States his belief that there is a tendency to note varieties in the larger genera rather than in the very small ones.
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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.