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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Athenaeum 1843: 777. CUL-DAR205.10.58. 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.

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Athenaeum Brit. Assoc. 1843. p. 777

Babington remarked on specimens of Saxifraga a table, that if they had come from different countries, instead of all from Ireland he shd have considered then species.— now he considers them varieties. (3)

Forbes states that differences of botanists on what is species & variety can only be settled by each writer giving estimate of his value to each character (N.B he must give value of each character in each class) Thompson 2 forms of Linaria in Ireland not found in England— ↘

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