RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Brown, On the Proteaceæ of Jussieu. CUL-DAR205.5.63. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2023. 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-DAR205.5 contains notes on the principle of divergence, transitional organs and instincts.
Robert Brown 1811. On the Proteaceæ of Jussieu. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 10: 15-226.
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p. 25. Pubescence of fruit can be introduced as a generic character with utility, only when its abundance & length aids in dissemination
p 26 Dr. Smith thinks that from disposition of leaves in New Holland plants no generic character can be drawn: Brown thinks this remark can be extended only to certain families or rather genera — for in many tribes the leaves are as constant as in any other part of world.— Although in the Proteaceæ the leaves are variable in no common degree, yet in certain African & Australian genera the leaves assist in indicating generic characters
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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