RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. London Catalogue of B[ritish] Plants / Name of Genus and Species. CUL-DAR16.184b. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Text prepared and edited by John van Wyhe. 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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London Catalogue of B. Plants.

Name of Genus and Species

No. to Species

No. to species marked (—)

Arundo Phragmites

18

 

― Calamgrostis

9

 

― Epigojos

16

 

― stricta

1

 

 

——

 

sleria

5

 

 

——

 

Aira caespitosa

18

 

― alpina

4

 

― flexuosa

18

 

― caryophyllea

18

 

― praecox

18

 

― canescens

3

 

 

——

 

Avena fatua

11

 

― pratensis

16

 

― pubescens

17

 

― flavescens

13

 

 

——

 

Arrhenanthemum

18

 

Holcus lanatus

18

 

― mollis

18

 

Triodia

18

 

Koeleria

18

 

Melica uniflora

15

 

― nutans

10

 

Molinia

18

 

Catabrosa

17

 

 

——

 

Glyceria aquatica

14

 

― fluitans

18

 

― plicata

 

9

― maritima

16

 

― distans

12

 

― procumbens

9

 

― rigida

14

 

― loliacea

12

 

 

——

 

Poa annua

18

 

― bulbosa

3

 

― alpina

6

 

― pratensis

18

 

36

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9

 

33 sp.

1 sp.

 

 

Name of Genus and Species

No. to Species

No. to species marked (—)

Poa trivialis

18

 

― compressa

15

 

― nemoralis

16

 

 

——

 

Briza media

18

 

― minor

2

 

Cynosurus

18

 

Dactylis

18

 

 

——

 

Festuca ulignumis

7

 

― bromoides

17

 

― ovina

18

 

― dicrinscula

18

 

― rubra

18

 

― sylvatica

8

 

― arundinacea

4

 

― elatior

15

 

― pratensis

18

 

 

——

 

Bromus giganteus

16

 

― asper

16

 

― sterilis

15

 

― madritensis

5

 

― erectus

10

 

― secalinus

16

 

― commutatus

16

 

― mollis

18

 

 

——

 

Brachypodium sylvaticum

18

 

― pinnatum

7

 

Triticum Caninum

15

 

― repens

18

 

― juncum

18

 

Lolium perenne

18

 

― temulentum

10

 

Elymus

15

 

 

——

 

Hordeum sylvaticum

8

 

― pratense

12

 

― murinum

13

 

― maritimum

10

 

 

——

 

Nardus

18

 

Lepturus

13

 

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No. to Species marked (—)

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Total number of species, both those without dash & those with

Total number of Counties, inhabited by all the species

 

 

 



13792 [÷] 1222 [=] 11.28    This is total of Flora

437 [÷] 63 [=] 6.93    Species marked with (—)

Total species less those which have varieties    see list of varieties
13792 [-] 2460 [=] 1132 [÷] 1222 [-] 169 [=] 1053 [=] 10.76

1258 [-] 1222 [=] 36

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