RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. [Abstract of 4to Pamphlets]. CUL-DAR75.93. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 5.2021. RN1

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[Hooker, J. D. 1851. On the vegetation of the Galapagos Archipelago, as compared with that of some other tropical islands and of the continent of America. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 20: 235-262.]

Hooker Galapagos continued

p 252  - 16 plants common to Pacific [islands] & 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 [lant – 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 d0    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.

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

 Gould – p XIV on relation of Frendy & Samara & Sociely Islds Land-Shells

p xv    In Sandwich Isd each has its own Achatinella - & peculiar sub-groups of each genera, so that each isd has its own character

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)

Thierry on Hereditariness. p. 23-25 on Diseases coming on same age {- p26 p108 p135 p144} p 27 on universal consent of hereditary disease

Hooker New Zealand (MS list of Plants – of Kerguelen Land – of Algæ

– 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) (see whether my genera different from [origin]

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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