With the exception of <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">two</del> <add place="superlinear"><subst> <del rendition="#s"> or three very</del> <add place="intralinear"> a few</add> </subst></add> </subst>species, and there are <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">nearly</del> <add place="superlinear">about <lb /></add> </subst>35 known, this genus may be said to be tropical. <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>H.</abbr> <expan>Hookeria</expan> </choice> lucens</name> is found however in <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005696 https://www.geonames.org/6255148">Europe</placeName> & <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0001698 https://www.geonames.org/7729890"><choice> <abbr>N.</abbr> <expan>North</expan> </choice> america</placeName>; but <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />we believe no other species has yet been found there<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">.</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><del xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#s">The only species considerably south of</del> <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>H.</abbr> <expan>Hookeria</expan> </choice> magellanica</name><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />occurs at the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008578 https://www.geonames.org/3845265">straits of Magellan</placeName>, & <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>H.</abbr> <expan>Hookeria</expan> </choice> cristata</name> <add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="superlinear">& <name type="plant"><supplied cert="high">Hookeria</supplied> Tamarisci</name></add> <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#ow">is</del> <add place="intralinear">are</add> </subst> only found <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />in <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0001615 https://www.geonames.org/2186224">New Zealand</placeName>. – but the localities of some species are not <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />precisely known. The most widely diffused species is <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">H. Tamarisci</del> <add place="intralinear"> <lb />the <name type="plant">Hypnum Tamarisci</name></add> </subst> of <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0016188 http://d-nb.info/gnd/117384836">Swartz</persName>, (but not of <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0011729 http://d-nb.info/gnd/130652865">Hedwig</persName>.)<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> it is found in <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0006552 https://www.geonames.org/3489940">Jamaica</placeName>, <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010380 https://www.geonames.org/6255150"><choice> <abbr>S.</abbr> <expan>South</expan> </choice> america</placeName>, <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010458 https://www.geonames.org/935316">isle de Bourbon</placeName>, <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0001596 https://www.geonames.org/1282988">Nepaul</placeName> &c.