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. (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 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.
Darwin recorded reading this work in his 'Books to be read / Books Read' notebook. CUL-DAR119.-.
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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??
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]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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