RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Jack, On the Malayan species of Melastoma. CUL-DAR205.5.68. 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.
William Jack. 1825. On the Malayan species of Melastoma. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 14: 1-22.
The brown crayon number '11' indicates that this document was filed by Darwin in his portfolio for the subject of Divergence.
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Linn. Trans. Vol XIV. p. 1. Dr. Jack on Melastoma. "They vary much in the number of their stamina but that number is (5) constant in each species."
p. 10 the gradations from a Berry to a capsule in this family are such that it is difficult to draw a line of distinction
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