There are two sections: the <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">flat</del> <add place="intralinear">distichous</add> </subst><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">-</supplied>leaved <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />ones are all tropical, the others are variously spread. <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />of about <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">26</del> <add place="superlinear">24</add> </subst> species in this section, <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">scarcesly more than </del> <add place="superlinear">only</add> </subst> <del xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#s"><lb />one or</del> two <add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="superlinear">or three</add> 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>, 8 or 9 are confinded <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />to 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"><choice> <abbr>P.</abbr> <expan>Pterogonium</expan> </choice> gracile</name> & perhaps one or two <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />more are common to both countries. <add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="superlinear"><name type="plant"><choice> <abbr>P.</abbr> <expan>Pterogonium</expan> </choice> gracile</name> has been also found in the <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010458 https://www.geonames.org/935316">isle de Bourbon</placeName></add> <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>P.</abbr> <expan>Pterogonium</expan> </choice> smithii</name> of <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/H0005696 https://www.geonames.org/6255148">Europe</placeName> (<placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008891">middle</placeName> & <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010382 https://www.geonames.org/9408658">Southern parts</placeName>) is found <del xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#s">at </del><add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="across">as far as</add> the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000355 https://www.geonames.org/3367577">Cape of <lb /><choice> <abbr>G.</abbr> <expan>Good</expan> </choice> Hope</placeName>, <del xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#s">at</del><add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="across"> in</add> <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005346 https://www.geonames.org/3469034">Brazil</placeName> (<placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010546 https://www.geonames.org/3451190">Rio Janeiro</placeName>) &c. <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>P.</abbr> <expan>Pterogonium</expan> </choice> julaceum</name> of <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/H0001698 https://www.geonames.org/7729890"><choice> <abbr>N.</abbr> <expan>North</expan> </choice> america</placeName> is found I believe in <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0001596 https://www.geonames.org/1282988">Nepal</placeName>. A few species <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />are peculiar to <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>, others to <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0001596 https://www.geonames.org/1282988">Nepal</placeName>.