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THERE has for some time been going on a controversy among botanists as to whether Linnaeus in establishing his species Orchis maculata omitted from, or intended to include within, it a very closely related form collected by himself, which has been raised to specific rank by Dr. Claridge Druce as O. Fuchsii. The question whether the latter is only a variant of the former or not appears to depend on whether Linnaeus in his diagnosis of maculata intended the description of the middle lobe of its trifid labellum to apply to one or both.
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FORBES, H. Is Orchis Fuchsii (Druce) a Valid Species of Orchidaceæ?. Nature 114, 610–611 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114610b0
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