RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1840.05.03]. Abstract of Pallas, Travels through the southern provinces of the Russian empire, in 1793 and 1794. CUL-DAR205.10.22. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 5.2023. 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-DAR205.10 contains notes on variation and varieties. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin.
Darwin recorded reading this work in his 'Books to be read / Books Read' notebook. CUL-DAR119.-.
Pallas, Pyotr Simon. 1802-3. Travels through the southern provinces of the Russian empire, in 1793 and 1794. Trans. by F. W. Blagdon. 2 vols. London. [? ed.] [Abstract in CUL-DAR205.3.158]
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Pallas' Travels vol I p. 113 The Tulipa silvestris near the S. Volga consists sometimes of 8 or ten leaflets & is sometimes double. The ornithogalum luteum on the contrary is dwarfish through this steppe (a)
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p. 115 The ornithogalum bulbiferum grew in places as abundantly as if it had been planted & sometimes had 7 or 8 filaments & as many anthers — Is this not striking variation??
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