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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. & Emma Darwin. n.d. Abstract of Lindley, Vegetable Kingdom, 1853. CUL-DAR157.2.90. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 5.2023. RN1

The volumes CUL-DAR157.1-2 contain notes, abstracts etc. for Darwin's long paper and later book Climbing plants (1865). It was also commercially available as a softbound offprint, F834, F834a. See R. B. Freeman's bibliographical introduction. Items CUL-DAR157.11-60 were in a folder marked "Twiners". Items CUL-DAR157.61-112 were in a folder marked "Leaf-climbers" and items CUL-DAR157.114-147 were in a folder marked "Tendrils". Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin.

Lindley, John. 1853. The vegetable kingdom; or, the structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. 3d ed. London: Bradbury and Evans.

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In Lindleys Veg. K. 1853 he makes 59 ~~figures~~ alliances including in these 59 3 peculiar Classes as Rhizogens &c. Out of the 59, 35 have twiners or tendrils, or leaf climbers. These are taken from Palm & Mohl's lists in 1827, to which I have added a few, & no doubt a botanist might add many more. These 35 alliances are scattered throughout whole veg. k—. To these certain two cryptogamic alliance of ferns & Lycopods must be added.

Out of the 35, Ophiophogon 23 include tendril or leaf climbers, on the other hand only 3 or 4 alliances have the 2 latter without having also twiners. This shews connection of the Classes & the subordination of one to the other.

Then go on & shew what twiners & tendrils imply & the consequent interest of the fact. Insist in great fams like Compositae 2 or 3 climbers having the usual characteristics

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