Of <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">the f</del> <add place="intralinear">one</add> </subst> section (<name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant">Fissidens</name> <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0011729 http://d-nb.info/gnd/130652865"><hi rendition="#u"><choice> <abbr>Hedw.</abbr> <expan>Hedwig</expan> </choice></hi></persName>), <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>D.</abbr> <expan>Dicranum</expan> </choice> bryoides</name> is found every<lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />where. In <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005696 https://www.geonames.org/6255148">Europe</placeName> one finds it extremely common, as well as its va<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />rieties. I <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">perhaps</del> <add place="superlinear">have seen</add> </subst> it from <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> (<placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009136 https://www.geonames.org/6252001">united States</placeName>), from <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> <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/H0010546 https://www.geonames.org/3451190">Rio janeero</placeName> – <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008813 https://www.geonames.org/3844421">Mendoça</placeName> &c), <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0007952 https://www.geonames.org/3571219">West india Islands</placeName>, the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000355 https://www.geonames.org/3367577">Cape</placeName>, <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0007873 https://www.geonames.org/1643084">East <lb />India</placeName>, & 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, nor can I find dif<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" /><pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="6v" facs="http://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/dms/PPN829063978/1200/0/00000014.jpg" /><fw xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="folNum">8</fw>ferences sufficient to characterise a variety: it was the sight of <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />this very plant in the sandy deserts of <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0002331 https://www.geonames.org/6255146">Africa</placeName>, that inspired the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />traveller <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0001790 http://d-nb.info/gnd/118591746">Mungo Park</persName>, when fatigued & overpowered with thirst as <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />he mentions in his travels, to push forward & endeavour to <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />procure some refreshment. – Another species of this section <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>D.</abbr> <expan>Dicranum</expan> </choice> taxifolium</name> has been traced in <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0001596 https://www.geonames.org/1282988">Nepal</placeName>. <del xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#s">and</del> If Dicranum <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />(Fissidens) Semicompletum, and <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant">Skitophyllum fontanum</name>, or <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant">Fontinalis juliana</name> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />be, as I suppose, identical it has been found both in <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005696 https://www.geonames.org/6255148">Europe</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">in the</del> <add place="intralinear">in <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008151 https://www.geonames.org/3841798">Patagonia</placeName></add> </subst>, <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0006738 https://www.geonames.org/3671696">isle of Providence</placeName>, & perhaps the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010458 https://www.geonames.org/935316">isles <lb />of Bourbon</placeName>. – Of another tribe of <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant">Dicrana</name>, those with no <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />nerves to the leaf, & resembling <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant">Sphagnum</name> in texture, one <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>D.</abbr> <expan>Dicranum</expan> </choice> glaucum</name> has been met with in nearly all parts of the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />world: it occurs however more rarely within the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009532 http://d-nb.info/gnd/4060997-2">tropics</placeName> and <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>D.</abbr> <expan>Dicranum</expan> </choice> megalophyllum</name> (<name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant">Sphagnum javense</name> of <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0003650 http://d-nb.info/gnd/116495995"><choice> <abbr>Brid.</abbr> <expan>Bridel</expan> </choice></persName>) takes its place. <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/H0002625 https://www.geonames.org/2077456">new Holland</placeName>, a third species of this tribe appears to have been <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />sent to <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0012297 http://d-nb.info/gnd/11764157X">Dillenius</persName>, but perhaps his figure is only a bad represen<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />tation of <add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="superlinear">a state of </add><name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>D.</abbr> <expan>Dicranum</expan> </choice> glaucum</name> which does occur there. – The <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />remainder of the <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant">Dicrana</name> are nearly 40 in number, of which <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />scarcely more than 13 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>, not above one or <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />two 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>; <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010380 https://www.geonames.org/6255150">South america</placeName> posseses the <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>D.</abbr> <expan>Dicranum</expan> </choice> vagina<g ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb break="no" />tum</name>, <add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="superlinear"><name type="plant"><supplied cert="high">Dicranum</supplied> densum</name>, </add>and <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><supplied cert="high">Dicranum</supplied> longisetum</name>, and a few also are peculiar to <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0001596 https://www.geonames.org/1282988">Nepal</placeName>. <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />But about 11 or 12, are common both 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>, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />two or three 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/H0001596 https://www.geonames.org/1282988">Nepal</placeName>, about as many to <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005696 https://www.geonames.org/6255148">Europe</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />and <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0002625 https://www.geonames.org/2077456">New Holland</placeName>; Some species, which are met with 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> & the neighbouring islands, <add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="superlinear">as <name type="plant"><choice> <abbr>D.</abbr> <expan>Dicranum</expan> </choice> calycinum</name>, </add>occur also <del xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#s"><gap quantity="1" unit="words" /></del> in <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"> isles of Bourbon</placeName>. <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>D.</abbr> <expan>Dicranum</expan> </choice> crispum</name> (an <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005696 https://www.geonames.org/6255148">European</placeName> species) is said <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />by <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0003962 http://d-nb.info/gnd/119036495">Thumberg</persName>to grow at the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000355 https://www.geonames.org/3367577">cape</placeName>, but I suspect his plant <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />to be <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>D.</abbr> <expan>Dicranum</expan> </choice> flexifolium</name>, a species peculiar to that country. The most <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />widely diffused species of the whole genus is <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>D.</abbr> <expan>Dicranum</expan> </choice> scoparium</name>, which <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />has been found in almost every country in the world. And another <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />species <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>D.</abbr> <expan>Dicranum</expan> </choice> Harkii</name> is I suspect nearly as common, though at <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />present retaining different names.