6. It must not be concluded that in the tropics there <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />are fewer species of mosses than in the temperate climates, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />because hitherto the botany of these parts has not been so <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />particularly examined for mosses. The <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010379 https://www.geonames.org/9406051">South of Africa</placeName>, from <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />what <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0003784 http://d-nb.info/gnd/117641049"><choice> <abbr>Mr.</abbr> <expan>Mister</expan> </choice> Burchell</persName> informs me is very poor in the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />number of species of mosses.