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Faksimile 9r
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| 9r13 most of the European species have a counterpart in North america
and the innerhalb der Zeilea similar reciprocity takes place between the tropical
countries.
Thus Neckera über der ZeileH. dendroides in Europe
corresponds to
H.
über der Zeile(Climacium)
americanum
of the united states: Hypnum abietum to
H. scitum: Hyp. Boscii to innerhalb der ZeileH. illecebrum
to H. Boscii: Hyp. ser-
pens to H. radicale &c: In the tropics H. gratum seems
generally spread: H. pallidum
über der Zeileof Humboldt
corresponds to H. serratum from
the isle de
Bourbon: The species most diffused are Hyp. pro-
liferum, but this
in the tropics often gives way to H. fuciforme[.]
H. cupressiforme is found every where; – in every country
where
there are shady woods: As may be expected the tropical varieties
are more tender, but innerhalb der Zeileand approach to the Genus Hookeria, but
I
cannot separate them. from
Fontinalis[.]
F. antipyretica & [Fontinalis] squamosa are common to Europe
& N. America. F. falcata is peculiar to Lapland, and
F. capillacea to Pensylvania [sic]
.
Lyellia[.]
is peculiar to Nepal.
Polytrichum [.]
what I said of Hypnum applies also here: scarcely
two people have agreed what are to be considered species.
But among
those found every where P. commune holds
the first rank: From the North to the
South arctic circles
über der Zeilethere is scarcely a
country Unleserliche Stelle (1 Wort)
[...] but
posesses it. P. juniferinum is
also nearly as common although few
species at present
lie über der Zeileyet hithertho known in the Southern hemisphere, still I suspect
they innerhalb der Zeilethem abound as much as in the Northern. A few species
as P. convolutum & its allies grow in the tropics.
Dawsonia[.]
only found in N. Holland
Conclusions
1. Of nearly 800 species known, about innerhalb der Zeileabout 200 or upwards
are confined to Europe: about 80 to north
america: to
South
america
about the innerhalb der Zeileincluding the islands on the
coast of Cayenne, about 80: To E India & Nepal & the innerhalb der Zeile
To Nepal, East India, & the adjacent islands about
100 or 120 including a few not
yet described: To the Cape
of Good
Hope not above 25 or 30. A few species are very
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