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 92160. Distribution: Peru, Bolivia. On tree at moderate altitude. This highly individual species looks much like Micromitrium fragile to the naked eye but the leaf base is unbordered and the areolation quite different. Macromitrium fragilicuspis may be separated by the tuberculose basal cells and the different cell structure. 23. HELICOPHYLLACEAE Plants growing in extensive, dense mats. Stems elongate, creep- ing, irregularly branched, densely tomentose on the under side. Lateral leaves in 2 opposite rows, strongly incurled when dry, lingulate, rounded at apex, bordered; costa strong; cells hexagonal, papillose. Dorsal leaves in 2 rows, much smaller. Sporophyte terminal on lateral branches; capsules immersed; peristome lacking. 1. HELICOPHYLLUM Brid., Bryol. Univ. 2: 771. 1827. Plants with the characters of the family. 1. HELICOPHYLLUM TORQUATUM (Hook.) Brid., Bryol. Univ. 2: 771. 1827. Anictangium torquatum Hook., Muse. Exot. tab. 41. 1818. Helicophyllum guatemalense C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 201. 1897. Dioicous; plants rigid, yellowish green; stems to 4 or 5 cm. long, much branched. Leaves dimorphous, lateral rows closely incurled when dry, 1.5-2 mm. long, lingulate, rounded at apex, narrowly bordered; costa ending below apex; cells rounded-hexagonal, uni- papillate, bordered all around with a single row of narrowly linear, smooth cells. Dorsal leaves smaller, slenderly acuminate from an ovate base, areolation more pellucid, faintly papillose. Seta very short; capsule immersed, oblong-cylindric, smooth. (Fig. 104, G-J.) BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 231 Dept. Peten: Lundell 3523. Dept. Suchitepequez: Steyermark 1*7733. Dept. Escuintla: Standley 89061. Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark 29397. Dept. Santa Rosa: Standley 77869, 78099, 78216. Distribution: Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America. On trees and rocks at low altitudes. Although rarely fruiting this monotypic species is so sharply distinct that it could hardly be confused with anything else. 24. RHACOPILACEAE Medium sized creeping plants with radiculose stems and dimor- phous leaves. Lateral leaves in 2 rows, contorted when dry. Dorsal leaves much smaller, in 2 rows; costa strong; cells rounded. Seta elongate; capsules nodding, ribbed when dry; peristome double, complete; calyptra cucullate, pilose. 1. RHACOPILUM P. Beauv., Prodr. 36. 1805. Plants with the characters of the family. 1. RHACOPILUM TOMENTOSUM (Hedw.) Brid., Bryol. Univ. 2: 719. 1827. Hypnum tomentosum Hedw., Sp. Muse. 240. 1801. Autoicous; plants yellowish green, growing in mats. Stems elongate, radiculose, freely branched. Lateral leaves to 2 mm. long, contorted when dry, ovate, subulate by the long, excurrent costa, coarsely and sharply serrate above middle, not bordered; cells small, hexagonal, smooth or nearly so. Dorsal leaves smaller, more gradually pointed, subentire. Seta 1.5-3 cm. long, smooth; capsule curved, oblong-cylindric, urn 3-5 mm. long, ribbed when dry; lid beaked. (Fig. 105, A-D.) Dept. Peten: Bartlett 12251, 12516, 1261*6, 1271k, 1271*9. Dept. Alta Vera- paz: Standley 71731*, 71756. Dept. Huehuetenango : Steyermark 49108. Dept. San Marcos: Standley 66180. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 65930. Dept. Quezal- tenango: Standley 651*50, 67271, 86151*, 86156a, 86863, 87922; Steyermark 31*81*3. Dept. Sacatepequez: Standley 81021, 81021*. Dept. Escuintla: Standley 61311*. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 79783. Dept. Baja Verapaz: Standley 69785, 69786b, 69791. Distribution: Florida, Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America. On trees, rocks, logs and humus at various altitudes. Widely distributed through the American tropics and quite variable. 232 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 IA FIGURE 105 A-D, Rhacopilum tomentosum: A, plant, Xl; B, lateral leaf, X16; C, dorsal leaf, X16; D, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. E-G, Hedwigia ciliata: E, plant, Xl; F, leaf, X16; G, apex of leaf, X54. H-J, Hedwigidium imberbe: H, plant, Xl; I, leaf, X16; J, apex of leaf, X54. 25. HEDWIGIACEAE Plants usually in dense tufts or mats; stems stiff, elongated, irregularly branched, often stoloniferous; cells papillose. Seta short to elongate; capsules erect; peristome lacking; calyptra small. 1 . Leaves bordered 4. Rhacocarpus Leaves not bordered 2 2. Capsules exserted, setae elongate 3. Braunia Capsules immersed 3 3. Leaves with hyaline hair points 1. Hedwigia Leaves not hyaline tipped 2. Hedwigidium 1. HEDWIGIA Hedw., Sp. Muse. 40. 1801 in part. Plants green, hoary, rupestrine, tufted; stems branched. Leaves closely imbricated, hyaline tipped. Perichaetial leaves ciliate; capsule immersed, subglobose. 1. HEDWIGIA CILIATA Hedw., Sp. Muse. 40. 1801 (synonym). Anictangium ciliatum Hedw., Sp. Muse. 40. 1801. Autoicous; plants growing in hoary tufts; stems stiff, to 4 cm. long or longer, irregularly branched. Leaves imbricated with BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 233 spreading points when dry, spreading when moist, to 3 mm. long, ovate, the hyaline tips conspicuous and serrulate; upper cells oblong, incrassate, papillose, inner basal cells elongate, sinuose, quadrate toward margins. Seta terminal, very short; capsule subglobose, wide mouthed. (Fig. 105, E-G.) Dept. Quezaltenango: Standley 66^12, 88261, 85256. Distribution: Cosmopolitan. On rocks and banks at high altitudes. These three collections are clearly referable to the var. leucophaea Bry. Eur. having broad, long, hyaline leaf points and nearly plane margins. 2. HEDWIGIDIUM Bry. Eur. fasc. 29-30. 1846. Plants with the habit of Hedwigia but yellowish at tips and brown below. Leaves closely imbricated when dry, not hyaline tipped. Perichaetial leaves not ciliate; capsules immersed, gymnostomous. 1. HEDWIGIDIUM IMBERBE (Smith) Bry. Eur. fasc. 29-30, Mon. p. 3, t. 1. 1846. Gymnosiomum imberbe Smith, Engl. Bot. 2237. 1790-1814. Autoicous; stems sparingly branched, to 4 or 5 cm. long. Leaves crowded, imbricated, ovate, concave, short acuminate, to 1.7 mm. long; margins revolute, irregularly crenulate near apex; upper cells narrowly oblong, incrassate, sinuose, inner basal cells linear, in- crassate, sinuose, quadrate toward margins. Perichaetial leaves larger, not ciliate; capsule immersed. (Fig. 105, H-J.) Dept. Quezaltenango: Standley 67706, 67715, 67757, 83792, 85751; Steyer- mark SJ>2 11 a. Dept. Solola: Steyermark ^6962, W467. Distribution: Mexico, South America, Europe, Africa, Australia, New Zealand. On rocks at high to very high altitudes. This species is readily separated from Hedwigia by the brownish color and concolorous leaf points but as TheYiot has remarked (The'riot 27, Pt. 3, p. 31) the leaves are so close in structural details to those of Braunia secunda that it is difficult to distinguish them in the absence of fruit. 3. BRAUNIA Bry. Eur. fasc. 29-30. 1846. Plants tufted, yellowish at tips, brown below; stems rigid, stoloniferous, irregularly branched. Leaves crowded, imbricated 234 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 when dry, ovate, plicate, entire; cells small, papillose, sinuose. Seta slender, elongate; capsules erect, gymnostomous; lid short, apiculate; calyptra cucullate. Capsules globose 1. B. squarrulosa Capsules cylindrical 2. B. secunda 1. BRAUNIA SQUARRULOSA (Hampe) Broth., E. & P. Pflanzenf. I 3 : 718. 1905. Harrisonia squarrulosa Hampe, Icon. Muse. 19. 1844. Neckera sphaerocarpa C. M., Syn. 2: 105. 1851. Plants in intricate mats; stems freely branched, to 7 or 8 cm. long, branches curved, often flagelliform. Leaves closely imbricated with squarrose-spreading points when dry, 2-2.5 mm. long, about 1 mm. wide, ovate, narrowed to a slender acumen which is often hyaline at the capillary tip, concave, plicate; margins recurved about %j up, erose-denticulate near apex; upper cells oblong, incrassate, very sinuose, papillose, inner basal cells linear, quadrate or wider than long toward margins. Seta 3-4 mm. long; capsule subglobose, often slightly rugulose and constricted under mouth when dry and empty, urn 1-1.5 mm. long. (Fig. 106, A-C.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Standley 62629, 65606, 81153, 81817, 82081, 82548, 82593, 82682a; Steyermark 5060^. Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 35^81, 35482b; Standley 66126, 68620. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 62674, 8^35. Dept. Quezal- tenango: Standley 85220, 86156. Distribution: Mexico. On trees and rocks at medium to high altitudes. Readily dis- tinguished from B. secunda by the shorter setae, globose capsules and the capillary leaf tips spreading or recurved when dry. 2. BRAUNIA SECUNDA (Hook.) Bry. Eur. fasc. 29-30. 1846. Hedwigia secunda Hook., Muse. Exot. tab. 46. 1818. Plants dull yellowish green, laxly tufted; stems rigid, branched, to 4 or 6 cm. long. Leaves crowded, closely imbricated, slightly secund near tips, to 2 mm. long, 1 mm. wide, ovate, acuminate, faintly plicate; margins narrowly recurved below, erose-denticulate near apex; upper cells oblong, sinuose, incrassate, papillose, inner basal cells linear, quadrate toward margins. Seta 8-10 mm. long; capsule ovoid-cylindrical, narrowed above, urn 1.5-2 mm. long. (Fig. 106, D-F.) Dept. Quezaltenango: Standley 65526, 83237, 85807, 85253. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 235 Distribution: Arizona, Mexico, Bolivia, Africa, India. On shaded rocks at moderately high altitudes. These plants approach the var. Andrieuxii (Lor.) TheY. in the leaf margins narrowly recurved only near the base but I doubt if this form can be practically segregated. 4. RHACOCARPUS Lindb., Oefv. K. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 1863: 603. 1863. Dioicous; plants brownish, yellow at tips; stems elongate, freely branched. Leaves imbricated when dry, concave, ecostate, usually hair tipped, distinctly bordered; cells elongate, minutely but densely papillose, smooth and highly colored at extreme base. Seta elongate; capsule ovoid, ribbed when dry, gymnostomous. 1. RHACOCARPUS HUMBOLDTII (Hook.) Lindb., Oefv. K. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 1863:603. 1863. Hedwigia Humboldtii Hook., Muse. Exot. tab. 137. 1818. Stems pinnately branched, 6-8 cm. long or longer, branches short, curved, cuspidate at tips. Stem leaves 2-2.5 mm. long, broadly obovate, contracted above base, rounded above and abruptly pili- B FIGURE 106 A-C, Braunia squarrulosa: A, part of plant, XI; B, leaf, X16; C, capsule, X12. D-F, Braunia secunda: D, plant, XI; E, leaf, X16; F, capsule, X12. G, Rhacocarpus Humboldtii: G, leaf, X16. 236 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 ferous in a long, glossy, brownish hair point, bordered all around; margins recurved below, serrulate toward apex; cells linear, obscure, densely papillose, reddish brown and smooth at extreme base, 4-6 rows at margins smooth and pellucid forming a yellowish border merging with the colored cells at base, alar cells oblong, deeply colored, incrassate. Branch leaves similar but smaller. Seta about 1 cm. long; calyptra cucullate, naked. (Fig. 106, G.) Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 361^99. Distribution: Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America, Africa. On moist, shaded bank at high altitude. The leaves of this moss are striking and beautiful objects under a microscope. 26. CRYPHAEAGEAE Autoicous; plants slender, rigid; primary stems creeping, second- ary stems elongate, suberect, branched. Leaves imbricated when dry, concave, ovate or lanceolate; costa single; cells smooth or faintly papillose, oval or slightly elongate, subquadrate at basal margins. Seta short; capsules usually immersed; peristome double, rarely single; lid conical; calyptra small, conical. 1. Sporophyte lateral on stems and branches, nearly sessile 2. Cryphaea Sporophyte terminal on longer branches 2 2. Short, rigid plants, peristome single 1. Acrocryphaea Long, slender, pendulous plants, peristome double 3. Dendropogonella 1. ACROCRYPHAEA Bry. Eur. 5 Monog. Cryph. 2. 1851-55. Secondary stems rigid, julaceous, branched above. Leaves ap- pressed, ovate; cells oval, incrassate. Sporophyte terminal on leafy branches of varying length. Seta short; capsules immersed; peristome single, of 16 papillose teeth. 1. ACROCRYPHAEA GARDNERI (Mitt.) Jaeg., Adumb. 2 : 94. 1874-75. Cryphaea Gardneri Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 415. 1869. Plants rigid, yellowish green, in lax tufts; secondary stems 2-3 cm. long, subpinnately branched. Leaves closely imbricated, 1-1.5 mm. long, ovate, short acuminate; margins recurved nearly to base of acumen, minutely serrulate near apex; costa strong, ending about % up leaf; upper cells oval, incrassate, minutely papillose, basal BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 237 cells linear near costa, obliquely oval in many rows toward margins. Inner perichaetial leaves cuspidate by the long excurrent costa; capsule ovoid, immersed, peristome teeth brown, papillose. (Fig. 107, A-C.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: H. Johnson 2^3. Distribution: Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, South America. On trees. The terminal capsules on short, leafy branches will distinguish this species from Cryphaea. It is apparently widely distributed but local. 2. CRYPHAEA Mohr, in Web., Tab. Synop. Muse. 1813. Secondary stems slender, ascending, subpinnately branched. Leaves ovate, short pointed, entire or serrulate above; costa extend- ing to or above mid-leaf; cells oval, smooth or faintly papillose, incrassate. Perichaetial leaves scarious, mostly blunt, aristate by the long excurrent costa; capsules ovoid, immersed; peristome double. 1. Leaves entire or minutely denticulate 2 Leaves irregularly serrate with coarse teeth 4 2. Leaf margins revolute 3. C. intermedia Leaf margins plane 3 3. Leaves ovate, upper cells elongate, costa weak 1. C. filiformis Leaves broadly ovate, upper cells short, costa strong 2. C. pinnata 4. Leaves broadly ovate, short acuminate, cells rounded 4. C. patens Leaves ovate-lanceolate, long acuminate, cells oval 5. C. reticulata 1. CRYPHAEA FILIFORMIS (Hedw.) Brid., Bryol. Univ. 2: 252. 1827. Neckera filiformis Hedw., Sp. Muse. 202. 1801. Secondary stems very slender, 5-6 cm. long, laxly pinnate, branches filiform, divergent, about 1 cm. long, terete. Leaves ovate, acuminate, 1-1.5 mm. long; margins erect, minutely serrulate near apex; costa faint, ending near mid-leaf; cells linear, incrassate, 6-8 rows at basal margins short, mostly wider than long. Perichaetial leaves oblong, abruptly contracted to a long, denticulate arista formed by the excurrent costa; capsule ovoid-cylindric, urn 1.5 mm. long; peristome double, segments as long as teeth. (Fig. 107, D-F.) Dept. Peten: Lundell 212Sc. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 587bla, 619S6a. Distribution: Mexico, West Indies, South America. 238 FIELD IANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 FIGURE 107 A-C, Acrocryphaea Gardneri: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14; C, sporophyte bearing branch, X8. D-F, Cryphaea fill for mis: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X14; F, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. G-I, Cryphaea pinnata: G, plant, Xl; H, leaf, X16; I, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. On logs mostly at high altitudes. The above numbers represent a few plants segregated from other mosses but seem to agree closely with the description. The long, narrow leaf cells are distinctive. 2. CRYPHAEA PINNATA Schimp. in C. M., Syn. 2: 675. 1851. Plants slender, reddish brown; secondary stems to 10 cm. long, laxly pinnate, branches to 3 cm. long, scarcely attenuate. Leaves 1.8 mm. long, 1 mm. wide, broadly ovate from a cordate base, abruptly short acuminate; margins plane, entire or minutely crenu- late near apex; costa stout, ending above mid-leaf; cells short, oval, incrassate, elongate only near costa at extreme base. Perichaetial leaves oblong-obovate, broader above, abruptly aristate by the excurrent costa, arista minutely denticulate. Capsule ovoid, 1.25 mm. long; segments of endostome fragile, as long as teeth; annulus broad, compound; lid conical; calyptra 0.5 mm. long, scabrous; spores 35-40 M - (Fig. 107, G-I.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 69253, 69556a, 71021 a, 71798. Distribution: Mexico. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 239 On trees at medium altitudes. There will be no difficulty in separating this species from C. filiformis but until a critical study of the numerous Mexican species is made the group cannot be resolved satisfactorily. 3. CRYPHAEA INTERMEDIA C. M., Linnaea 19: 212. 1847. Secondary stems to 7 or 8 cm. long, rigid, densely tufted, yellowish green above, dark brown below, irregularly pinnate, branches widely spreading, to 1.5 cm. long, obtuse or slightly attenuate. Stem leaves 2 mm. long, 1.2 mm. wide, broadly ovate from a cordate base, abruptly acuminate; margins entire, strongly revolute to base of acumen; costa slender, ending slightly above mid-leaf; upper cells small, oval, incrassate, about 10 M long, 5 n wide, basal cells linear and pellucid near costa, shorter and rounded toward margins. Branch leaves similar but smaller. (Fig. 109, A-C.) Dept. El Quiche: Sharp 23 74. Distribution: Mexico, Ecuador? On bark of Carpinus at moderate altitude. Distinguished from all its local associates by the broadly ovate, entire leaves with the margins revolute nearly to base of acumen. The Guatemalan plants match perfectly a herbarium specimen from Ecuador named C. lati- folia Mitt. Either C. intermedia ranges to Ecuador or C. latifolia, as I suspect, is a synonym of Muller's species. 4. CRYPHAEA PATENS Hornsch. in C. M., Syn. 2: 171. 1851. Plants rigid, growing in dense tufts; secondary stems to 4 cm. long, often longer, rather coarse, laxly pinnate, branches short, spreading. Leaves erect-spreading and laxly imbricated when dry, about 2 mm. long, broadly ovate from a cordate base, short acumi- nate; margins strongly revolute, distinctly toothed near apex; costa strong, ending near apex; cells small, rounded, 8-10 n, moderately incrassate. Perichaetial leaves abruptly contracted to a long, minutely denticulate arista; costa faint; capsule narrowly ovoid. (Fig. 108, A-C.) Dept. Quezaltenango: Standley 66S89b. Dept. Sacatepequez: Standley 5887S, 6371 la. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 62030b (as C. reticulata), 81074. Distribution: Mexico, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Bolivia. On trees at moderate altitudes. The broad, short pointed leaves, toothed above and the short, rounded cells scarcely longer than broad are significant characters in the local group of species. 240 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 H FIGURE 108 A-C, Cryphaea patens: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14; C, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. D-F, Cryphaea reticulata: D, leaf, X14; E, upper leaf cells and margin, X270; F, perichaetial leaf, X14. G-H, Dendropogonella rufescens: G, part of plant, Xl; H, leaf, X16. 5. CRYPHAEA RETICULATA Besch., Prodr. Bryol. Mex. 69. 1871. Plants slender, yellowish green; stems to 7 cm. long, branches elongate, often attenuate. Stem leaves 2 mm. long, ovate-lanceolate, gradually acuminate, decurrent; margins recurved below, serrate for some distance below apex; costa ending near apex; cells oval, in- crassate, the upper 2-3 times longer than wide, more elongate at extreme base. Perichaetial leaves membranous, more or less emar- ginate, long aristate pointed, ecostate; capsule cylindrical, urn 1.5 mm. long; calyptra scabrous; spores 18-24 /*. (Fig. 108, D-F.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 69976a, 69981, 90368a (as C. pinnata). Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 66850. Dept. Solola: Steyermark 1^7580 (as C. attenuata). Dept. Guatemala: Standley 80651+ (as C. patens). Distribution: Mexico. On trees at medium to high altitudes. More slender than C. patens and distinct in the narrower, longer acuminate leaves, the more elongated leaf cells and the broadly rounded or emarginate perichaetial leaves. 3. DENDROPOGONELLA E. G. Britt., Bryol. 9:39. 1906. Very slender, bright reddish brown plants, golden yellow at tips, growing in pendulous masses; secondary stems very long, copiously BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 241 branched. Leaves lanceolate, decurrent, acuminate; costa strong, percurrent; cells smooth, oval-hexagonal. Capsules immersed; peristome double; lid conical; calyptra small. 1. DENDROPOGONELLA RUFESCENS (C. M.) E. G. Britt, Bryol. 9: 39. 1906. Cryphaea rufescens C. M., Linnaea 18: 682. 1844. Secondary stems to 20 cm. or more long, pinnately branched, branches divergent, to 1.5 cm. long. Leaves laxly imbricated with spreading points when dry, 3-4 mm. long, gradually long and finely acuminate from a lanceolate, biplicate, decurrent base; margins narrowly recurved near base, minutely serrulate toward apex; costa slender, ending in acumen; upper cells linear-rhomboidal, smooth, incrassate, shorter and oblong at extreme base and toward basal margins. Capsule ovoid, immersed; peristome segments from a low basal membrane, shorter than teeth; calyptra smooth. (Fig. 108, G-H.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Steyermark 45-4S5, W902, 50558. Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark S5882a, 35883. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 62722. Dept. El Pro- gresso: Steyermark 4.3673. FIGURE 109 A-C, Cryphaea intermedia: A, plant, XI; B, leaf, X14; C, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. D-F, Trachypodopsis otiophylla: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X14; F, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. G, Jaegerinopsis scariosa: G, leaf, X12. 242 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 Distribution: Mexico, Island of St. Thomas. Epiphyte on trees, mostly at high altitudes. The ruddy color and the slender, branched stems in pendulous masses identify this species at a glance. 27. LEUCODONTACEAE Fairly robust plants; secondary stems mostly laxly ascending or pendulous, simple or branched, julaceous. Leaves crowded, ap- pressed, ovate, short pointed, subentire; costa single, double or lacking; cells mostly smooth, short, incrassate, quadrate or wider than long in numerous rows toward basal angles. Seta short; capsules ovoid, erect, usually exserted; peristome double, endostome rudimentary; lid conic-rostrate; calyptra cucullate, usually naked. 