To J. D. Hooker   29 [December 1859]¹

My dear Hooker

At p. xxxvi. amongst Nat. orders with upwards of $\frac{3}{4}$ ^ths of genera endemic you give “Cruciferæ” amidst strange associates.² at p xxxvii amongst Nat. orders with between $\frac{3}{4}$ & $\frac{1}{2}$ not endemic you again give “Cruciferæ”. Is the first a misprint, or do I quite misunderstand list?— I have thought that it w^d. be just worth drawing your attention to, this, for if a misprint, it c^d easily be corrected by hand.—

Yours affect | C. Darwin

Do not write on purpose, but sometime explain, for I was surprised to see Cruciferæ in 1^st. list.—

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