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* CYPRIPEDIUM purpuràtum. 
Purple-stained Lady's Slipper. 
GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ÖRCHIDACER, $ CY PRIPEDIER. 
CYPRIPEDIUM. Supra, vol. 10. fol. 788. 
C. purpuratum ; foliis oblongis acutis striatis maculatis basi equitantibus, scapo 
aphyllo pubescente, sepalo dorsali acuminato ciliato margine revoluto, 
petalis oblongis subundulatis pubescentibus, stamine sterili lunato. 
A further addition to the tropical section of the. genus 
Cypripedium, of which C. insigne and venustum constitute 
the other species. It is a native of the Malayan Archipelago, 
and was imported by Mr. Knight, of the King's Road Nur- 
sery. The accompanying drawing was made in Nov. 1836, 
in Messrs. Loddiges’ collection. 
Not having had an opportunity of examining personally the 
only flower that was produced, I am unable to say any thing 
more of the plant than is shewn in the figure. It is mani- 
festly distinct from the other two species in its crescent-shaped 
sterile stamen. Its leaves are mostlike those of C. venustum, 
but are more oblong, and far less rigid, besides having a 
pallid colour, quite unlike that of the species alluded to; its 
petals moreover want the long bearded fringe, and the dorsal 
sepal is convex, not concave. 
( Continued from folio 1986.) 
. Whether or not the genus Maxillaria is well limited as it 
is at present understood is uncertain ; nor, till a larger num- 
ber of species shall have been accurately examined, will it 
be safe to arrive at any conclusion upon the subject. The 
value of the numerous modifications of the pollen masses 
and glandular apparatus is, in particular, still to be ascer- 
tained. But, in the meanwhile, there is one charaeter at 
least, without which it may be safely asserted that no plant 
* See folio 1534. 