1. Leaf cells papillose 3. Leucodontopsis Leaf cells smooth 2 2. Costa lacking 1. Leucodon Costa single, nearly percurrent 2. Pseudocryphaea I. LEUCODON Schwaegr., Suppl. I 2 : 1. 1816. Dioicous; secondary stems loosely tufted, sparingly branched, curved or subpendulous, brown below, green at tips. Leaves erect, concave, spreading when moist, ovate, acuminate, ecostate, plicate; cells smooth, elongate, small and rounded in many rows toward basal margins. Capsules usually exserted on a short seta. 1. LEUCODON CURVIROSTRIS Hampe, Ic. Muse. 16. 1844. Robust plants growing in tufts, yellowish green at tips, brown below; secondary stems 2-10 cm. long, sparingly branched, curved. Leaves often secund, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 3-3.5 mm. long, faintly plicate; margins plane, minutely serrulate above; cells linear, 6-8 times as long as wide, incrassate, smooth, small and rounded in many rows at basal angles. Perichaetial leaves convolute, elon- gate, often extending to base of capsule; seta 3-5 mm. long, straight or slightly curved; capsule large, ovoid, small mouthed, exserted, urn 3 mm. long; lid obliquely beaked, 1 mm. long; peristome teeth 0.37 mm. long, pale, faintly papillose, endostome rudimentary; spores irregular, round or reniform, to 75 /z. (Fig. 110, A-B.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Steyermark 5011+6; Standley 65606a, 81159, 81820. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 81+521. Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 663 89a. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA Distribution: Mexico. 243 On trees, rocks and logs at high altitudes. The setae vary con- siderably in length but the capsules are never immersed as in L. cryp- totheca Hampe. 2. PSEUDOCRYPHAEA E. G. Britt., Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 32: 261. 1905. Loosely tufted, rigid plants; secondary stems freely branched, julaceous, usually with numerous slender, short, microphyllous branchlets. Leaves ovate; costa single; cells narrow. Capsules ovoid, long exserted. 1. PSEUDOCRYPHAEA FLAGELLIFERA (Brid.) E. G. Britt., Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 32: 261. 1905. Pilotrichum flagelliferum Brid., Bryol. Univ. 2: 259. 1827. Secondary stems to 5 or 6 cm. long; branches elongate, micro- phyllous branchlets usually present. Leaves imbricated when dry, ovate, short acuminate; margins plane, serrulate above; costa slender, ending near apex; cells linear-rhomboidal, often faintly papillose on FIGURE 110 A-B, Leucodon curvirostris: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14. C-E, Pseudocryphaea flagellifera: C, plant, Xl; D, leaf, X14; E, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. F-H, Leucodontopsis floridana: F, plant, Xl; G, leaf, X14; H, upper leaf cells, X270. 244 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 back above, rounded, sinuose and incrassate in 10-12 rows at basal angles. Sporophyte not seen. (Fig. 110, C-E.) Dept. Peten: Lundell 2220, 2221>. Dept. Izabal: Standley 7251 8a. Dept. Escuintla: Aguilar 1720. Distribution: Florida, West Indies, Central and South America. On trees at low altitudes. The longer branched stems, plane margined leaves and the conspicuous microphyllous branchlets readily separate this species from Leucodontopsis floridana. 3. LEUCODONTOPSIS Ren. & Card., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belg. 32: 177. 1893. Medium sized plants growing in lax tufts. Primary stems creeping; secondary stems suberect, julaceous, simple or sparingly branched. Leaves crowded, plicate, short pointed; margins revolute; costa single to above mid-leaf; cells narrow, papillose. Sporophyte unknown. 1. LEUCODONTOPSIS FLORIDANA (Aust.) E. G. Britt., Bryol. 15: 28. 1912. Neckera (Pilotrichum?) floridana Aust., Bot. Gaz. 4: 152. 1879. Leucodontopsis plicata Ren. & Card., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belg. 32: 177. 1893. Plants pale green or brownish, not glossy; secondary stems to 2 cm. long. Leaves imbricated, 1.5-2 mm. long, ovate-lanceolate, plicate, concave, acute; margins strongly revolute nearly to apex, denticulate at point; costa faint; cells linear, vermicular, papillose on both sides, irregularly quadrate or transversely elongated in a large, conspicuous group at basal angles. Septate propagula often occur in the leaf axils. (Fig. 110, F-H.) Dept. Peten: Lundell 2220. Distribution: Florida, Mexico, British Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, West Indies, South America. On tree trunks at low altitudes. The habit, revolute leaf margins and distinctly papillose leaf cells are sharp diagnostic characters. EXCLUDED SPECIES FORSSTROEMIA PYCNOTHALLODES (C. M.) Par., Ind. Bryol. Suppl. 167. 1900. DUSENIA PYCNOTHALLODES C. M., Hedwigia 36: 107. 1897. No authentic material of this species is available. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 245 28. PRIONODONTACEAE Dioicous; robust green plants growing in lax, deep tufts. Second- ary stems simple or freely branched. Leaves fragile, the tips often broken off, lanceolate from an ovate base, coarsely toothed above; costa strong; cells oval, unipapillate, differentiated at basal angles in many rows. Seta short; capsules exserted, erect; peristome double. 1. PRIONODON C. M., Bot. Zeit. 1844: 129. 1844. Plants with the characters of the family. Plants brown, cells of basal leaf angles elongated, lumens 1 :4 or 6. 1. P. fusco-lutescens Plants green, cells of basal angles short, 1:1 or 2 2. P. densus 1. PRIONODON FUSCO-LUTESCENS Hampe, Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. 5, 4: 356. 1865. Secondary stems 8-15 cm. long, simple or forked, yellowish at tips, brown below. Leaves crowded, the upper laxly erect when dry, widely spreading when moist, 7-9 mm. long, gradually lanceolate from an ovate, plicate, decurrent base, subulate-acuminate, the slender points very fragile, distantly serrate above; costa ending near apex; upper cells irregular, oblong or oval, mostly longer than wide, moderately incrassate, unipapillate, basal cells linear with sinuose lateral walls, at basal angles 4-6 times as long as wide with very narrow, elongated, sinuose lumens. "Capsule shortly exserted; lid obliquely rostrate; peristome teeth narrow, segments narrow, sinuate on margins." Sporophyte not seen. (Fig. Ill, A-C.) Dept. Huehuetenango: Steyermark 48484, 50077. Dept. San Marcos: Standley 86216, 864S9, 861*55. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 57826, 58741b, 58744, 60954 in part, 61111, 61115a, 6195S. Dept. Guatemala: Standley 8072S. Distribution: Costa Rica, Colombia. On trees and wet banks at high altitudes. Distinguished almost at a glance from P. densus by the more robust stems, brown in color with pale yellowish tips, and under a microscope by the distinctive cells at the basal leaf angles. 2. PRIONODON DENSUS (Hedw.) C. M., Bot. Zeit. 2: 129. 1844. Hypnum densum Hedw., Sp. Muse. 282. 1801. Plants green or yellowish green; secondary stems 4-25 cm. long, simple or subpinnately branched. Leaves erect-spreading when 246 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 0^1 O/Q U O MM DnW** FIGURE 111 A-C, Prionodon fusco-lutescens: A, plant, XI; B, leaf, X8; C, cells at basal leaf angle, X270. D-G, Prionodon densus: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X8; F, cells at basal leaf angle, X270; G, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. moist, to 6-7 mm. long, linear-lanceolate from an ovate, plicate base, acuminate, often undulate when dry, coarsely and irregularly serrate to below middle; costa ending below apex; upper cells small, irregularly hexagonal, usually unipapillate, inner basal cells linear, many rows toward basal angles small, short, rounded or wider than long, with angular, incrassate, porose walls. Sporophyte not seen. (Fig. Ill, D-G.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 90766. Dept. Huehuetenango : Steyermark 50656. Dept. San Marcos: Standley 86209, 86295; Steyermark 35644, 35815, 35882, 36766. Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 84297a, 84930, 84975, 84990, 85073, 85705; Steyermark 34693, 34726. Dept. Sacatepequez: Standley 65090a. Dept. Solola: Steyermark 46952, 47014, 47239, 47566. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 60035, 60954 in part, 61836a. Dept. Guatemala: Standley 58404, 80731. Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark 43309. Dept. Chiquimula: Steyermark 30612, 30781, 30819, 30820. Dept. Jalapa: Steyermark 32620. Distribution: Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America. On trees at medium to high altitudes. A very variable species in size and habit but usually easily distinguished from P. fusco- lutescens by the greenish coloration, more slender and more freely branched stems, shorter and more strongly toothed leaves and the larger area of short, isodiametrical cells at the basal leaf angles. Where there is an abundance of moisture the species seems to culmi- BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 247 nate in a pendulous form with more elongated, much branched stems which may be designated as follows: var. LUTEOVIRENS (Tayl.) Bartr., comb. nov. Neckera luteovirens Tayl., Lond. Journ. Bot. 1846: 59. 1846. Stems pendulous, 20-25 cm. long, subpinnately branched. Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 35865. Dept. Solola: Steyermark 1*7520. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 58793. 60958, 61101*, 61826, 61922a, 61921*0,, 61929, 61952. Dept. Jalapa: Steyermark 3261*2. Distribution: Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador. On trees at high altitudes. There seems to be no structural character peculiar to this form and I doubt that it is anything more than a luxuriant form in which environmental conditions have pro- duced numerous intergrading phases. 29. TRACHYPODACEAE Dioicous; moderately robust plants, tufted; primary stems fili- form, creeping, secondary stems decumbent, branched, densely foliate. Leaves lanceolate; costa single; cells elongate, obscure, papillose. Sporophyte lateral; seta elongate; capsules erect; peris- tome double. Leaf cells oval, with 1 or 2 papillae over lumens 1. Trachypodopsis Leaf cells linear, with numerous papillae along lateral walls 2. Trachypus 1. TRACHYPODOPSIS Fleisch., Hedwigia 45: 64. 1905. Robust plants with a rufous tinge growing in dense masses. Secondary stems irregularly pinnate. Leaves crowded, plicate, serrulate, auriculate at base; costa ending below apex; cells elliptical, usually unipapillate over lumens, linear and smooth at base. Seta papillose; capsule erect; peristome double, segments of endostome shorter than teeth, from a low basal membrane; lid short, oblique, conic-rostrate; calyptra cucullate, naked or sparsely pilose. 1. TRACHYPODOPSIS OTIOPHYLLA (Card.) Card., Rev. Bryol. 38: 39. 1911. Prionodon otiophyllus Card., Rev. Bryol. 37: 7. 