RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of 4to Pamphlets. CUL-DAR75.93. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and John van Wyhe, edited by John van Wyhe 5.2021, 9.2025. RN2
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Hooker Galapagos continued (35)
Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1846. Enumeration of the plants in the Galapagos Islands, with descriptions of the new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 1: 276-279. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 35] Text PDF
p 252 - 16 plants common to Pacific isds & America, but all P likewise in America
p 253 List of 15 Malden Isd plants
p 254 Remarks no Birds in common (Currents
p 258 strong statement of the peculiarity of each island endemic plant — of 123 endemic, only 13 P on this island & only 2 or 3 islets — Remarkable
p 259 if isds joined there wd be much extermination.
p do isolation necessary to preserve plant from extinction.
p 260 The fertile isld here received & got most American plants
p 261 Beautiful proof of some colonisation of the endemic plants, from isld to isld; & then wd lead me to suppose that all the colonies had been formed in separate islands: main difference in [illeg], Madeira Islands.
36 Carmichael on Tristan d'Arunha — no endemic land mammal — Hogs & Goats now wild — Hooker M. S list of Plants which has been read for Glacial
Carmichael, Dugald. 1818. Some account of the island of Tristan da Cunha and of its natural productions. Transactions of the Linnaean Society of London 12: 483-513. (CCD2: "Bound with CD's copy are lists of Tristan da Cunha plants from the 1850s by CD and Hooker")[Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 36] PDF
38 Gould — p XIV on relation of Friendly & Samoa & Sociely Islds Land-Shells
Gould, Augustus Addison. 1852. Introduction. Mollusca & shells. United States Exploring Expedition. During the year 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Boston: Gould & Lincoln. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 38] PDF
p xv In Sandwich Isd each has its own Achatinella - & peculiar sub-groups of each genera, so that each isd has its own character
39 Hope F. Entomology — p 4 on Entomology of India & W. Africa — p. 9 wide range of same Dyticidæ (F. W not well stocked main cause of wide range)
Hope, Frederick William. 1840. Entomology of the Himalayas and of India. Madras Journal of Literature and Science 12: 105-136. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 39] PDF
41 Piorry on Hereditariness. p. 23-25 on Diseases coming on same age {- p 26 p 108 p 135 p 144} p 27 on universal consent of hereditary disease
Piorry, Pierre Adolphe. 1840. De l'hérédité dans les maladies. Paris: Bury & Baillière. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 41] PDF
43 Hooker New Zealand (MS list of Plants — of Kerguelen Land — of Algæ
Nägeli, Carl von and Cramer, Carl. 1855-1858. Pflanzenphysiologische Untersuchungen. Zurich: F. Schulthess. Heft 1. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 43] / Heft 2 & Heft 3. [formerly DB.2 (ESC Library)] outsize. CUL-DAR.LIB.461 PDF, PDF [see Heft 4 under C. Cramer]
– Auckland & Campbell Isd — Common to N. Zealand & S. America
– N. Zealand list marked for Sexes
– M.S. on Casuarina & Barksia absent in N. Zealand)
– (Abstract of Bot. of Antarctic voyage
– Passiflora very abnormal
- Daucus with Hooked seed
– p 152 Introduced & mature Taraxicum & Lonchus different
[in margin:] compare with list in Flora of Tasmania
p 322 list of 61 naturalised plants (61/730) In U. States (see whether my genera different from [illeg]
p X cases of plants not seeding in nature
p XI* Compositæ with winged seeds restricted ranges
XIV Indirect proof that varieties all different in different countries
XVI majority of plants can withstand any moderate climate
XVI on the typical form of the species being only the commonest
XVII illustrated by doubts on Deodai & Cedar
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