Tab. 5466. 

 CYPRIPEDIUM caricinum. 



Sedge-like Ladys Slipper . 



Nat. Ord. Orchidace^e. — Gtnandria Diandria. 

 Gen. Char. {Vide supra, Tab. 4901.) 



Cypripedium caricinum; rhizomate repente, foliis angustissimis coriaceis aeutis 

 unicostatis scapo plurifloro subaequalibus, bracteis ovatis aeutis spathaceis 

 glabris ovario glabro brevioribus, sepalis lateralibus connatis labelli longitu- 

 dine, petalis duplo longioribus tortilibus deflexis, labello mediocri oblongo 

 semiaperto, staminodio mystacino, columna processu magno bituberculato 

 postice aucta. 



Cypripedium caricinum. Lindl. in Paxton's Flower Garden, vol. i. sub pi. 9. 



Selenipedium caricinum. Reich, fil. Xen. Orchid, v. I. p. 3. 



Cypripedium Pearcii, Hort. 



This singular Peruvian plant was received last year (1863) 

 by Messrs. Veitch from their enterprising collector, Mr. Pearce, 

 after whom I had provisionally named it, while under the im- 

 pression that it was not only new to our gardens, but new to 

 science as well. On proceeding however to collate the plant 

 with the species enumerated by Lindley in Paxton's c Flower 

 Garden' I found, under the name of C. caricinum, what could 

 be none other than our present subject ; the description being 

 taken from Bolivian specimens collected by Mr. Bridges. As 

 the prior name of C. caricinum must of course be retained, that 

 of Pearcii will have to be cancelled, a circumstance that I should 

 have been more disposed to regret had not Mr. Pearce's name 

 already been worthily associated with divers beautiful plants first 

 discovered by himself. Dr. Lindley's specific name happily 

 designates the grassy or sedge-like appearance of the plant, 

 which in this respect, as well as in its long creeping rhizome, 

 is entirely unlike any other Cypripedium with which , we are at 

 present acquainted. It would be a Selenipedium, if Professor 

 Reichenbach's genus of that name were accepted, but I quite 



SEPTEMBER 1ST, 1864. 



