RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Table A, summarising and calculations. CUL-DAR16.172. (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.


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Table A. Table I (p. 16)

The numerator gives the number of sp widely the much diffused or the common species in each county.

The denominator expresses gives the number of species in both the larger & smaller genera. - See Supplement to this Chapter for detail titles of

Britain: London Catalogue (1857) H.C. Watson. Larger Genera with 5 sp. & upwards: smaller genera with 4 sp & downwards. The numerator expresses number of species found in all the 18 Provinces; into which Britain is divided.

139/627 = 221/1000

Centre of France: Boreau. Larger genera with 5 sp. & upwards, smaller genera with 4 & downwards. The numerator expresses the species marked C.C. or very common;

239/3385 = 70/1000 131/1937 = 67/100

Holland: Miquel. Larger genera with 4 species & upwards; smaller genera with 3 sp. & downwards: The numerator expresses the number of common species;

163/732 = 222/1000 155/741 = 209/1000

Ratisbon. Furnrohr: larger genera with 4 sp & upwards; smaller with 3 sp & downwards. The numerator expresses the no of species marked "sehr Gemein"}

120/622 = 102/1000 108/557 = 193/1000

N. United States: Asa Gray: larger genera with 5 species & up: smaller genera with 4 sp & downwards. the numerator expresses the no of species marked as "common"}

102/533 = 191/1000 79/526 = 150/1000

Russia: Ledebour: Dicotyledoniæ alone: larger genera with 10 sp & upwards: smaller genera with 9 sp. & downwards. The numerator expresses the number of species found in at least 8 of his 16 Provinces. The species inhabiting 8 Provinces have about thrice the average range of all the phanerogamas}

326/1136 = 286/1000 195/917 = 212/1000

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