172 CXLVIII. oRCHIDEZ. (J.D. Hooker.) [Cypripedium. 
y. Petals narrower but not much longer than the dorsal sepal, sometimes 
warted on the surface, but not on the margins, which are glabrous. 
8; C. Drurii, Beddome Ic. Plant. Ind. Or. 23, t. 112; leaves ligulate 
glabrous not tessellated, scape tall l-fld. pubescent, bract much shorter 
than the ovary, dorsal sepal broadly ovate ciliolate arched, petals linear- 
oblong obtuse surface warted and hirsute towards the base, lip helmet- 
shaped mouth open, staminode subquadrate. Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 
1876, 68; Xen. Orchid. ii. 223; IU. Hort. 1877, 1. 265; Lindenia, 1. t. 6; 
Flor. Mag. N. S. t. 425; Veitch Man. 22, with fig. 
TRAvANCORE Mrs., alt. 5-6000 ft., Drury. 
Leaves 7-10 in., bright green. Scape 9-12 in. and small obtuse bracts and ovary 
pubescent; flowers 3 iu. diam.; dorsal sepal greenish yellow with a broad dark 
median band and a dorsal keel with black hairs; lower connate sepals smaller; 
petals incurved tips rounded, bright. ochreous yellow, with a dark median band, 
warts and hairs blackish ; staminode much smaller than the mouth of the lip, which 
is bright yellow dotted with purple within, and with acute margins. 
9. C. insigne, Wail. mss. in Lindl. Coll. Bot. t. 32; leaves ligulate 
glabrous not tessellated, scapes elongate 1-2-fld., bract equalling the ovary, 
dorsal sepal large arched orbicular-ovate margins subrecurved, petals 
linear-oblong glabrous margin undulate, lip broadly helmet-shaped, stam 
node subquadrate. Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid. 530; Hook. Fl. Exot. 
t. 34; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1321; Bot. Mag. t. 3412; Williams Orchid. Ald. 
iv. t. 155; Griff. Notul. 344; Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 899; Veitch Man. 32; 
Flore des Serres, 1564. 
Kuasia Hits, alt. 4-5000 ft., Wallich, Ze, 
Leaves 8-12 in., acute, pale green. Scape 12 in., 1-2-fld. and large oblong com 
pressed bracis and ovary pubescent; flowers 4-5 in. diam., glossy ; dorsal sep? 
apple-green, purple-spotted, tip white, lateral smaller, paler ; petals rather longer 
than the sepals, margins subcordate, green with white tips and purple veins; p 
broad yellow or green suffused with purple, tawny yellow within; staminode pube. 
cent with a central callus.—The above description is of the wild form; cultiva 
specimens vary greatly in colour, and have numberless synonyms, the principal given 
y Veitch are 
Var. Chantini, Rafar. in Rev. Hort. 1866, 249; 1878, 130, with fig.; dorsal 
sepal margined with white purple spotted, lower combined sepals longer more acute, 
petal veined with amber, lip chesnut brown. Fl. des Serres, xxi. 72; Orchidop". 
1885, 36; Williams Orchid. Alb. vi. t. 278; Gard. Chron. 1882, ii. 717, fig. 127. | 
Var. Maulei, Moore in Flor. Mag. 1861, t. 57; flowers larger, margins of dors? 
sepal revolute towards the base white at the tip, petals paler, lip longer narrower 
paler. Fl. des Serres, xv. t. 1564; Gard. Chron. 1882, ii. 716, fig. 126. 
Var. Sanderae ; flowers primrose yellow, except the white margins. . 
Other vars. are aspera; aurea, Fl. & Pomol. 1882, 75, and albo-marginats 
Williams Orchid. Alb. v. t. 232, 178. For figures of the flowers of many varieties 
see Gard. Chron. 1882, ii. 716, f. 126. 
10. C. Spicerianum, Reich. f. in Gard. Chron, 1880, i. 40, 7^ 
fig. 7; leaves ligulate subacute not tessellated, scape tall 1-2-fld., bracts 
much shorter than the ovary, dorsal sepal very large erect rhombic-obovate 
hirsute sides strongly recurved below, petals shorter deflexed ligulate 
margins undulate and crisped,lip helmet-shaped mouth dilated, stami- 
node orbicular. Bot. Mag. t. 6490; Ill. Hort. 1883, t. 473; the Garde 
1883, t. 378; Williams Orchid. Alb. iii. t. 119; Belg. Hortic. 1883, 289, t.18; 
Orchidoph. 1890, 415 ; Gard. Chron, 1880, i. 41, £. 7; Veitch Man. 46, with [9 