1910. Secondary stems to 4 or 5 cm. long, densely matted or tufted, pale tawny green, slightly glossy, with numerous lateral branches, 248 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 widely spreading when moist. Stem leaves crowded, laxly erect with strongly undulate, crispate points when dry, to 4 mm. long, gradually ligulate-lanceolate from an ovate, plicate, auriculate base; margins serrulate all around; costa ending below apex; cells narrowly oval or rhomboidal, with 1 or 2 small papillae over lumens, narrower and elongate toward margins, basal cells linear with sinuose lateral walls, small and irregularly rounded in auricles. Branch leaves smaller. Fruit unknown. (Fig. 109, D-F.) Dept. Huehuetenango : Sharp 4901. Distribution: Mexico. On log at moderately high altitude. In vegetative features these plants differ little if any from the widespread T. crispatula (Hook.) Fleisch. of southeastern Asia and Malaysia. Unless there is some distinction in the sporophyte I doubt if they can be separated. 2. TRACHYPUS Reinw. & Hornsch., Nov. Act. Acad. Leop. Carol. 14 2 Suppl.: 708. 1829. Plants with the characters of the family. Leaf cells minutely and densely papillose on lateral walls. Seta papillose; calyptra pilose. 1. TRACHYPUS VIRIDULUS (Mitt.) Broth., E. & P. Pflanzenf. I 3 : 830. 1906. Meteorium viridulum Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 443. 1869. Plants growing in dense, feathery tufts, dull green or yellowish at tips, brown or black below; secondary stems 4-6 cm. long, sub- pinnately branched. Leaves crowded, flexuous-spreading when dry, 2.5-3 mm. long, rather abruptly linear-lanceolate from a short, broadly ovate base, subulate-acuminate, plicate; margins denticulate, inflexed at base; costa faint, ending above mid-leaf; cells linear, obscure, with numerous small, closely spaced papillae along the lateral walls, pellucid and smooth near base. Sporophyte not seen. (Fig. 112, A-C.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 71091. Dept. Solola: Standley 62361. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 58781, 80171. Distribution: Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador. On trees at medium to high altitudes. The peculiarly shaped leaves and the characteristic areolation clearly differentiate this species from any other tropical American moss. No fruiting plants have ever been collected to my knowledge. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 249 30. PTEROBRYACEAE Plants mostly robust and often dendroid or frondose in habit. Secondary stems often from a woody, stipitate base. Leaves spread- ing on all sides; costa single or double and short; cells elongate incrassate, porose, usually smooth. Seta rather short; capsules erect, immersed or exserted, smooth; peristome double, endostome generally rudimentary; lid short beaked; calyptra smooth, naked. 1. Costa short and double or lacking 2 Costa single 3 2. Branch leaves spirally seriate 5. Orthostichidium Branch leaves not ranked 4. Renauldia 3. Branch leaves strongly spirally seriate 6. Orthostichopsis Leaves not or weakly ranked 4 4. Branches subterete, leaves concave and closely imbricated. . .3. Pterobryopsis Leaves spreading or squarrose 5 5. Leaves plicate, capsules immersed 8. Pterobryum Leaves smooth, capsules exserted 6 6. Leaves erect-spreading, secondary stems branched 7. Pireella Leaves squarrose-spreading, secondary stems simple 7 7. Leaves lanceolate 1. Jaegerina Leaves broadly ovate 2. Jaegerinopsis 1. JAEGERINA C. M., Linnaea 40: 274. 1876. Secondary stems simple or very sparingly branched. Leaves widely spreading, ovate-lanceolate; margins plane; costa single, slender; cells linear, smooth, alar group small. Seta slender, smooth; capsule erect; peristome simple; lid slenderly beaked. 1. JAEGERINA GUATEMALENSIS Bartr., Bryol. 49: 116. 1946. Rather robust, glossy, golden green plants growing in loose mats. Secondary stems simple, densely foliate, to 5 cm. long. Leaves squarrose-spreading moist and dry, scariose, to 5.5 mm. long, gradually lanceolate from a short, erect, broadly ovate, cordate base, keeled above; margins plane, minutely denticulate above the basal portion of the leaf; costa slender, ending in the subula; upper cells linear, often papillose at apical angles, gradually more elongate below, basal cells smooth, porose, alar group of subquadrate cells small and poorly defined. Seta erect, smooth, 8 mm. long; capsule elliptical, urn 2 mm. long, abruptly contracted to seta; lid erect, 250 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 slenderly beaked, 1.5 mm. long; peristome single, teeth evenly spaced, narrowly lanceolate, hyaline, minutely papillose, about 225 /j, high; spores brown, diameter 15 M- (Fig. 112, D-F.) Dept. Izabal: Between Bananera and "La Prensa" in Montana del Mico, alt. 50-100 m., Steyermark 38205, 39202 TYPE; northeast of San Felipe, alt. 50- 100 m., Steyermark 396^8. Endemic. A very interesting addition to the Central American moss flora. J. jamaicensis E. G. Britt., the only other species recorded from North America, is quite different, as it has shorter stems and more erect-spreading leaves of a very different shape. 2. JAEGERINOPSIS Broth., E. & P. Pflanzenf. I 3 : 790. 1906. Plants similar in habit to Jaegerina but with the leaves broadly ovate. Costa single, to above mid-leaf 2. J. squarrosa Costa double and short 1. J. scariosa 1. JAEGERINOPSIS SCARIOSA (Lor.) Broth., E. & P. Pflanzenfam. I 3 : 791. 1906. Meteorium scariosum Lor., Moost. 165. 1864. Plants similar in habit and appearance to J. squarrosa. Leaves however ecostate or with a very short, double costa. Sporophyte lateral; perichaetial leaves convolute-clasping, erect, acuminate, about half as long as seta; seta stout, erect, 4 mm. long; capsule oblong-cylindrical, urn brown, 2.5 mm. long; peristome teeth short, bluntly pointed, smooth. (Fig. 109, G.) Dept. Baja Verapaz: Sharp 2665a. Distribution: Costa Rica, Panama. On tree trunk at low altitude. The leaves of these plants are uniformly shortly bicostate or even ecostate; hence there is no alterna- tive but to refer them to J. scariosa. Many of the plants show well matured fruit, so the collection has an important potential value. Steere has recorded this species from Peten (Lundell 2044)- 2. JAEGERINOPSIS SQUARROSA E. G. Britt., Bryol. 21: 48. 1918. Secondary stems loosely tufted, yellowish green, 2-4 cm. long, unbranched. Leaves crowded, widely spreading, 2-3 mm. long, to BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 251 1.5 mm. wide, broadly ovate from a subcordate base, short acuminate, carinate-concave, minutely serrulate all around; costa single, often ending above mid-leaf, rarely short and double; cells linear, smooth, laxer and colored across insertion, scarcely differentiated at basal angles. Sporophyte unknown. (Fig. 112, G-I.) Dept. Peten: Lundell 80S 7. Distribution: Florida, Cuba. On tree at low altitude. The distinctions between Jaegerina and Jaegerinopsis seem to be trivial from a generic standpoint and I suspect that Jaegerina could well be used for both groups. 3. PTEROBRYOPSIS Fleisch., Hedwigia 45: 56. 1905. Medium sized plants growing in lax colonies or tufts; secondary stems branched, densely foliate. Leaves concave, ovate; costa single or lacking; cells elongate, smooth, differentiated at basal angles. Capsules exserted on a fairly long seta; calyptra cucullate. 1. PTEROBRYOPSIS MEXICANA (Schimp.) Fleisch., Hedwigia 45: 60. 1905. Cryptolheca mexicana Schimp. ms. in herb. Garovaglia mexicana Ren. & Card., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belg. 38: 226. 1899. FIGURE 112 A-C, Trachypus viridulus: A, part of plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14; C, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. D-F, Jaegerina guatemalensis: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X8; F, capsule, X8. G-I, Jaegerinopsis squarrosa: G, plant, Xl; H, leaf, X12; I, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. 252 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 Plants rigid, yellowish green, slightly glossy; secondary stems erect, 6-8 cm. high, irregularly pinnate above, branches subjulaceous. Branch leaves crowded, laxly imbricated when dry, 1.5-2 mm. long, ovate, short acuminate, denticulate toward apex; costa faint, ending above mid-leaf; cells linear-rhomboidal, incrassate, subquadrate in 15-20 rows at basal angles forming a large but not sharply differen- tiated group. Sporophyte not seen. (Fig. 113, A-C.) Dept. Sacatepequez: Standley 63730. Dept. Chimaltenango : Standley 8107^a. Dept. Jalapa: Standley 77500a. Distribution: Mexico, Costa Rica. On trees at medium altitudes. The dendroid habit and the con- cave, nerved, not ranked, closely imbricated leaves make this species easy of recognition. 4. RENAULDIA C. M., in Ren., Prodr. Fl. Bryol. Madag. 189. 1897. Plants yellowish green, laxly tufted; secondary stems dendroid, branched. Leaves deeply concave, short pointed; costa none or very short and double; cells linear, smooth. Perichaetium large; capsules immersed; peristome double, endostome rudimentary in our species; lid conic-rostrate. 1. RENAULDIA COCHLEARIFOLIA (Hornsch.) Broth., E. & P. Pflan- zenf. Ed. 2, 11: 146. 1925. Cryptotheca cochlearifolia Hornsch., in Deppe & Schiede, Muse. Mex. Pilotrichum cochlearifolium C. M., Syn. 2: 182. 1851. Meteorium mexicanum Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 433. 1869. Secondary stems robust, pinnately branched, 4-8 cm. long, branches widely spreading. Leaves crowded, closely imbricated, deeply concave, 2-3 mm. long, oblong-ovate from a subcordate base, abruptly short pointed, entire; costa double, very short; cells linear, shorter, laxer, and yellowish across insertion, differentiated alar cells few and inconspicuous. Perichaetial leaves 4 mm. long, ovate-lanceo- late, narrowed to a linear, acuminate, denticulate point; capsule immersed on a very short seta, oblong, 1.5 mm. long; lid 0.4 mm. long; annulus broad; peristome teeth linear-lanceolate, hyaline, smooth; spores oval-oblong, 25-45 p., minutely papillose. (Fig. 113, D-E.) Dept. Quezaltenango: Steyermark 339^1, 33943a, 3U232a. Dept. Sacatepe- quez: Standley 63711b. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 80167a. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 253 Distribution: Mexico. On tree trunks at medium to high altitudes. The nearly ecostate leaves, inconspicuous alar cells and the deeply cucullate leaf apex are good diagnostic characters. 5. ORTHOSTICHIDIUM C. M., in K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 28 2 : 19. 1895. Laxly tufted, glossy, golden green plants; secondary stems irregularly pinnate. Leaves imbricated, concave, ecostate; cells linear, poorly differentiated at basal angles. Capsules immersed; peristome teeth smooth, narrow, endostome lacking; lid short, conic-rostrate. 1. ORTHOSTICHIDIUM PENTAGONUM (Hampe & Lor.) C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 205. 1897. Pilotrichum pentagonum Hampe & Lor., Bot. Zeit. 28. 1869. ?0rthostichidium subtetragonum C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 205. 1897. Secondary stems 4-6 cm. long, branches spreading. Leaves imbricated, usually in distinct spiral rows on the branches, 1.5-1.8 mm. long, oblong-ovate, abruptly short acuminate, ecostate, entire; margins broadly inflexed above; cells very long and narrow, in- FIGURE 113 A-C, Pterobryopsis mexicana: A, plant, Xl; B and C, leaves, X14. D-E, Renauldia cochlearifolia: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X14. F-G, Orthostichidium pentagonum: F, plant, Xl; G, leaf, X16. 