RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1856.06.21. Hooker says it is well known that in N. W. part of N. America there are plants common to Europe. CUL-DAR205.4.84. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 10. 2021. RN1
NOTE: The brown crayon number '20' indicates that this document was filed by Darwin in his portfolio for the subject of Island endemism: plants.
Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR205.4 contains notes on geographical distribution and species.
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Hooker says it is well known that in N. W. part of N. America there are plants common to Europe & not [found] in Siberia or central America.
Banksia & Casuarina fossil in Flinders isld cannot be told whether extinct or recent species. Bunbury says that the few European Gladioli are not particularly connected with Cape forms.
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