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From J. T. Moggridge   12 July 1873

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Sends his paper on Ophrys insectifera, translated into German by H. G. Reichenbach [Abh. Kais. Leopold.-Carol. Dtsch. Akad. Naturforsch. 33 (1870) no. 3], which shows the intermediates between O. aranifera and O. apifera. He has since gathered information on variation in Ophrys.

Author:  John Traherne Moggridge
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  12 July 1873
Classmark:  DAR 171: 218
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8977

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  • … of a single species, O.  insectifera (the fly orchid; see also Moggridge 1871 , pls. XIX, …

From J. T. Moggridge   22 July 1873

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He will repeat the experiments in which CD found that formic acid vapour killed seeds [see 8866]. John Lindley describes effects of other acids on germination.

He has tabulated the large amount of variation in English Ophrys apifera.

Author:  John Traherne Moggridge
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  22 July 1873
Classmark:  DAR 171: 219
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8984

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  • … German paper on Ophrys insectifera (the fly orchid; Moggridge  1869 ) with his letter of …
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