RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1856. Letter to Charles Bunbury. "List of Plants, common to Europe". CUL-DAR73.159. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 3.2020. 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 volumes CUL-DAR 72-75 contain Darwin's abstracts of scientific books and journals.

The list is written by an amanuensis, likely to be Syms Covington. See Correspondence vol. 6, p. 104.


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List of Plants, common to Europe, observed by Meyer in Drége's Cape collection: Flora B. 2 1843.

"Zwei Pflanzengeograph. Documente." s.9

N.  certainly or probably naturalized by man's intervention.

A.  aquatic or Marsh Plants.

S.  sea-side plants

(?) Plants of which Mr. Bunbury knows nothing.

Those unmarked will be the most striking cases of specific identity with Europe.

Achyranthes aspera.

Adiantum Capillus.

Aira caryophyllea

Andropogon hirtus

----- pubescens.       (?)

Apium graveolens.    A.

Asparagus albus.

Asparagus Thelypteris.

Asplenium Adiant. nigr.

[ditto] Trichornaries

Atriplex Halimus        S

Averia hirsuta.                   (?)

Blitum chenopodioides. (?)

Briza maxima           N.

----- virens.             N.

Bromus arvensis.      N.

----- erectus.

Calamagrostis Epigeios.

Cerastium glomeratum        N.

Chenopodium alpum            N. (S. Am.)

[ditto] Botrys           N

[diito] glaucum         N

[ditto] murale          N

[ditto] olidum           N

Cladium Mariscus      A.

Corrigiola littoralis     S.

Cotula coronopifolia. (?)

Cynoden Dactylon     (S. Am)

Cyperus difformis.

----- rotundus.

Eleocharis mutilcaulis.          A.

----- palustries                   A.

Erigeron Canadense.           N.

Erodium moschatum.          N.

Graphalim luteo-album.

Herniaria vulgaris.

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Hordeum murinum.   N.

Hymenophyllum Thumbridgense.

Hypochæris glabra.   N.

Isolepis fluitans.       A.

-----pygmaea           A.

-----supina.             A.

Turcus acutus.         S.

-----buforius            A. (S. Am)

Kochleria phleoides

Lolium temulentum.   N.

Luzula campestris (als Africana)

Hythrum Hysopifolia. A. (S. Am.)

Medicago denticulata N. (S. Am.)

-----laciniala.

-----nigra.      N

-----sativa. N. (S. Am.)

Melilotus parviflora.   N. (S. Am.)

Mentha aquatica. A.

Mercurialis annua. N.

Mollugo Ceriara.

Osmunda regalis. A

Panicum arenarium.

-----Erusgalli N?

-----glaucum. N?

Phalaris minor.

Plantago Bellardi.

Poa annua N.

-----bulbosa.

Polycarpon tetraphyllum.

Polyqorum minus. A.

Polypodium vulgare.

Pteris Cretica.

Raphamus Raphanistrum. N

Rumex. Acetosa. N

----- Acetosella N.

Salicornia fruticose.   S.

-----herbacea.  S.

Salvia clandestine.

Samolus valerandi. A

Scabiosa maritima.

Scirpus maritimus. S.

Scleranthus annuus. N

Silene Gallica. N

Solanum nigrum N. (S. Am.)

-----rubrum. N.

Spergula arvensis. N. (S. Am.)

Stellaria media. N

Suaeda fruticosa.

Suaeda maritima. S.

Tribulus terrestris. N.

Trifolium anqustifolium.

----- procumbens. N.

-----repens. N. (S. Am)

Triglochin maritinum.

Verbascum Blattaria. N.

Veronica Aragallis. N

Vicia sativa. N.

Viola tricolor arvensis.

Vulpia bromoides. N.

Zastera marina. S.

96 total

I have added the mark (S. Am.) to those which I know to be found also in South America. CB.

Addenda to the above list. CB.

Typha latifolia – A

Polyprogon Monspeliensis

Lappago racimosa (=Cenchus racemosus, L. Rubus fruticosus (according to Ecklon & Zeyher, but I will not undertake to answer for its absolute identity with the British plant.)

above 30 both by mark.


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