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From Charles Lyell [before 20 November 1860]
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Discusses the possibility of a land-bridge connecting Biscay with Ireland and the consequent occurrence in southern Ireland of Asturian plants which are absent from England.
Asks if Hooker or anyone has criticised Edward Forbes’ botanical migration of five floras in the British Isles ["On the connexion between the distribution of existing fauna and flora of the British Isles, and the geological changes which have affected their area", Mem. Geol. Surv. G. B. 1 (1846): 336–432].
| Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 20 Nov 1860] |
| Classmark: | DAR 170.2: 80 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2902 |
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| Lyell, Charles | (1) |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Lyell, Charles |
Date
| 1860 | (1) |
