| 6rAnswers to Baron A. Humboldt’s queries on Botanical Geography.

 Anmerkung des Empfängers (innerhalb der Zeile) par Monsieur Brown

 Number 1. I have no reason to believe that any species of Pinus is found in the Southern hemisphere.

– 2. The Araucaria of Brazil (no doubt the Pino of the inhabitants) of which we have seeds and specimens with young female aments, appears to be the same as that of Chili.

– 3. There are at least two species of Pinus in India. Pinus longifolia of Roxburgh & Lambert, and Pinus Deodwara of  Eine erste Edition der Flora Indica gab William Carey zwischen 1820 und 1824 heraus (Roxburgh/Carey/Wallich 1820–1824).

 [Schließen]Roxburgh’s unpublished flora indica, which is nearly allied to Pinus Cedrus.

Neither of them are known to grow within the tropic. Of Pinus longifolia. Roxburgh says that it is found among the mountains of Nepaul and on those north of the plains of Bengal, Oude &c. Pinus Deodwara is a native of the mountains North of Rohilcund.

– 4. I possess no correct information concerning the Pines of Thibet nor even of those of China except Pinus Massoniana of Lambert, of which