254 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 crassate, shorter and colored across insertion, scarcely differentiated at basal angles. Seta very short; capsule immersed. (Fig. 113, F-G.) Dept. Escuintla: Standley 63398. Distribution: Mexico, Costa Rica, Ecuador. On tree at moderate altitude. The distinctions Muller draws between 0. pentagonum and 0. subtetragonum are not convincing and I imagine they will fail to hold in a critical comparison. 0. penta- gonum will be readily separated from Pterobryopsis mexicana by the ecostate leaves and from Renauldia cochlearifolia by the spirally ranked branch leaves with the margins inflexed above. Apparently 0. excavatum Mitt, and 0. pentagonum are identical, but as both species were published in 1869 I am not sure which name has priority. 6. ORTHOSTICHOPSIS Broth., E. & P. Pflanzenf. I 3 : 804. 1906. Rather robust golden green or brownish plants; secondary stems numerous, elongated, pinnately branched. Leaves concave, erect or imbricated in spiral rows; costa single, ending about mid-leaf; cells linear, small and rounded in a well defined alar group. Seta short; capsules immersed in our species; peristome teeth narrow, smooth, endostome rudimentary. 1. ORTHOSTICHOPSIS TETRAGONA (Hedw.) Broth., E. & P. Pflanzenf. I 3 : 805. 1906. Hypnum tetragonum Hedw., Sp. Muse. 246. 1801. Secondary stems pendulous in tangled masses, 8-10 cm. long, generally distantly pinnate, branches divergent. Stem leaves ap- pressed, not seriate, oblong-ovate, abruptly contracted to a long, linear-subulate point; branch leaves distinctly imbricated in 5 spiral rows, 2 mm. long, oblong-ovate, plicate, abruptly short mucronate; margins denticulate above; costa slender, ending well above mid-leaf; cells linear, shorter and colored across insertion, small, rounded and incrassate in a rather large, well defined alar group. Seta very short; capsule immersed. (Fig. 114, A-C.) Dept. Peten: Steyermark 1*6023, 1>6167; Bartlett 121*1*2. Dept. Izabal: Steyer- mark 38737, 38899, 39778, 1*1739, 1*171*5. Dept. Alta Verapaz: Steyermark 1*5651, 1*5678. Distribution: Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America. Pendulous from limbs and branches of trees at low altitudes. Often quite slender and variable in branching but easily recognized by the seriate, short pointed, plicate branch leaves. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 255 7. PIREELLA Card., Rev. Bryol. 40: 17. 1913. Dioicous; secondary stems branched above from a simple, stipe- like base. Upper stem and branch leaves imbricated, ovate-lanceo- late; costa single, strong; cells oval or elongate, alar group often well differentiated. Capsules generally exserted, erect; peristome double, teeth often in pairs, smooth, endostome rudimentary, adherent to teeth; lid beaked; calyptra cucullate, pilose when young. 1. Leaves falcate-secund, ligulate from an ovate base 5. P. falcifolia Leaves erect-spreading, ovate-lanceolate 2 2. Upper and median leaf cells narrow, elongate 1. P. cymbifolia Upper and median leaf cells short, oval 3 3. Seta smooth, short alar cells very numerous 2. P. pachyclada Seta scabrous above, short alar cells few 4 4. Capsules subglobose 3. P. Mariae Capsules oblong-cylindrical 4. P. guatemalensis 1. PIREELLA CYMBIFOLIA (Sull.) Card., Rev. Bryol. 40: 17. 1913. Pilotrichum cymbifolium Sull., Mosses U. S. 81. 1856. Plants growing in lax green tufts; secondary stems 2-5 cm. or more high, irregularly branched or subpinnate. Branch leaves A-C, Orthostichopsis tetragona: A, part of plant, XI; B, branch leaf, X14; C, stem leaf, X14. D-F, Pireella cymbifolia: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X26; F, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. G-J, Pireella pachyclada: G, plant, Xl; H, leaf, X26; I, upper leaf cells and margin, X270; J, capsule, X8. 256 FIELD IANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 crowded, erect-spreading, sometimes spirally ranked, to 1.5 mm. long, oblong-lanceolate, concave, short acuminate; margins serrulate nearly to base; costa percurrent; cells linear, slightly vermicular, sometimes papillose on back, shorter and colored at extreme base, subquadrate in a small area at basal angles. Seta 8-10 mm. long; capsule ovoid-cylindric. (Fig. 114, D-F.) Dept. Peten: Bartlett 121+72a, 121+93a; Lundell 201+1, 201+3. Dept. Alta Verapaz: Steyermark 1+1+9951). Distribution: Southeastern United States, Mexico, British Hon- duras, Cuba. On trees and logs at low altitudes. Variable in habit and branch- ing but readily segregated by the linear leaf cells. 2. PIREELLA PACHYCLADA (Ren. & Card.) Card., Rev. Bryol. 40: 18. 1913. Pirea pachyclada Ren. & Card., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belg. 41 : 67. 1904. Plants dull green; secondary stems 3-4 cm. high, erect, dendroid, pinnately branched forming an oblong frond. Leaves 1-1.5 mm. long, oblong-ovate from a cordate base, concave, short acuminate, often spirally imbricated on the branches; margins minutely crenu- late toward apex; costa ending in or near apex; cells small, oval, incrassate, smooth, linear at extreme base toward costa, subquadrate and numerous in many rows at basal angles. Seta 4-5 mm. long, smooth; capsule oblong-cylindric, urn 2-2.5 mm. long. (Fig. 114, G-J.) Dept. Peten: Lundell 281+9, 291+2; Bartlett 12265, 121+86. Dept. Alta Verapaz: Steyermark 1+5587. Distribution: Mexico. On trees and rocks at low altitudes. The shorter oval upper and median leaf cells distinguish this species from P. cynibifolia. P. Mariae differs in the unlike stem and branch leaves, the much smaller area of small alar cells, the setae, which are scabrous above, and the subglobose capsules. 3. PIREELLA MARIAE (Card.) Card., Rev. Bryol. 40: 18. 1913. Pirea Mariae Card., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belg. 32: 176. 1893. Secondary stems 2-6 cm. high, dendroid, bipinnately branched above from a long, simple, stipe-like base. Upper stem leaves 2-2.2 mm. long, ovate-lanceolate from a subcordate base, slenderly BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 257 acuminate, entire. Branch leaves smaller, 1-1.2 mm. long, ovate- lanceolate, concave, short acuminate, minutely serrulate above; costa ending below apex; upper and median cells oval, incrassate, smooth, linear near costa at base, subquadrate alar cells few and inconspicuous. Seta slender, 6-10 mm. long, scabrous above; capsule subglobose, small mouthed, urn 2 mm. long; lid slenderly beaked, 1.5 mm. long; peristome teeth pale,*cleft along median line, endostome rudimentary, adherent to teeth. (Fig. 115, A-D.) Dept. Izabal: Steyermark 1^1890. Distribution: Costa Rica. On trees at low altitudes. This is a noteworthy collection as the species was previously known only from Costa Rica. 4. PlREELLA GUATEMALENSIS (Williams) Bartr., Bryol. 49: 116. 1946. Thamnium guatemalense Williams in herb. Secondary stems to 5 cm. high, dull yellowish green, densely and irregularly branched above in a rather ragged frond from an elongate, stipitate base. Stipe leaves minute, squarrose-spreading, abruptly short acuminate from a broad, short, clasping base. Upper stem leaves erect-spreading, broadly ovate, acuminate, 1.5 mm. long, FIGURE 115 A-D, Pireella Mariae: A, plant, Xl; B, stem leaf, X12; C, branch leaf, X12; D, capsule, X8. E-I, Pireella guatemalensis: E, plant, Xl; F, stipe leaf, X16; G, stem leaf, X16; H, branch leaf, X16; I, capsule, X8. 258 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 1 mm. wide; margins plane, denticulate above; costa slender, ending below apex; cells smooth, incrassate, irregularly oval above, to 15 M long, gradually becoming linear below, shorter and brownish across the insertion, short alar cells few, inconspicuous. Branch leaves somewhat smaller and narrower. Perichaetium large, inner leaves long and slenderly acuminate; seta erect, 5 mm. long, scabrous above, smooth below; capsule erect, oblong-ovate, brown, urn about 2 mm. long; operculum erect, conic-rostrate. (Fig. 115, E-I.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Finca Mocca, Harry Johnson 154. in part, TYPE. Distribution: Mexico. Similar in habit and appearance to P. Mariae but sharply distinct in the squarrose stipe leaves, shorter setae and oblong-ovate capsules. Mr. Donald Richards found the specimen in Mr. R. S. Williams' personal herbarium under the name of Thamnium guatemalense Williams and kindly lent it to me for study. 5. PIREELLA FALCIFOLIA Bartr., Bryol. 49: 117. 1946. Secondary stems erect, dendroid, brownish, not glossy, to 5 cm. high, forming a dense, oblong frond from a short, stipitate base. Stipe leaves scale-like, appressed. Upper stem leaves erect-spreading, crowded, 5 mm. long, rather quickly ligulate-lanceolate from an ovate base, acuminate; margins plane, denticulate toward apex; costa brownish, ending some distance below apex; cells linear, rather short, incrassate, smooth, shorter, porose and brownish at extreme base, alar cells few, small and subquadrate. Branch leaves smaller, scarcely 3 mm. long, narrower and more broadly pointed, carinate, clearly falcate-secund both moist and dry, apical cells oval-rhom- boidal. Fruit unknown. (Fig. 116, A-D.) Dept. Zacapa: Cloud forest in ravine bordering Quebrada Alejandria, summit of Sierra de las Minas, vicinity of Finca Alejandria, alt. 2,500 m., Steyermark 29868. Endemic. On tree trunk. This striking species is suggestive of Pterobryum angustifolium in a general way but is clearly different in the ap- pressed stipe leaves and the falcate-secund branch leaves narrowed to a ligulate point. Its generic position is problematical. Until the sporophyte is available I have tentatively placed it in Pireella. 8. PTEROBRYUM Hornsch., Fl. Bras. 1: 50. 1840. Robust, green or yellowish green frondose plants; secondary stems closely pinnate above from a stipe-like base. Leaves crowded, BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 259 erect-spreading, ovate-lanceolate, plicate; costa single; cells linear, smooth, scarcely differentiated at basal angles. Capsules immersed ; peristome teeth narrow, smooth, endostome rudimentary, adherent to teeth; lid short, conical; calyptra small, mitriform, naked. Stipe leaves appressed, leaves strongly plicate 1. P. densum Stipe leaves squarrose, leaves plicate only near base 2. P. angustifolium 1. PTEROBRYUM DENSUM (Schwaegr.) Hornsch., Fl. Bras. 1: 50. 1840. Pterogonium densum Schwaegr., Suppl. 3, I 2 : t. 243. 1828. Secondary stems robust, 4-8 cm. high, branched, forming a triangular frond. Stipe leaves appressed, scale-like. Frond leaves crowded, erect-spreading, ovate-lanceolate, strongly plicate, 2-3 mm. long; margins plane, serrate in upper half; costa ending below apex; cells linear-rhomboidal, shorter, colored and incrassate near insertion. Perichaetial leaves lanceolate, subulate-acuminate, entire; capsule ovoid, urn 2 mm. long; lid short beaked. (Fig. 116, E-G.) Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 36^85, 36767. Dept. Quezaltenango: Slandley 67886. Dept. Suchitepequez: Steyermark 46661, 4666Sa. Dept. Solola: Steyer- mark U7S56. Distribution: Mexico, Central and South America. FIGURE 116 A-D, Pireella falcifolia: A, plant, Xl; B, stem leaf, X8; C, branch leaf, X8; D, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. E-G, Pterobryum densum: E, plant, Xl; F, leaf, X16; G, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. 