Editorial introduction

Unter der Sigle M notierte Humboldt Informationen über das Vorkommen der Gattungen Taxus und Myrtus in den Blue Mountains der Insel Jamaika sowie über das Klima der Insel. In der Ideensammlung zur Neuausgabe der Geographie der Pflanzen wird das Blatt als „No. 18. Jamaica (Montes caerulei)“ aufgeführt.

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| 3rTaxus / Myrtus

Montagnes bleues
de la Jamaïque[,] Nouv. Ann
des Voyages T 3 p 222)
[,] le 24
Février[:]
Vallée St Thomas [,]
soir[,] B. 27° 20[,] Thermomètre  Fahrenheit: Unit of temperature, 70 Fahrenheit is equivalent to 21,11 °C70° F[,] haut  Foot: Foot (Great Britain), 2.517 Foot is equivalent to 767,18 m2517 piés[,] inserted below the line sans doute
anglois
[.]

Note by the author (inserted at the left margin) M.cèdre des Bermudes,
qui est un genévrier[.]

le 25 Févr[,]
midi[,] B. 24°.60[,]  Fahrenheit: Unit of temperature, 60 Fahrenheit is equivalent to 15,56 °CTh. 60°[,] h.  Foot: Foot (Great Britain), 5.682 Foot is equivalent to 1,73 km5682  inserted above the linep.[.]

Taxus elongata / yacca[,]
Myrtus buxifolia, montico
la
[,] axillaris[.]

Cime inserted in between the linessoir[,]
B 23° 70[,]  Fahrenheit: Unit of temperature, 48 Fahrenheit is equivalent to 8,89 °CTh. 48°[,] h  Foot: Foot (Great Britain), 6.620 Foot is equivalent to 2,02 km6620 piés[,]
même  Fahrenheit: Unit of temperature, 46 Fahrenheit is equivalent to 7,78 °CTh 46°[,] la nuit
encore moins!

matin[,] le 26 Févr[,]
B. 23°.18[,]  Fahrenheit: Unit of temperature, 50 Fahrenheit is equivalent to 10,00 °CTh. 50°[,] h. 7232 inserted above the line Foot: Foot (Great Britain), 7.255 Foot is equivalent to 2,21 km7255. piés[,]
beaucoup de myrtes.

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Suggested citation

Humboldt, Alexander von: M – Taxus / Myrtus, ed. by Ulrich Päßler in collaboration with Ingo Schwarz. In: edition humboldt digital, ed. by Ottmar Ette. Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin. Version 9 of 04.07.2023. URL: https://edition-humboldt.de/v9/H0005040. Folio: https://edition-humboldt.de/v9/H0005040/3r


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