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form, which he calls the brown form, as a new var., fusca. In view 
of the widely scattered publications relating to the taxonomy of 
plants, it is not at all surprising that Dr. Bartlett missed a reference 
or two in his search of the literature pertaining to the subject. In 
Torreya Vol. 16, page 231 for October, 1916, Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell 
published the new combination for the yellow type. In the Michi- 
gan Academy of Science, 19th Report for 1916, page 247, I published 
the brown type as C. maculata Raf. var. intermedia. Dr. Bartlett's 
var. fusca, therefore becomes a synonym of var. intermedia. The 
plants upon which the two varietal names for the brown form are 
based came from the same locality, Copper Harbor, Keweenaw Co., 
Mich. The only difference that I can detect from Dr. Bartlett’s 
description of the var. fusca is that Mr. Hermann's specimens had 
spotted flowers as well as spotted lips while my specimens had purplish 
spots on the lips only. "This slight difference, however, can scarcely 
be considered of such importance as to maintain the two as of different 
varieties. 
DEPARTMENT OF Botany, Parke, Davis & Co., Detroit, Mich. 
Vol. 25, no. 289, including pages 1 to 16, was issued 24 January, 1923. 
