RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of 4to Pamphlets. CUL-DAR75.99. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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228 Saporta. Proofs of very slow modification in fossil plants of Koumi, (Eubee) & Cartal.
Saporta, Louis Charles Joseph Gaston de. 1873. Examen critique d'une collection de plantes fossiles de Koumi (Eubée). Annales scientifiques de l'école Normale Supérieure 2: 323-352. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 228] PDF
230 Eimer, Lacerta muralis cœrulea of Capri p. 18 great difference in utility of var. on islets off Capri & on Capri
Eimer, Theodor. 1874. Zoologische Studien auf Capri. I Über Beroë ovatus. II Lacerta muralis coerulea. Ein Beitrag zur Darwin'schen Lehre. 2 vols. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 230] vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 PDF
p 19 The vars kept separate when in confinement
p 24 The sp. varies in the same manner on Capri, at Naples & on continent
29 many intermediate forms, but the same in distinct places.
p. 32 do.
p. 36 & 38 causes –
37. a constant var —
p 38 The peculiar var. of Capri due to no crossing & uniform conditions
41, 42 causes of var. & criticism on me. to 45
p 45 Spermatozoa of Rana temporaria & Erculata different
231. Duval - Jouve Hist of Cyperus p. 402 with [congenous] spc. differences in Hist. — differences in allied genera gradual .406 difference of leaves of a Suifur in water & dry places, but Hist: the same.
Duval-Jouve, Joseph. 1874. Étude histotaxique des Cyperus de France. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France, 21: 114-120. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 231] PDF
232 Saporta on cretaceous Flora
Saporta, Louis Charles Joseph Gaston de and Marion, Antoine Fortuné. 1873. Essai sur l'état de la végétation à l'époque des marnes heersiennes de Gelinden. Mémoires de l'Académie royale de Belgique Année 37: 1-96, 12 pls. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 232] PDF
p. 27 hist — some Fam. well Developed at this age & have since undergone little change — others considerably modified.
p 59 the earliest Dicot. simple, such as Ranunculaceae & which came rather to nearest to monocots. — But the 2 great groups quite distinct.
236 Wallace p. 86 acclimatization of rice in China
Wallace, Alfred Russel. 1874. Acclimatisation. Encyclopedia Britannica. 9th ed. Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, vol. 1, pp. 84-90. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 236] Text PDF
240 De Candolle — a kind of selection & struggle between Buds on same tree
Candolle, Alphonse de. 1875. Des effets différents d'une même température sur une même espèce au nord et au midi. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences 80: 1369-1611. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 240]
241. Lawes & Gilbert — Experiment on manure & struggle between different plants — important struggle for life & nature of condition
Lawes, John Bennet. 1875. Memoranda of the plan and results of the field experiments conducted on the farm of John Bennet Lawes, Esq., at Rothamsted, Herts. London: William Clowes and Sons; W. Engelmann. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 241, 271(1876), 322]
243. Naudin — duration of Hybrid Ægilops & [illeg] about variability of Hybrids
Naudin, Charles Victor. 1875. Variation désordonnée des plantes hybrides et déductions qu'on peut en tirer. Bulletin de la Société botanique de France 22: 218-219. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 243] PDF
247 Fossil Plants of Sumatra Heer
Heer, Oswald. 1874. Ueber fossile Pflanzen von Sumatra. Abhandlungen der schweizerischen paläontologischen Gesellschaft 1 (2): 2-19. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 247] PDF
250 Steindachner — On snakes & Lizards & affinity of Galapagos Islands.
Steindachner, Franz. 1876. Die Schlangen und Eidechsen der Galapagos-inseln. Vienna: Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 250] PDF
251 Delboeuf on mathematics applied to transformism & inheritance
Delboeuf, Joseph. 1877. Les mathématiques et le transformisme. Une loi mathématique applicable à la théorie du transformisme. Revue scientifique de la France et de l'étranger 2d ser. 6: 669-679. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 251 ('missing' in Vorzimmer)] PDF
258 Moritz Wagner — On geographical races &c important
Wagner, Moritz Friedrich. 1875. Der Naturprocess der Artbildung. Das Ausland 22: 425-428; 23: 449-452; 24: 473-475; 25: 490-493; 26: 513-516; 29: 570-575; 30: 589-593. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 258] PDF
259 Möbius Proportion of orders have inhabit sea & F. Water & the Land
Möbius, Karl. 1877. Die äusseren Lebensverhältnisse der Seethiere. Leipzig: Mahlau and Waldschmidt. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 259] PDF
269 Salvin — very important paper on Birds of Galapagos.
Salvin, Osbert. 1876. On the avifauna of the Galapagos archipelago. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 9 (May): 447-510, pls. LXXXIV-LXXXIX. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 269] PDF
274 Sars — on Brisinga — a survival of very ancient Echinoderm with [generalised] characters
Sars, Georg Ossian. 1875. On some remarkable forms of animal life from the great depths off the Norwegian coast II: Researches on the structure and affinity of the genus Brisinga. Christiana: Brøgger & Christie. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 274] PDF
275 Behrens, History of Progress on Fertilisation of Flowers
Behrens, Wilhelm Julius. 1878. Beiträge zur Geschichte der Bestäubungstheorie. Separatabdruck aus dem Programm der Königl. Gewerbeschule zu Elberfeld 1877-78. Elberfeld: A Martini & Grüttefien. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 275] PDF
276 On Hybrid Canary Birds
Riemann, Rudolf. 1877. Versuche einer sachgemässen Ausnutzung der Bastardzucht zur Bildung von neuen Rassen. Die Gefiederte Welt 6: 402-404, 410-411, 419-421, 430-431. (whole issue) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection Quarto 276] PDF
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