RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. CUL-DAR15.2.54b. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Text prepared and edited by John van Wyhe. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR15.2 contains calculations and tables for Darwin's 'big book' Natural Selection F1583.

Candolle, Augustine Pyramus de. 1824-1825. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive, Enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarium, juxta methodi naturalis, normas digesta. vols. 1-2. Paris: Treuttel & Würtz. [Darwin Library-Down] vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 PDF

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Summary of Little Orders

Little Orders in           Genera with 11 species and upwards             Species             Sp having Vars.          No of Vars                  Genra with 10 species and downwards           Species            Sp. having Vars:         No of Vars:

Vol. 2—          13        426      31        40                    83        235      22        26

― 10                                                               7          29        7          7          —

― 11   3          140      15        18                    18        38        6          6          —

― 12—           5          280      52        81                    22        79        9          11             —

― 13   1          199      11        25                    2          2          1          1         

― 14   1          75        3          4                      7          23        3          4          —

Sum of Little Orders in all 6 Vols.—             23        1120    112      168                  139      406      48        55       

 

 

Summary of All Orders.

 

Vols. 2. 11 & 13         140      6512    837      1348                446      1319             143      218

Vol 10— {

16        480      69        82                    36        111      10        14             Borragineae

            38        1413    118      136                  129      347      24        31             Scrophulariaceae

Vol. 12—        42        1999    207x    278                  78        278      32        52             Labiatae

Vol. 14 {         10        614      130      212                  22        62        8          11             Polygonaceae

            21        912      153      217                  24        72        6          7             Proteaceae

All 6 Vols.      267      11930 1594    2273                735      2189    223             333      Big Genera

All 6 Vols.      23        1120    112      168                  139      406      48        55             Little Genera orders

Total   290      13050 1616    2441                874      2595    271      388     

 

(x This was altered from 208 to 207)

Little Orders.

 

112.0 Sp having Vars: [÷] 1120 Species [+] 406 [=] 1526 [=] .100    48.0 sp. having Vars: [÷] 406 Species [=] .118

168 Vars: [÷] 112 Sp. having Vars: [=] 1.50    55. Vars: [÷] 218 Sp. having Vars: [=] 1.14

 

Big orders

   1616

1504.0 Sp. having Vars [÷] 11930 Species [=] .126    223.0 Sp. having Vars: [÷] 2189 Species [=] .101

2273 Vars: [÷] 1504 Sp. having Vars: [=] 1.44 1.51    333 Vars [÷] 223 Sp. having Vars: [=] 1.49

 

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