RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. List of indigenous British Trees from London Catalogue. CUL-DAR207.2. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 3.2022. RN2
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List of indigenous British Trees from London Catalogue 4th ed.
List of indigenous British Trees from London catalogue of Plants (4th Edit). Tree are distinguished from Bushes according to Loudon's Encyclop of Plants, & not arbitrarily by myself. –
Fam.
1 Tilia pavifolia
2 Acer campestre (Polygamus)
3 Prunus padus
--- cerasus
--- avium
Cratæus oxycantha
Pyrus communis
--- malus
--- aria
--- aucuparia
--- torminalis
4 Sambucus nigra
5 Ilex aquifolium (Dioicous as I know)
6 Fraxinus excelsior (Polyg)
7 ulmus montana
--- suberosa
8 Quercus robur monocot
Fagus sylvatica do
Carpinus --- do
Alnus do
Beluta alba do
Populus alba Dioicious
--- communis do
--- [illeg] do
country only 6 species
{Salix fragilis
--- vitellina
--- alba
--- triandra &c &c &c say 1/2 dozen
}14 species in this one Family
9 Pinus sylvestris Monocot
Taxus baccot Dioicious
32 species; of which 19 have sexes more or less separated; counting only half a dozen willows. They belong to 9 families, of which 5 have sexes separated
(To be returned to me)
(Properly I ought to count how many mono- & dioicious & polygamus plants in Britain)
(There may be some wholly different [illeg] in this case; in animal kingdom, I shd have suspected that it was related to a more highly developed structure, as separation of sexes clearly goes with highness.)
Tree Question
Tree Question
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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