260 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 On trees at medium to high altitudes. A conspicuous moss readily known by the frondose habit and the strongly plicate leaves. 2. PTEROBRYUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM (C. M.) Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 426. 1869. Pilotrichum angustifolinm C. M., Syn. 2: 181. 1851. Less robust than P. densum; secondary stems 3-4.5 cm. long, branched above the short, stipe-like base forming a dense, oblong frond. Stipe leaves squarrose-recurved. Frond leaves erect-spread- ing, about 2 mm. long, lanceolate from a broadly ovate base, faintly plicate only below; margins plane, minutely serrulate nearly all around; costa percurrent; cells linear, shorter and colored across insertion. Perichaetium conspicuous, inner leaves oblong-lanceolate, costa excurrent in a long, denticulate arista; capsule ovoid, immersed, urn 2 mm. long; lid conic-apiculate. (Fig. 117, A-C.) Dept. Peten: Lundell 201*1, 2867. Dept. Izabal: Steyermark 38892, 39911. Distribution: Honduras, Costa Rica, West Indies, Colombia. On trees at low altitudes. Evidently a lowland species differing markedly from P. densum in the squarrose stipe leaves and nearly smooth frond leaves with the costa percurrent. It is more likely to be mistaken for a Pireella. 31. METEORIACEAE Plants slender to robust; primary stems creeping, filiform, secondary stems elongate, usually pendent in intricate masses, freely branched, densely foliate. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate; costa single or lacking; cells elongate, often papillose. Capsules usually exserted on short, slender setae; peristome double; lid short; calyptra often pilose. 1. Costa single 2 Costa short and double or none 6 2. Alar cells distinct in a small, well denned group 1. Squamidium Alar cells poorly denned or none 3 3. Leaf cells papillose over lumens 4 Leaf cells smooth or papillose only at apical angles 5 4. Upper leaf cells obscure, pluripapillate 3. Papillaria Upper leaf cells distinct, unipapillate 4. Meteorium 5. Secondary stems not elongate or pendulous, leaves divaricately spreading 5. Lindigia Secondary stems elongate, pendulous, leaves erect-spreading ... 7. Meteoriopsis 6. Leaves deeply concave, short pointed 2. Pilotrichella Leaves not concave, filiform acuminate 6. Barbella BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 261 1. SQUAMIDIUM (C. M.) Broth., E. & P. Pflanzenf. I 3 : 807. 1906. Meteorium sect. Squamidium C. M., Linnaea 42: 420. 1879-81. Secondary stems numerous, irregularly pinnate, branches densely foliate, julaceous. Leaves imbricated, concave, oval, short pointed or filiform acuminate; costa slender, ending well below apex; cells linear, smooth, sharply differentiated at basal angles. Seta short; capsules immersed or shortly exserted; lid conic-rostrate; calyptra campanulate, lobed at base. Leaves short apiculate 1. S. nigricans Leaves filiform acuminate. . . .2. S. leucotrichum 1. SQUAMIDIUM NIGRICANS (Hook.) Broth., E. & P. Pflanzenf. I 3 : 808. 1906. Hypnum nigricans Hook, in Kunth, Syn. PI. Aeq. 1: 64. 1822. ?0rthostichella anacamptacea C. M.? Plants pale or yellowish green, tinged with brown or black, glossy; secondary stems to 8 or 10 cm. long, laxly and irregularly pinnate. X68. FIGURE 117 A-C, Plerobryum angustifolium: A, plant, XI; B, leaf, X16; C, apex of leaf, D-E, Squamidium nigricans: D, part of plant, XI; E, branch leaf, X16. F-G, Squamidium leucotrichum: F, part of plant, Xl; G, branch leaf, X14. 262 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 Branch leaves deeply concave, closely imbricated, often in distinct spiral rows, 1-1.5 mm. long, broadly ovate, abruptly apiculate, serrulate above; costa faint, ending well below apex; cells narrowly linear, at basal angles subquadrate in a small, well defined group. Perichaetial leaves larger, ovate-lanceolate, subulate-acuminate; capsule immersed, ovoid. (Fig. 117, D-E.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 69971, 69982, 7054.6, 71021, 7101*6, 71070, 71 091 a, 71097, 90398, 901*65, 90679a, 91808, 91810a, 92508; Steyermark l*l*623a. Dept. San Marcos: Standley 68616, 68922. Dept. Quezaltenango: Standley 85511b. Dept. Guatemala: Standley 581*15b. Dept. Baja Verapaz: Standley 69917, 91155. Dept. Chiquimula: Steyermark 30521, 305 95a, 305 96a, 30600. Distribution: Mexico, throughout the West Indies, Central and South America. On trees at medium altitudes. The nerved leaves will at once distinguish this species from Pilotrichella. Nos. 71070 and 71091a represent a form with slender, flagelliform branchlets which may be the equivalent of S. filiferum (C. M.) Broth, of Venezuela. 2. SQUAMIDIUM LEUCOTRICHUM (Tayl.) Broth., E. & P. Pflanzenf. I 3 : 809. 1906. Hypnum leucotrichum Tayl., Lond. Journ. Bot. 7: 196. 1848. Pilotrichella longipila Schimp., Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. 6, 3: 214. 1876. Secondary stems pendulous, to 30 cm. or more long, interruptedly pinnate, pale green at tips, brown or black below. Stem leaves laxly appressed, concave, ending in a long, crispate hair point. Branches turgid, short, bristling on all sides with the piliform leaf points; leaves about 4 mm. long over all, very concave, oblong from a cordate base, rather quickly narrowed to a long, flexuous, denticu- late hair point; margins serrulate above, inflexed toward apex; costa slender, extending above mid-leaf; cells narrowly linear, at basal angles quadrate, incrassate in a sharply defined tumid group. Capsule immersed (sporophyte not seen). (Fig. 117, F-G.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 91366a. Dept. Guatemala: Standley 581*59a. Dept. Chiquimula: Steyermark 30601 a, 311*39. Distribution: Costa Rica, West Indies, South America. On trees at moderate altitudes. Pilotrichella longipila differs in no essential particular from the plants of Central and South America and should certainly be reduced to synonymy. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 263 2. PILOTRICHELLA (C. M.) Besch., Prodr. Bryol. Mex. 78. 1871. Neckera subsec. Orthostichella C. M., Syn. 2: 123. 1851 in part and subsec. 2. Pilotrichella C. M., Syn. 2: 129. 1851. Glossy pendulous plants usually hanging in tangled masses; secondary stems elongate, distantly pinnate, branches tumid. Leaves imbricated, concave, ovate; costa lacking or short and double; cells linear, smooth, often differentiated at basal angles. Capsules ovoid, exserted on a rather short seta; peristome double, teeth papillose, segments of endostome narrowly linear; lid long beaked; calyptra cucullate, pilose. Robust plants, alar cells in a round, sharply defined group 2. P. flexilis Slender plants, alar cells few, poorly defined, not colored 1. P. rigida 1. PILOTRICHELLA RIGIDA (C. M.) Besch., Prodr. Bryol. Mex. 78. 1871. Neckera rigida C. M., Syn. 2: 126. 1851. Orthostichella filamentosula C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 204. 1897. Secondary stems slender, from few to 25 or 30 cm. long, pale green, often tinged with brown, varying widely in size and habit. Leaves laxly imbricated, deeply concave, often clearly spirally ranked on the branches, 1-1.5 mm. long, oblong-ovate or subpanduri- form, ecostate, abruptly short apiculate; margins serrulate all around, broadly inflexed above; cells linear, subquadrate in a small, poorly defined area at basal angles. Seta 4 mm. long; capsule exserted, oblong, urn 1 mm. long; lid obliquely rostrate, 1 mm. long. (Fig. 118, A-C.) Dept. Izabal: Steyermark S9991, 41766, 41792. Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 71207a-(c. fr.), 71672, 91407, 91732; Steyermark 44288, 44297, 44571, 45072, 45084- Dept. Huehuetenango : Steyermark 49439. Dept. San Marcos: Standley 6861 6a, 6879Sa, 86522; Steyermark S6676. Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 65433, 65434, 681^0, 68261, 86670, 86702; Steyermark 33405, 33441, 34323, 34366. Dept. Sacatepequez: Standley 58113, 88951. Dept. Suchitepequez: Steyermark 46666. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 62018. Dept. Guatemala: Standley 58411, 58412, 58415, 80668. Dept. Chiquimula: Steyermark 30613, 31558. Dept. Jalapa: Steyermark 3 2533. Distribution: Mexico, Costa Rica. On trees at low to medium altitudes. I doubt if any distinction can be made between this species and P. pukhella Schimp., which seems to be only a slenderer, softer form. When this group is 264 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 FIGURE 118 A-C, Pilotrichella rigida: A, part of plant, XI; B, leaf, X12; C, basal angle of leaf, X270. D-F, Pilotrichella flexilis: D, part of plant, Xl; E, leaf, X12; F, basal angle of leaf, X120. studied critically it is likely that P. rigida or its equivalent will acquire an extensive synonymy with a corresponding broadening of its geographical distribution. 2. PILOTRICHELLA FLEXILIS (Hedw.) Jaeg., Adumb. 2: 162. 1875-76. Leskea flexilis Hedw., Sp. Muse. 234. 1801. Robust plants pale green at tips, brown and often richly colored below; secondary stems to 25 or 30 cm. long, distantly pinnate, branches tumid. Leaves laxly imbricated, about 2.5 mm. long, 1 mm. wide, oblong-ovate from a narrow, auriculate base, abruptly short apiculate; margins entire, broadly inflexed above; cells narrowly linear with sinuose lateral walls, small, rounded, and deep brown in a small but well defined group at basal angles. Seta 5 mm. long, scabrous above; capsule ovoid, 1.5 mm. long; peristome teeth incurved when dry, segments of endostome capillary, shorter than teeth. (Fig. 118, D-F.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 70350, 7111+9, 71154., 71592, 9021+5a, 90633, 90665, 90725, 92361, 921+07. Dept. Huehuetenango : Steyermark 1+81+73, l+9902a. Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 36030. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 62651. Dept. Sacatepequez: Standley 65103. Dept. Solola: Steyermark 1+7236. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 57826a, 58729, 58793a, 58802b, 61929b. Dept. Guate- mala: Standley 581+31+, 581+59, 80629 (c. fr.), 80691+. Dept. El Progresso: Steyer- BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 265 mark 43550. Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark 43227. Dept. Chiquimula: Steyermark 30601. Dept. Jalapa: Steyermark 32487. Distribution: Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America. Pendent from forest trees at moderate altitudes. This frequent and well-known species has an extensive synonymy including Neckera turgescens C. M. and N. cochlearifolia C. M. of Mexico. 3. PAPILLARIA C. M., Oefv. K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 4:34. 1876. Slender, dull green plants tinged with brown or black; secondary stems numerous, often pendent in intricate masses. Leaves imbri- cated, acuminate, auriculate; costa single; cells incrassate, papillose; Capsules mostly exserted; seta smooth; peristome double; calyptra in our species cucullate, pilose. 1. Leaves with large, undulate basal auricles 1. P. imponderosa Leaf base not strongly auriculate 2 2. Plants soft, leaves ending in a long, capillary hair point 3. P. Deppei Plants rigid, leaves subulate-acuminate, not hair tipped 2. P. nigrescens 1. PAPILLARIA IMPONDEROSA (Tayl.) Broth., E. & P. Pflanzenf. I 3 : 815. 