1. Of nearly 800 species known, <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">about</del> <add place="intralinear">about</add> </subst> 200 or upwards <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />are confined to <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005696 https://www.geonames.org/6255148">Europe</placeName>: about 80 to <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0001698 https://www.geonames.org/7729890">north america</placeName>: to <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/H0010380 https://www.geonames.org/6255150">South america</placeName> <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">about the</del> <add place="intralinear">including the</add> </subst> islands on the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />coast of <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0007259 https://www.geonames.org/3382160">Cayenne</placeName>, about 80: <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">To <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0007873 https://www.geonames.org/1643084"><choice> <abbr>E</abbr> <expan>East</expan> </choice> India</placeName> & <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0001596 https://www.geonames.org/1282988">Nepal</placeName> & the</del> <add place="intralinear"> <lb />To <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0001596 https://www.geonames.org/1282988">Nepal</placeName>, <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0007873 https://www.geonames.org/1643084">East India</placeName></add> </subst>, & the adjacent islands about <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />100 or 120 including a few not yet described: To the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000355 https://www.geonames.org/3367577">Cape <lb />of Good Hope</placeName> not above 25 or 30. A few species are very <pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="9v" facs="http://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/dms/PPN829063978/1200/0/00000020.jpg" /><fw xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="folNum">14</fw> very widely distributed, as <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant">Sphagnum latifolium</name> and <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><supplied cert="high">Sphagnum</supplied> acuti<g ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb break="no" />folium</name>. <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant">Trichostomum lanuginosum</name>, <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant">Dicranum bryoides</name>, <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><supplied cert="high">Dicranum</supplied> glaucum</name>, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><supplied cert="high">Dicranum</supplied> <choice> <sic>soparium</sic> <corr cert="high">scoparium</corr> </choice></name>, <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant">Didymodon purpureum</name>, <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant">Tortula ruralis</name>, <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><subst> <del rendition="#s">Barth</del> <add place="intralinear"> <lb />Barthramia</add> </subst> fontana</name>; <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant">Bryum argenteum</name>, & <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><supplied cert="high">Bryum</supplied> roseum</name>, <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant">Hyp<g ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb break="no" />num cupressiforme</name>, & <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant">Polytrichum commune</name>.