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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Babingtons Flora 3d Edit. CUL-DAR16.143. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 12.2021. 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-DAR16 contains calculations and tables for Darwin's 'big book' Natural Selection F1583.

Babington, Charles Cardale. 1851. Manual of British botany containing the flowering plants and ferns arranged according to the natural order. 3rd ed., London, iv, 44; supp. a.

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Babingtons Flora 3rd- Edit.

I omit naturalised & doubtful Plants in Brackets & marked by asterisks I omit Rubus, Rosa, Salix & Hieracium.

These must be fine vars, yet many have been ranked as species by some authors.

Genera with 5 sp & upwards 663

sp. having vars [calculation not transcribed]

Genera with 4, 3, 2, 1 sp. [calculation not transcribed]

Proportion of vars. to species

sp. 101 vars [calculation not transcribed]

sp. 89 vars [calculation not transcribed]

Genera with 8 sp & upwards 455

sp. having vars [calculation not transcribed]

Genera with 7, 6, 5, & 4 sp. 360 [calculation not transcribed]

Proportion of vars. to species [calculation not transcribed]

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