Tas. 4234. 
CYPRIPEDIUM sBarsartvum. 
Bearded Ladies’ Slipper. 
Nat. Ord. Oncnuipr“.—GyNaNpDRIA DIanpDRIA. 
Gen. Char. Perianthium patens.  Sepala: lateralia connata aut distincta, 
labello supposita. Petala libera, seepius angustiora. Lade/lum inflatum, margine 
utrinque auriculato inflexo. Colwmna nana. Stamina 3, quorum unum sterile. 
centrale dilatatum inflexum, et 2 fertilia lateralia. 4nthere sub stamine sterili 
latentes, subrotunde, 2-loculares. Pollen pulvereo-granulosum. Stylus subliber, 
teres, stigmate disciformi terminatus.—Herbe terrestres utriusque orbis, ab equa- 
tore fere ad circulum arcticum vagantes. Folia radicalia aut caulinia, coriacea aut 
plicata. Flores solitarii racemosi v. paniculati, speciosi. Lindl. 
Cyprirepium barbatum; acaule, foliis coriaceis acutis | canaliculatis maculatis, 
scapo pubescente, sepalo dorsali cuspidato obtuso ciliato margine revoluto, 
petalis lineari-oblongis subundulatis fimbriatis margine superiore verrucoso, 
stamine sterili lunato pubescente. Lindt. 
Cyprtpepium barbatum. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1841. Misc. n.110. Bot. Reg. 1842. 
£.£f, 
Cyprrpepium Javanicum. Bl. Cat. 98. -Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bogor. p. 48. 
It is with no small reluctance that I represent this as a species 
distinct from Cypripedium venustum, Wall. in Bot. Mag. t. 2129, 
and Exot. Fl. t. 35; or even from the C. purpuratum, Lindl. Bot. 
Reg. t. 1991, the only distinguishing character being in the 
“purple hairy shining warts which border the upper edge of 
the petals” in our present plant. But assuredly such warts, in a 
greater or less degree do exist on those of C. venustum, though 
they are obsolete in C. purpuratum. Probably the different localities 
were considered to strengthen the idea of specific difference, the 
C. venustum inhabiting the north of India, about Nepal, and the 
two others the Malayan islands: but the mountains of tropical 
India are now well known to produce similar species to those of 
the less elevated regions of the north, and such appears to be the 
case in the present instance. The colour of the lip in C. barbatum 
is different from that of C. venustum; but m two beautiful 
flowering specimens, sent to us by our friend Mr. Veitch, ae 
Java (from which our figure was taken), one eee the dar 
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JUNE lst, 1846. 
