The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online

RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Hooker. New Zealand. CUL-DAR16.148. 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.

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Hooker. New Zealand. Omitting Senecio Coprosma, Veronica, from extreme variability & so unfavourable for my result.

Genera with 4 sp & up. 361

sp. with vars [calculation not transcribed]

Genera with 3 sp & down 323

sp. with vars [calculation not transcribed]

Proportion of vars to sp. [calculation not transcribed]

Close sp. Above 3 genera omitted, & Carex & Uncinia, because not known to Hooker & all genera with 1 sp. viz 159 sp

Genera with 5 sp & up. sp in 240

close sp. [calculation not transcribed]

Genera, with 4, 3, & 2 sp. sp. in 252

close sp. [calculation not transcribed]

N. B. Pairs of close sp are counted as 2 & triplets as 3.

Hooker list only rough.

Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)