To avoid disputes it may be better to say generally that <pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="9r" facs="http://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/dms/PPN829063978/1200/0/00000019.jpg" /><fw xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="folNum">13</fw> most of the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005696 https://www.geonames.org/6255148">European</placeName> species have a counterpart in <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0001698 https://www.geonames.org/7729890">North america</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />and <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">the</del> <add place="intralinear">a</add> </subst> similar reciprocity takes place between the tropical <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />countries. Thus <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><subst> <del rendition="#s">Neckera</del> <add place="superlinear"><choice> <abbr>H.</abbr> <expan>Hypnum</expan> </choice></add> </subst> dendroides</name> in <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005696 https://www.geonames.org/6255148">Europe</placeName> corresponds to <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>Hypnum</expan> </choice> <add place="superlinear">(Climacium)</add> americanum</name> of the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009136 https://www.geonames.org/6252001">united states</placeName>: <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant">Hypnum abietum</name> to <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>Hypnum</expan> </choice> scitum</name>: <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><subst> <del rendition="#s">Hyp. Boscii to</del> <add place="intralinear"><choice> <abbr>H.</abbr> <expan>Hypnum</expan> </choice> illecebrum</add> </subst></name> to <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>H.</abbr> <expan>Hypnum</expan> </choice> Boscii</name>: <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>Hyp.</abbr> <expan>Hypnum</expan> </choice> ser<g ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb break="no" />pens</name> to <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>H.</abbr> <expan>Hypnum</expan> </choice> radicale</name> &c: In the tropics <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>H.</abbr> <expan>Hypnum</expan> </choice> gratum</name> seems <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />generally spread: <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>H.</abbr> <expan>Hypnum</expan> </choice> pallidum</name> <add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="superlinear">of <persName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0012069 http://d-nb.info/gnd/118554700">Humboldt</persName></add> corresponds to <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>H.</abbr> <expan>Hypnum</expan> </choice> serratum</name> from <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the <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>: The species most diffused are <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>Hyp.</abbr> <expan>Hypnum</expan> </choice> pro<g ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb break="no" />liferum</name>, but this in the tropics often gives way to <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>H.</abbr> <expan>Hypnum</expan> </choice> fuciforme</name><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">.</supplied> <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>Hypnum</expan> </choice> cupressiforme</name> is found every where; – in every country where <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />there are shady woods: As may be expected the tropical varieties <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />are more tender, <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">but</del> <add place="intralinear">and</add> </subst> approach to the <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant">Genus Hookeria</name>, but <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />I cannot separate them. <del xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#s">from</del>