1906. Leskea imponderosa Tayl., Lond. Journ. Bot. 1846: 62. 1846. Neckera Oerstediana C. M., Syn. 2: 671. 1851. Very slender, dull yellowish green plants; secondary stems to 12-15 cm. long, flexuous, laxly pinnate. Leaves erect-spreading, 1.5-1.8 mm. long, lanceolate from a cordate, faintly plicate, strongly auriculate base, acuminate, apex twisted in a half turn; margins plane, sharply denticulate all around; costa slender, ending above mid-leaf; cells linear, seriate papillose, more pellucid at extreme base. Capsule exserted on a short seta. (Fig. 119, A-B.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 70490, 70945, 70953, 71194, 90621, 90705, 91474. Dept. Huehuetenango: Steyermark 52009; Standley 68474, 86535. Distribution: Mexico, Central and South America. On trees at medium to high altitudes. The relatively large, often undulate basal auricles and the flat, linear acumen twisted in a half turn make this species easy of recognition. 2. PAPILLARIA NIGRESCENS (Hedw.) Jaeg., Adumb. 2: 169. 1875- 76. Hypnum nigrescens Hedw., Sp. Muse. 250. 1801. 266 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 FIGURE 119 A-B, Papillaria imponderosa: A, part of plant, Xl; B, leaf, X24. C-E, Papillaria nigrescens: C, part of plant, Xl; D, leaf, X24; E, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. F-G, Papillaria Deppei: F, part of plant, Xl; G, leaf, X24. Plants green or yellowish green at tips, brown or black below; secondary stems prostrate in intricate mats, to 12-15 cm. long, irregularly pinnate. Leaves appressed when dry, erect-spreading when moist, to 1.7 mm. long, ovate from a cordate base, slenderly acuminate, faintly plicate; margins often undulate, serrulate toward base, entire above; costa slender, ending above mid-leaf; cells linear or oval, papillose except near costa at extreme base. Seta short; capsule exserted. (Fig. 119, C-E.) Dept. Peten: Steyermark 46096. Dept. Izabal: Steyermark 39486, 39497, 39757a, 89998; Standley 72134, 72518, 72522a, 72573. Dept. Alta Verapaz: Steyermark 44116, 44859; Standley 69270, 69556, 70829, 70972, 71021b, 71788, 71839, 90040, 9077Sc, 90874. Dept. Huehuetenango : Steyermark 49654. Dept. San Marcos: Standley 86463, 86467. Dept. Retalhuleu: Standley 87886. Dept. Baja Verapaz: Standley 69745, 69786, 91154. Dept. Jutiapa: Standley 75553. Dept. Santa Rosa: Standley 78188. Distribution: Florida, Louisiana, Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America. On tree trunks at low to medium altitudes. The variations of this plastic species are legion and I doubt if any practical purpose would be served in trying to segregate them here. The form with shorter leaf cells and slender microphyllous branchlets known as BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 267 P. appressa (Hornsch.) is usually but not always recognizable. The leaves of P. nigrescens are often broadly auriculate but never so strongly so as in P. imponderosa. 3. PAPILLARIA DEPPEI (Hornsch.) Jaeg., Adumb. 2: 168. 1874-75. Neckera Deppei Hornsch. in C. M., Syn. 2: 136. 1851. Papillaria Hahnii Besch., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belg. 38: 228. 1899. Slender, soft plants, pale green at tips, brown or black below; secondary stems prostrate or pendent, to 20 or 30 cm. long, laxly pinnate. Leaves appressed when dry, 2-2.5 mm. long, triangular- lanceolate from a cordate base, gradually acuminate, faintly plicate, apex prolonged in a fine, articulated, capillary hair point; margins often undulate, minutely denticulate; costa faint, ending above mid- leaf; cells linear, papillose on both faces with 3-4 sharp, salient papillae. Seta about 6 mm. long; capsule ovoid, erect. (Fig. 119, F-G.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 69W, 69995b, 70008, 71104, 90719, 90870, 91366. Dept. Sacatepequez: Standley 58873a. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 62321, 80229, 80302. Dept. Guatemala: Standley 80735. Dept. Zacapa: Steyer- mark 29832. Distribution: Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America. On forest trees at medium altitudes. This species is likely to be confused with Meteorium illecebrum from which it may be dis- tinguished by the more slender, softer habit and the less strongly plicate, gradually attenuate leaves with the cells showing several papillae on each face. EXCLUDED SPECIES PAPILLARIA WARSZEWICZII C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 205. 1897. No material is available for comparison. 4. METEORIUM Doz. & Molk., Muse. Archip. Ind. ined. 157. 1854. Robust, glossy plants; secondary stems long, pendent, distantly pinnate, branches densely foliate, tumid. Leaves oblong-ovate, plicate, abruptly piliform acuminate; costa slender; cells long and narrow, unipapillate. Seta short; capsules exserted; peristome double; calyptra cucullate, pilose. 268 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 1. METEORIUM ILLECEBRUM (C. M.) Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 437. 1869. Neckera illecebra C. M., Syn. 2: 137. 1851. Plants robust, pale or yellowish green at tips, brown or black below; secondary stems creeping or pendent, 5-30 cm. long or longer, distantly pinnate, branches short and blunt at tips. Leaves laxly appressed when dry, 3-4 mm. long, oblong-ovate from a cordate base, concave, plicate, abruptly contracted to a slender acumen which is prolonged in a fragile, capillary, articulated hair point; margins denticulate, flexuous; costa ending above mid-leaf; cells linear, with a single central papilla over the lumen. Seta 6-7 mm. long, smooth below, scabrous above; capsule ovoid, contracted to a short neck, urn 1.5 mm. long; lid obliquely beaked, 1.5 mm. long; peristome teeth pale, papillose, segments of endostome filiform. (Fig. 120, A-C.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 70010, 703 85a, 89713, 90599, 92361b, 92664; Steyermark 44571a. Dept. Huehuetenango : Standley 82556, 83037; Steyermark 48485a, 49607, 50077a, 50599. Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 35681, 35815a, 35846, 36929; Standley 85428. Dept. Totonicapan: Standley 84038, 84102a. Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 66389, 841 86a. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 57938, 60012. Dept. Guatemala: Standley 58412b. Dept. Baja Verapaz: Standley 69763, 69786a, 91092, 91096, 91199. Dept. El Progresso: Steyermark 43485a. Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark 42788, 43149. Dept. Jalapa: Steyermark 32839a; Standley 77500. Distribution: Mexico, Central America, West Indies. On trees or occasionally on rocks and banks at medium to rather high altitudes. Nos. 57938 and 60012 represent a form with capillary branchlets on which the minute leaves are sinuate-denticulate and the cells strongly papillose, which may be the same thing as M. sinu- atum (C. M.) Mitt. No. 89713 shows the branches tumid and obtuse and the leaves with shorter points similar to var. teretiforme Card. (Rev. Bryol. 38: 40. 1911) but as in Papillaria nigrescens these forms lack stability and are probably nothing but variants influenced by environmental conditions. 5. LINDIGIA Hampe, Linnaea 31: 427. 1861-62. Autoicous; slender plants; secondary stems numerous, pinnately branched, foliate on all sides. Leaves spreading, ovate-lanceolate; costa single, slender; cells linear, smooth. Seta short, scabrous; capsules exserted; lid beaked; peristome double; calyptra cucullate. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 269 1. LINDIGIA ACICULATA (Tayl.) Jaeg., Adumb. 2: 378. 1876-77. Leskea aciculata Tayl., Lond. Journ. Bot. 6: 339. 1847. Lindigia tenella Hampe, in Besch. Prodr. Bryol. Mex. 104. 1871. Secondary stems to 4 or 5 cm. long. Stem leaves 2.5 mm. long, ovate-lanceolate from a broad, slightly cordate base, subulate- acuminate, serrulate all around; costa ending above mid-leaf; cells linear, smooth, shorter across insertion, not differentiated at basal angles. Branch leaves similar but smaller. Perichaetial leaves erect, ending in a long, denticulate arista; seta 2 mm. long, scabrous, slightly curved; capsule oblong, suberect, urn 1 mm. long, mouth deep red; peristome teeth strongly incurved, segments as long as teeth; lid long and slenderly beaked. (Fig. 120, D-F.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 90368. Dept. Chimaltenango : Standley 62030c (as Rhynchostegiella convolutacea). Distribution: Mexico, Jamaica, South America. On trees at medium altitudes. I can detect no real differences between L. tenella and L. aciculata and believe that Hampe's name can safely be relegated to synonymy. FIGURE 120 A-C, Meteorium illecebrum: A, part of plant, Xl; B, leaf, X16; C, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. D-F, Lindigia aciculata: D, plant, Xl; E, leaf, X14; F, sporophyte, XlO. 270 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 6. BARBELLA (C. M.) Fleisch., E. & P. Pflanzenf. I 3 : 828. 1906. Pilotrichella Sec. Barbella C. M., Flora 82: 464. 1896. Slender, glossy plants usually pendent in loose masses; secondary stems pinnate, ultimate branches often filiform. Leaves lanceolate; costa single or lacking; cells linear, smooth or faintly papillose. Seta short; capsules exserted; peristome double; calyptra small, fugacious. 1. BARBELLA CUBENSIS (Mitt.) Broth., E. & P. Pflanzenf. I 3 : 824. 1906. Meteorium cubense Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 12: 435. 1869. Meteorium diclados Schimp. in Besch., Prodr. Bryol. Mex. 83. 1871. Plants glossy, pale yellow at tips, brown below; secondary stems pendent, to 25-30 cm. long, pinnately branched, ultimate branches slender and attenuate. Leaves of lower stems and branches laxly spreading, complanate, 3-3.5 mm. long, ovate-lanceolate from a sub- cordate base, subulate-acuminate, ecostate; margins entire above, serrulate toward base; cells linear, usually with a faint papilla over middle of lumen, irregularly short rhomboidal and incrassate in a small, poorly defined group at basal angles. Leaves of ultimate branches appressed, narrower and with long, capillary points. Sporophyte not seen. (Fig. 121, A-D.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 71668. Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark ^2797. Distribution: Mexico, Cuba. On trees at moderately high altitudes. Meteorium cubense Mitt. is given by Brotherus (E. & P. Pflanzenf. ed. 1) as a synonym for both Barbella cubensis (Mitt.) Broth, and Squamidium cubense (Mitt.) Broth. Wright's No. 82 is evidently a Barbella, so the name Squamidium cubense should be suppressed. 7. METEORIOPSIS Fleisch., E. & P. Pflanzenf. I 3 : 825. 1906. Rather slender, glossy plants, often pendulous; secondary stems elongate, irregularly pinnate. Leaves widely spreading, ovate- lanceolate, serrulate; costa slender; cells narrow, smooth, not sharply differentiated at basal angles. Seta short; capsules exserted; peris- tome double; calyptra small, mitriform, pilose. 1. Leaves spreading from the insertion 1. M. remotifolia Leaves spreading from a clasping base : 2 2. Slender plants, leaves decurved, short pointed 2. M. recurvifolia Plants more robust, leaves long acuminate 3. M. patula BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 271 1. METEORIOPSIS REMOTIFOLIA (Hornsch.) Broth., E. & P. Pflanzenf. I 3 : 825. 1906. Neckera remotifolia Hornsch. in C. M., Syn. 2: 672. 