I do not know that this genus occurs in <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010380 https://www.geonames.org/6255150">South america</placeName>, but <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/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">North America</placeName>, <add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="superlinear"><placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0007952 https://www.geonames.org/3571219">West Indies</placeName>, </add><placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000355 https://www.geonames.org/3367577">Cape of Good Hope</placeName>, <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008555 https://www.geonames.org/1062947">Madagascar</placeName>, the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008926 https://www.geonames.org/1636629">Moluccas</placeName>, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& various of the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010384 https://www.geonames.org/4030483">South Sea</placeName> Islands, it has bee found. Nearly <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />all however are <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005696 https://www.geonames.org/6255148">European</placeName>: <del xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#s">and even when <subst> <del rendition="#s">the</del> <add place="superlinear">a</add> </subst> species is not Euro <lb />pean</del><del xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#s">, there is usually <subst> <del rendition="#s">some</del> <add place="intralinear">one</add> </subst> in Europe to which it bears an <lb />affinity. Thus <choice> <abbr>W.</abbr> <expan>Weissia</expan> </choice> Radians from the South seas, & <choice> <abbr>W.</abbr> <expan>Weissia</expan> </choice> bergiana from</del> <del xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#s"><lb />the cape are.</del> Two or three species as <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>W.</abbr> <expan>Weissia</expan> </choice> controversa</name> and <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>W.</abbr> <expan>Weissia</expan> </choice> verti<g ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb break="no" />cillata</name> are common to <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">North America</placeName><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">.</supplied> <add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="superlinear">The last has I understand been also found in the <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000346 https://www.geonames.org/2593110">Canary Isles</placeName></add>. <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>W.</abbr> <expan>Weissia</expan> </choice> curvirostra</name> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />extends from the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0007950 https://www.geonames.org/9408659">West of Europe</placeName> to <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000426">Asia minor</placeName>. Some of the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />species are alpine, but <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">many a few</del> <add place="intralinear">others </add> </subst>are by no means so.