This numerous genus, consisting of upwards of 30 species, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />is very widely distributed: One section <add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="superlinear">(3 species)</add> is found entirely <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />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>, and has been constituted a separate genus by <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />both <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0003693 http://d-nb.info/gnd/118674455">Brown</persName>, and <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0015729 http://d-nb.info/gnd/117334081">Schwägrichen</persName> under the name of <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant">Glypho<g ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb break="no" />carpa</name>. Perhaps a <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant">Bartramia</name> which has been found <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">both</del> <add place="superlinear"> <lb />elsewhere</add> </subst><add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="left"> </add>in <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0002331 https://www.geonames.org/6255146">Africa</placeName>, <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#ow">&</del> <add place="across">might</add> </subst> be added. Of the other <add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="superlinear">or real</add> Gymnostoma, there <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />are two sections, of which the one is chiefly alpine, the other <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />is not confined to any particular situation. Of the first <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />of these, nearly all are <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005696 https://www.geonames.org/6255148">European</placeName>: one <del xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#s">is</del> however <add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="superlinear">belongs to</add> <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0002555 https://www.geonames.org/10941926">arctic</placeName> <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0001698 https://www.geonames.org/7729890">america</placeName>, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />and two <add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="superlinear">of the</add> others <del xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#s">to <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0001596 https://www.geonames.org/1282988">Nepal</placeName></del><del xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#s"><gap quantity="1" unit="words" /></del> <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>G.</abbr> <expan>Gymnostomum</expan> </choice> <choice> <orig>xanthocarpon</orig> <reg>xanthocarpum</reg> </choice></name> and <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>G.</abbr> <expan>Gymnostomum</expan> </choice> <lb />nepalense</name> <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u"><choice> <abbr>Nob.</abbr> <expan>Nobis</expan> </choice></hi> to <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0001596 https://www.geonames.org/1282988">Nepal</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">one of the <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005696 https://www.geonames.org/6255148">European</placeName> species (<name type="plant"><choice> <abbr>G.</abbr> <expan>Gymnostomum</expan> </choice> aestivum</name>) was found by <persName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0015906 http://d-nb.info/gnd/118126555">Schmidt</persName> on <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009313 https://www.geonames.org/2510529">Teneriffe</placeName>,</add> all grow on rock, with the excep<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />tion of <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>G.</abbr> <expan>Gymnostomum</expan> </choice> viridissimum</name>, a <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010934 https://www.geonames.org/2635167">British</placeName> species, which is more com<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />monly found on the southern exposure of trees – Of the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />other section there are about 15 or 16 found in <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005696 https://www.geonames.org/6255148">Europe</placeName>. Of these <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />one<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"><name type="plant"><choice> <abbr>G.</abbr> <expan>Gymnostomum</expan> </choice> Griffithianum</name>,</add> is peculiar to the mountains of <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0007910 https://www.geonames.org/2634895">Wales</placeName>, <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005653 https://www.geonames.org/6269131">England</placeName>, & <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010167 https://www.geonames.org/2638360">Scotland</placeName>, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the others are chiefly found in the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0001654 https://www.geonames.org/2750405">low countries</placeName>. <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>G.</abbr> <expan>Gymnostomum</expan> </choice> fasciculare</name> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />has been found through the whole world: it may be traced <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/H0006686 https://www.geonames.org/1269750">Hindostan</placeName> under the name of <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>G.</abbr> <expan>Gymnostomum</expan> </choice> Rottleri</name>, and perhaps <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/H0006559 https://www.geonames.org/1861060">Japan</placeName> under that of <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>G.</abbr> <expan>Gymnostomum</expan> </choice> japonicum</name>; <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>G.</abbr> <expan>Gymnostomum</expan> </choice> pyriforme</name> is found <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />as commonly in 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> as in <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005696 https://www.geonames.org/6255148">Europe</placeName>, & I have obser<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="4r" facs="http://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/dms/PPN829063978/1200/0/00000009.jpg" /><fw xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="folNum">3</fw>ved it in <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Mr.</abbr> <expan>Mister</expan> </choice> <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0003784 http://d-nb.info/gnd/117641049">Burchell</persName>’s herbarium from the <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>. <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>G.</abbr> <expan>Gymnostomum</expan> </choice> truncatulum</name> is diffused widely through <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005696 https://www.geonames.org/6255148">Europe</placeName> and <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0002578">Asia</placeName>. <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />I do not <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">recollect of</del> <add place="superlinear">think that there is</add> </subst> any species peculiar 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>. <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />But 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> we have <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>G.</abbr> <expan>Gymnostomum</expan> </choice> julaceum</name> (<placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010783 https://www.geonames.org/3652462">Quito</placeName>. <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>alt.</abbr> <expan>altitudine</expan> </choice> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="2300" unit="toise">2300 <choice> <abbr>hexap.</abbr> <expan>hexapodum</expan> </choice></measure>)– <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>G.</abbr> <expan>Gymnostomum</expan> </choice> Bonplandii</name> (<placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0001610">New Granada</placeName> <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>alt.</abbr> <expan>altitudine</expan> </choice> <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="1300" unit="toise">1300 <choice> <abbr>hexap</abbr> <expan>hexapodum</expan> </choice></measure>), <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="superlinear"><name type="plant"><choice> <abbr>G.</abbr> <expan>Gymnostomum</expan> </choice> jamesoni</name> (<placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010546 https://www.geonames.org/3451190">Rio janeiro</placeName>),</add> and another species from <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008813 https://www.geonames.org/3844421">Mendoza</placeName> (<placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0007374 https://www.geonames.org/3895114">Chili</placeName>). – One species has <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />been found <add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="superlinear">on <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0002603 https://www.geonames.org/2556769">Mount atlas</placeName> in <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0002331 https://www.geonames.org/6255146">africa</placeName>, another</add> in <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008558 https://www.geonames.org/2266874">Madeira</placeName> – and another, <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">in Nepal</del> <add place="intralinear"><choice> <abbr>G.</abbr> <expan>Gymnostomum</expan> </choice></add> </subst> in<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />volutum in <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0001596 https://www.geonames.org/1282988">Nepal</placeName> which also occurs in <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0006568 https://www.geonames.org/1642673">Java</placeName> under the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />name of <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>G.</abbr> <expan>Gymnostomum</expan> </choice> javanicum</name>. Upon the whole this genus <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />may be considered as belonging to the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010829">temperate regions</placeName>.