1851. ?Meteorium torticuspis C. M., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 204. 1897. Slender plants growing in feathery mats; secondary stems pros- trate, elongate, freely branched. Leaves squarrose-spreading from insertion, about 1.3 mm. long, broadly ovate from a narrow, sub- cordate base, subulate-acuminate; margins narrowly recurved near base, plane and serrulate above; costa ending well above mid-leaf; cells linear, smooth, subquadrate in a small, poorly defined area at basal angles. Seta 1 mm. long; capsules oblong, short exserted; lid obliquely beaked; calyptra scabrous above. (Fig. 121, E-G.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 89870, 91675, 9171*0, 91758, 91810; Steyermark 1*1*816, 45008. Dept. San Marcos: Standley 865J*8a. Dept. Sacatepequez: Standley 88961b. Dept. Solola: Steyermark 1*7951, 1*7992. Distribution: Mexico, Jamaica, Central and South America. On trees and humus at moderate altitudes. I have not seen the type of M. torticuspis C. M. but the description strongly suggests that it belongs here. FIGURE 121 A-D, Barbella cubensis: A, part of plant, Xl; B, lower branch leaf, X16; C, ultimate branch leaf, X16; D, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. E-G, Meteoriopsis remotifolia: E, part of plant, Xl; F, leaf, X20; G, upper leaf cells and margin, X270. 272 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 FlGURE 122 A-B, Meteoriopsis recurvifolia: A, part of plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14. C-F, Meteoriopsis patula: C, part of plant, Xl; D and E, leaves, X14; F, sporophyte, X8. 2. METEORIOPSIS RECURVIFOLIA (Hornsch.) Broth., E. & P. Pflan- zenf. I 3 : 825. 1906. Pilotrichum recur vifolium Hornsch., Fl. Bras. 1: 58. 1840. Secondary stems elongate, pinnate, branches short. Leaves crowded, 1.5-1.8 mm. long, squarrose-recurved from a narrow, cordate, clasping base, broadly ovate, carinate-concave, short acum- nate, serrulate all around; costa ending above mid-leaf; cells linear, alar group scarcely differentiated. Seta 2 mm. long; capsule oblong, urn 1.5 mm. long, tapering to a short neck; lid slenderly beaked, erect; calyptra pilose. (Fig. 122, A-B.) Dept. Peten: Lundell 2733. Distribution: Costa Rica, Panama, South America. On trees at low altitudes. The shorter pointed, decurved leaves will easily separate this species from M. patula. 3. METEORIOPSIS PATULA (Hedw.) Broth., E. & P. Pflanzenf. I 3 : 825. 1906. Hypnum patulum Hedw., Sp. Muse. 279. 1801. Plants pale green, growing in soft, tangled mats; secondary stems prostrate or pendent, elongate, pinnate, branches short. Leaves BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 273 -2.5 mm. long, ovate-lanceolate from a contracted clasping base, narrowed to a rather long, slender acumen, serrulate nearly to base; costa ending well above mid-leaf; cells narrowly linear, shorter across insertion, subrectangular in a small, poorly defined group at basal angles. Seta 3 mm. long; capsule oblong, urn 2.5 mm. long; lid slenderly beaked; calyptra pilose. (Fig. 122, C-F.) Dept. Peten: Steyermark 460^6; Lundell 20^0. Dept. Izabal: Standley 72522. Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 69976, 69990, 69995, 70200, 705M, 70735, 712tfa, 71328, 71413, 71668a, 90315a, 91366b, 91586; Steyermark M857. Dept. San Marcos: Steyermark 37500a; Standley 68556. Dept. Quezaltenango : Standley 67073, 68015, 85011, 8551 la, 855^7, 86688a. Dept. Chimaltenango: Standley 62030. Dept. Guatemala: Standley 58412a. Distribution: Florida, Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America. On trees at low to medium altitudes. Variable in habit and leaf outline but usually easily recognized by the leaves strongly clasping below and ending in a fine, almost capillary, hair-like point. 32. PHYLLOGONIACEAE Lustrous plants with sparingly branched, strongly flattened secondary stems. Leaves rigid, equitant, distichous, cymbiform- concave, abruptly short pointed; costa short and double or lacking; cells linear, smooth. Sporophyte lateral; capsules exserted in our species; calyptra cucullate. Alar cells dark brown, incrassate, conspicuous 1. Phyllogonium Alar cells not differentiated 2. Eucatagonium 1. PHYLLOGONIUM Brid., Bryol. Univ. 2: 671. 1827. Slender, golden green, glossy plants; secondary stems pendent, flat, irregularly pinnate. Leaves erect-spreading, ecostate, oblong, short apiculate; cells linear, short, incrassate and deep brown at basal angles. Capsule ovoid, exserted on a short seta; peristome double; calyptra sparingly pilose. 1. PHYLLOGONIUM FULGENS (Hedw.) Brid., Bryol. Univ. 2: 671. 1827. Pterigynandrum fulgens Hedw., Sp. Muse. 86. 1801. Secondary stems to 50 cm. or more long, distantly pinnate, branches 3-4 mm. wide with leaves. Leaves closely distichous, 2!5-3 274 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 mm. long, deeply cymbiform-concave, entire, apiculus often recurved ; cells narrowly linear, smooth, alar group dark brown, incrassate, not sharply differentiated. Seta 3 mm. long; capsule ovoid; lid slenderly beaked. (Fig. 123, A-B.) Dept. Izabal: Steyermark 4.1935. Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 71592a, 71697, 89867, 90729, 91599. Dept. Huehuetenango : Steyermark 4.8807. Dept. Zacapa: Steyermark ^2806. Distribution: Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America. On forest trees at moderate altitudes. An attractive moss readily recognized by the crowded, keeled, glossy leaves in 2 lateral rows. 2. EUCATAGONIUM (Broth.) Fleisch., Laubmfl. Java 4: 28. 1922. Catagonium Sec. 1, Eucatagonium Broth., E. & P. Pflanzenf. I 3 : 1088. 1908. Slender, pale green glossy plants growing in thin mats; stems prostrate, irregularly branched. Leaves spreading, distichous, con- cave, abruptly apiculate, entire; costa short and double; cells linear, not differentiated at basal angles. Seta elongate, smooth; capsules inclined; peristome double; calyptra naked. 1. EUCATAGONIUM POLITUM (H. f. & W.) Broth., E. & P. Pflanzenf. ed. 2, 11: 178. 1925. Hypnum politum H. f. & W., Lond. Journ. Bot. 3: 353. 1844. Stems to 3 or 4 cm. long, about 1.5 mm. wide with leaves. Leaves about 1 mm. long, oblong, deeply concave, abruptly contracted to a slender, recurved apiculus; costa short, faint and double; cells narrowly linear, smooth, not differentiated at basal angles. No fruiting plants known from North America. (Fig. 123, C-E.) Dept. Chiquimula: Steyermark 31017. Distribution: Costa Rica, South America, Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand. Terrestrial in cloud forest. This collection shows the leaves very abruptly constricted at the apex and often even slightly emarginate and asymmetrical. The Costa Rican plants are very similar, and although both differ rather widely from the South American and New Zealand forms I suspect that they are all variants of one specific tytfe. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 33. NECKERACEAE 275 Plants often robust, glossy. Primary stems creeping; secondary stems erect or pendent, subpinnate, strongly flattened. Leaves com- planate, often undulate, short pointed; costa single or double and short; cells smooth, rhomboidal above, linear toward base. Sporo- phyte lateral on branches of secondary stems; capsules immersed or exserted ; peristome double, endostome with narrow segments from a well developed basal membrane. 1. Leaf base strongly cordate or auriculate 1. Calyptothedum Leaf base not cordate or auriculate 2 2. Costa none or very short and double 3 Costa single, well developed 4 3. Leaves in 8 rows, capsules immersed or short exserted 2. Neckera Leaves in 4 rows, setae elongate 5. Homalia 4. Plants glossy, costa slender, ending near mid-leaf 5 Plants dull, costa stout, ending near apex 6 5. Leaf apex truncate or broadly rounded, denticulate 3. Neckeropsis Leaf apex pointed, coarsely incised-serrate 4. Homaliodendron 6. Leaves rounded, denticulate 6. Pinnatella Leaves pointed, coarsely toothed 7. Porotrichum FIGURE 123 A-B, Phyllogonium fulgens: A, part of plant, Xl; B, leaf, X14. C-E, Eucatagonium politum: C, plant, Xl; D, part of stem, XlO; E, leaf, X22. F-G, Calyptothedum duplicatum: F, part of plant, Xl; G, leaf, XlO. 276 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 25 1. CALYPTOTHECIUM Mitt., Journ. Linn. Soc. 10:190. 1868. Dioicous; robust, glossy plants; secondary stems numerous, often pendent, pinnate, usually flattened. Leaves crowded, frequently undulate and auriculate, short pointed; costa single, slender; cells linear, smooth. Capsules immersed; peristome double, segments of endostome from a low basal membrane; lid conic-rostrate; calyptra small. Leafy stems strongly flattened 1. C. duplicatum Stems tumid, not flattened ? 2. C. turgescens 1. CALYPTOTHECIUM DUPLICATUM (Schwaegr.) Broth., E. & P. Pflanzenf. I 3 : 839. 1906. Hypnum duplicatum Schwaegr., Suppl. I 2 : 198. 1816. Plants yellowish green; secondary stems 8-10 cm. long or longer, distantly pinnate, strongly flattened, to 3-4 mm. wide with leaves, branches often flagelliform-attenuate. Leaves crowded, very com- planate, 2.5-3 mm. long, oblong-ovate from a subcordate base, short acuminate, concave, entire, slightly undulate; costa slender, ending above mid-leaf; cells linear, shorter and colored across insertion. Capsule ovoid, immersed. (Fig. 123, F-G.) Dept. Chiquimula: Steyermark 31710. Distribution: West Indies, South America. On trees in cloud forest at moderate altitude. This is the first record for the species in Central America as far as I know. It is a conspicuous, attractive moss and evidently rare on the mainland in North America. 2. CALYPTOTHECIUM TURGESCENS Broth. & TheY., Soc. Havr. d'Etud. Div. 88: 312. 1921. Secondary stems erect, 6-8 cm. high, yellowish green, irregularly branched, branches tumid, obtuse, densely foliate. Leaves laxly imbricated, 3-4 mm. long, oblong-ovate from a cordate base, short acuminate, entire, concave, undulate; costa slender, ending above mid-leaf; cells linear, shorter and colored across insertion. Cylin- drical, septate propagula are frequent in axils of the branch leaves. Fruit unknown. (Fig. 124, A-B.) Dept. Alta Verapaz: Standley 71822. Distribution: Costa Rica. BARTRAM: MOSSES OF GUATEMALA 277 On trees at moderate altitude. Very distinct from C. duplicatum in the tumid stems and branches with the leaves spreading on all sides. 2. NECKERA Hedw., Sp. Muse. 200. 1801. Secondary stems pendent or prostrate, irregularly pinnate, flattened. Leaves crowded, complanate, oblong, undulate, short pointed, asymmetrical; costa double and short in our species; cells linear, smooth, shorter toward apex. Capsules immersed or exserted ; peristome double; lid conic-rostrate. 1. Capsules plainly exserted 3. AT. urnigera Capsules immersed 2 2. Inner perichaetial leaves filiform-acuminate, segments of endostome shorter than teeth 2. N. Ehrenbergii Inner perichaetial leaves shorter acuminate, segments as long as teeth 1. N. chlorocaulis 1. NECKERA CHLOROCAULIS C. M., Syn. 2: 663. 1851. Autoicous; secondary stems prostrate, yellowish green, irregularly pinnate, to 15 cm. long, branches often attenuate. Leaves 3-4 mm. long, oblong-ovate, short acuminate, strongly undulate, broadly X6. FIGURE 124 A-B, Calyptothecium turgescens: A, plant, Xl; B, leaf, XlO. C-E, Neckera chlorocaulis: C, part of plant, XI; D, leaf, X8; E, sporophyte, F, Neckera Ehrenbergii: F, sporophy