Tab. 5362. 



CYPRIPEDIUM Hookers. 



Lady Hooker s Cypripedium. 



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

 Gen. Char. {Fide supra, Tab. 490 L.) 



Cypripedium Hooherce; foliis carnoso-coriaceis oblongo-ligulatis acutis tessel- 

 latis, pedunculo unifloro hirto, sepalo superiore triangulo ovato, sepalo 

 inferiore oblongo obtuse acuto, tepalis ligulato-obovatis acutis limbo cilia- 

 tulis, labelli sacco cylindraceo galeato, margine libero medio integerrimo 

 retuso latere utroque minute angulato, stamiuodio peltato magno oblongo, 

 postice integerrimo, antice excisura semiovata bidentato, columna postice 

 sub staminodio callo trilobo signata, lobo medio semiovato, lobis lateralibus 

 teretiusculis divaricatis. Reichenb.Jil. 



Cypripedium Hookerse. 



This is another of those beautiful species of Cypripedium of 

 which Wallich's C. venustum and insigne were the first (and long 

 the only types known) in cultivation, but of which many striking 

 new forms have of late been brought to this country from the 

 islands of the East. For the present species we are indebted 

 to Messrs. Low and Sons, of Clapton, who imported it from 

 Borneo, and the specimen figured flowered in the garden of 

 W. Marshall, Esq., of Enfield. Specimens were also sent at the 

 same time to Dr. Reichenbach, fil., who has communicated to 

 us the specific name he has given to it, with the further note : 

 "Flowers of Cypripedium hirsutissimum and leaves of Phalcenopsis 

 ScMllerianum, or nearly so." It partakes also of the characters 

 of C. barbatum (Tab. 4234) and C. purpureum (Tab. 4901), from 

 both of which it differs in the green and yellow dorsal sepal not 

 , striped with purple, and from the former also in wanting the 

 bearded tubercles on the margins of the sepals ; the latter cha- 

 racter and the purple lip distinguish it from C. venustum (Tab. 

 2129), as do the mottled leaves and very different dorsal sepal 

 from C. Fairieanum (Tab. 5024) and C. insigne (Tab. 3412); 

 whilst the straight, shorter, not decurved petals, and many other 



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