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Ch 4

In Discussion big Genera

After saying that vars. are local, I shd add & perhaps often an illusion for if a var. once increased so as to become more widely extended than its parent-form it would cease to be called a var.—

On our theory this must have often happened.— But it is strange that we do not have vars & species, equally common.— in distinct areas we have representative vars, equally common.— What is var. in one country — is the common form in another country — Wollaston.— Yet cases worth giving, as showing that certain recognized vars. are on average local like species, in their early state. I suspect that vars. are generally first local →

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Several vars in British Flora have wide range.