RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1855]. In Dr Gray list with localities List of Alpine plants. CUL-DAR46.2.B37. 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
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-DAR46.2 contains Notes for Natural selection.
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In Dr Gray list with localities. List of Alpine plants not found in Arctic Europe.
1 Geum Peckii (Dicot) (= G radiatum). N. Carolina & Virginia
2 Solidago thyrsoides Labrador. L. Canada
3 Arnica mollis Arct. Am.
4 Nabalus nanus Labrador?
5 ─ Boothii do.} species close
6 Vaccinium cæspitosum Arct. Am. Labrador R' M' Oregon
7 Ilex montana Catskill to Carolina. Taconic Mt Massachusetts
8 Castilleja septentrionalis Arct. Am. Oregon.
9 Salix uva-ursi Arct. Am. Labrador
10 Hedysarum (Monocotyledon) boreale R' M'. Arct. Am
11 Platanthera obtusata Arct. Am. Arct. As. X
12 Carex scirpoides Arct. Am. Grœnland. Labrador x
13 — rostrata Arct. Am.
14 Calamagrostis sylvatica. (?) new spec. Arct. Am.
So that 14/59 (13 strictly American & Greenland) not Europe. ie 45/59 common to Arct Europe.— & 46 to Arctic Europe or Arctic Asia
Of these 45, only 5 are not found in Arctic Asia likewise.
viz 1 arenaria Grœnlandica.— Labrador, Greenland Arct Europe
2 Potentilla minima Alps not in Arch Europe or Asia
3 — tridentata — Arct. Am. Greenland. Scotland
4 Gnaphalium supinum Labrador Greenland. Arctic Eur. Alps
Vaccinium cæspitosum Oregon.
Carex scirpoidea
5 Aira atro-purpurea Rocky Mt. Arctic Europe
This shows how much in common Arctic Flora has.— & as far as 4 of the 5, goes it shows passage line by Greenland.—
Species common to White Mountains of U. States & Alps of Europe
1 Viola palustris
2 Silene acaulis
3 Sibbaldia procumbens
4 Potentilla minima
5 Rubus chamæmorus (?)
6 Epilobium alpinum
7 Saxifraga oppositifolia
8 Solidago virga-aurea
9 Gnaphalium supinum
10 Campanula rotundifolia
11 Vaccinium uliginosum
12 Arctostaphylos alpina
13 Loiseleuria procumbens
14 Veronica alpina
15 Euphrasia officinalis
16 Polygonum viviparum
17 Oxyria digyna
18 Empetrum nigrum
19 Betula nana
20 Salix repens
21 — herbacea
22 Luzula spicata
23 Juncus trifidus
24 Scirpus cæspitosus
25 Carex capitata
26 — rigida
27 — atrata
28 — capillaris
29 Phleum alpinum
30 Calamagrostis sylvatica (?)
31 Poa laxa
32 Festuca oraria
33 Hierochloe alpina
/over
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(Very interesting to see how many of the T. del Fuego species which are fd in are found in United States) —
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