RECORD: Darwin, C. R. & Francis Darwin. Abstract 8vo Pamphlets. CUL-DAR75.84.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
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907 Saporta on close affinity of tertiary & recent trees in Europe good answer to Oswald V. Heer.
908 De Candolle on Physiologl differences of plants. Remarks that Saporta shows how gradually sp: change. Tropical species much most numerous.
913 Hildebrande [Frederick Hildebrand] means of dispersion of seeds
920 Woodward Table showing geology persistence of arthropods
921 Hicks gradation in structure of [meduia]
929 Malm on hermiaphodite fishes
931 Buchalz habits of chameleons
933 Trautschold argues well against me on imperfection of geology record; see my M.S. notes: & mem ammonites in carboniferous rocks of India –
p. 169 admits Cephalopods connected by many intermed forms & asks why not all other fossil mollusk –
p. 173 long list of gen which have long endured –
p. 176 long duration not always connected with wide distribution & numerous sp.
p. 182 disputes Hilgendorf's case on authority of sandberger, & so did Hyatt to me.
934 Bouton spreading of introduced plants in Mauritius
936 P. 58 Oldham believes in Wageu discovery of carboniferous ammonites in India
938 Désor
p 227 intermediate forms of echinoderms –
p 228 the group is v ancient, yet suddenly gave rise to many forms in Jurassic period, this opposed to Jäger.
p 240 vars in successive stages of same formation –
247 some forms refract some variable
939 Hincks Plumalaria good case of gradation
939A Leith Adams struggle for existence between two sp of bears
939B Masters causes of modifying sexes in plants
941 Bennet on coats of pollen grains not digested by flies
942 Bennet on forms of pollen in seln to fertn
943 Gautry – Larvæ changing to kinds of plants on which they feed
944 Nägali on Hieracium. – most important on struggle for existence & on extinction & on variation
945 Hyatt, on changes ammonites – acclimation – degeneration – [geological characters]
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