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From J. D. Hooker   [before 17 March 1855]

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JDH criticises C. J. F. Bunbury’s paper on Madeira [J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 1 (1857): 1–35].

Absence of Ophrys on Madeira suggests to JDH a sequence in creation of groups.

Why are flightless insects common in desert?

Australian endemism.

Author:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [before 17 Mar 1855]
Classmark:  DAR 104: 210–13
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1644

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  • … Bibliography Bentham, George and Mueller, Ferdinand von. 1863–78. Flora Australiensis: a …
  • George Bentham . See letter to J.  D. Hooker, 11 [December 1854] . Bentham eventually included this material in his Flora Australiensis ( Bentham 1863– …
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