Reports that he sees the oxlip, cowslip, and primrose as really distinct species; hybrids are formed between any two.
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Reports that he sees the oxlip, cowslip, and primrose as really distinct species; hybrids are formed between any two.
He is not sure whether he has seen Subularia flowering above the water, but thinks it probably is an aerial flowerer, at least sometimes.
Has been unable to find an anonymous book on pigeons in the University Library.
CD and J. D. Hooker have differed on the following question and agreed to ask several botanists: would a good botanist describing a local flora record varieties as readily in large as in small genera?
States his belief that there is a tendency to note varieties in the larger genera rather than in the very small ones.
Notes views of Hooker and George Bentham on monotypic forms.
Has tabulated several floras and finds that large genera show preponderance in numbers of varieties. Now sees his results are quite worthless.