RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Grisebach, 1843. Spicilegium Florae Rumelicæ et Bithynicæ. CUL-DAR16.145a-145b. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 12.2021. RN2

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.


[145a]

A. Grisebach, Spicilegium Florae Rumelicæ et Bithynicæ - 1843

None excluded - vars marked a not counted, but I have not myself marked all vars

Genera with 6 sp & up.

sp 1136 sp. with vars.

.086/1000 (Q)

Genera with 5 & down

sp with 1083 sp. with vars. .049/1000 (Q)

Proportion of vars to species 142 [÷] 98 [=] 1.459 (Q) 62 [÷] 54 [=] 1.148

Genera with 8 sp. & up. 917

sp with vars .085/1000 (Q)

Genera with 7—4 sp includes 513

sp with vars .064/1000 (Q)

[145av]

Proportion of vars to species

Genera with 8 7 & up. Genera with 7 4 inclusive

/over

[145av]

Proportion of vars to species

Genera with 8 sp. & up. 78 113 [÷] 78 [=] 1.44 (Q)

Genera with 7—4 sp includes 33 44 [÷] 33 [=] 1.33 (Q)

[145b]

Grisebach Rumelia

Do not count those Doubtful species, which are not numbered (p. 8) see p. 89 for the most perplexing case.

Attend, also, to type p. 130-307-384.

In counting the varieties never count the (a)

The varieties all marked by Greek letters in separate line or sentence "Lusus" not counted

Count Species & varieties

Finish at p. 478

Divide into 6 & upwards / 5. / 4, 3, 2, 1 /

The species are numbered in each Family & not in each genus. The Genera have section v. p. 30 for example

[in margin:] (Look to Habitats of Varieties.)


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