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Anmerkung Carl Sigismund Kunth (am oberen Rand) B.
Andreaea .
Aufgeklebte Notiz Carl
Sigismund Kunth
(am linken Rand)
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C.
Vgl. Thomas Edward
Bowdichs Bericht über seine Exkursion nach São Vicente während seines
Aufenthaltes auf Madeira
(Bowdich 1825,
49–50): Here I first saw the beautiful fern asplenium palmatum. The filices form by
far the most interesting family in Madeira, verifying Baron de
Humboldt’s remark, that their maximum may be found in the
mountainous parts of small islands […], yet I was disappointed
at not finding the dicksonia mentioned
by the above author […].
[Schließen]Filices abondent dans les îles. Dicksonia
ou arborescent ferns pas trouvé à Madère
Bowdich
Travels
page 49.
Vermilia bicarinata et Galeoloria elongata
de Nouvelle
Hollande
trouvé à Madère
Bowdich
page 63! Géographie des plantes de
Madère
Bowdich
page 101, 152,
248 | 1v [...]
This genus is, as far as I have been enabled to determine, confined wholly to Europe: it occurs in mountainous districts usually at very considerable elevations. There are only four species; those which were known to Linné were confounded by him with Jungermannia.
Sphagnum.
I consider that there are only four species of this genus two of which at least are very widely distributed: Sphagnum latifolium occurs in marshes throughout all Europe. I possess it also from North america, where I believe it is as abundant as in Europe: Michaux has called it Sphagnum vulgare . It is described by Bridel from the straits of Magellan under the name of Sphagnum magellanicum . In the Isles of Bourbon, France, and New Holland, (and I believe also in East India) it has also been found. Sphagnum acutifolium seems nearly as widely distributed, but I do not recollect of having observed Sphagnum squarrosum , or Sphagnum cuspidatium as occuring out of Europe. Some botanists, and I think with justice, consider that there is only one species of this genus.
This genus may be considered as nearly European, & the species are nearly confinded, as far as has been hitherto observed to the middle districts of Europe. To the north the species become few, and finally disappear in the Arctic circle: About the middle & South of England, Germany, & France, they are found in considerable numbers, but, whether through the negligence of botanists I know not, they are scarcely at all found farther south. A few of the European species have been found in North america in Pennsylvania , among these are Phascum subulatum, Phascum crispum, Phascum patens, Phascum cuspidatum, Phascum crassinervium, and perhaps a few others: of these Phascum subulatum has I believe also been found in New Holland. Phascum coherens and Phascum flexuosum are perhaps the only two confined exclusively to North America (Pennsylvania ). Phascum alternifolium occurs in Great Britain, in Germany, and, if I mistake not at the Cape of Good Hope and (if Bridel’s Pleuridium be, as I suppose, the
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