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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1855.06. Proportion of Alpine Plants common to Europe. CUL-DAR46.2.B36a. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 8.2022. RN1

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[B36a]

Proportion of Alpine Plants common to Europe, compared with those common in whole Flora, excluding Alpine.

Percentage of Europæan plants in whole Flora, so that I might perceive similarity & compare with shells &c which have been tabulated in Lyells Travels 1s Travel

To see what genera & their number of species either in Gray or Steudel to prove about large

[B36v]

genera & shells ranging far.—

June 55. I have now asked about close species

Also about inhabitants of East Asia to see whether arrived by East or West line of passage.

Note a Point to make out.

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