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Cepripepium venustum. Comety Lapy’s 
SLIPPER. 
Me RR ee ee i ek ae se ste te 
Class and Order. 
GynanpriA Dieynia. 
Generic Character. 
‘Labellum (nectarium) ventricosum, inflatum (nunc sac- 
catum).  Columna postice terminata lobo petaloideo (stamine 
sterili) antheras distinguente. Petala 2 antica seepius con- 
nata. Brown in Hort. Kew. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Cyérirtbium venustum ; acaule, foliis lanceolatis equitati- 
tibus maculatis, petalis lateralibus ciliatis, nectério venoso 
ore inflexo. : | 
Cyprivepium vénustum. Wallich. 
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Descr. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, carinate, spreading distich- 
wise, their bases overlapping one another alternately ; spotted 
with large green spots on the upper surface, and small purple 
dots on the under, perennial. Scape but little longer than the 
leaves, rounded. Spathe ovate, concave, keeled ; keel and mar 
ae blackish. _Germen twice as long as the spathe, obtusely 
gled. Corolla at first nodding: upper petal oval, con- 
cave, white, striped with green : lower petal smaller, otherwise 
similar, composed of two united, which is proved (as observed 
by Brown) by the absence of the midrib. The two lateral 
petals longer than the others, strap-shaped, ciliated with dark 
purple hairs, externall of the same colour with the others ; 
internally marked with black round spots, and towards the 
tip tinged with purple. Slipper (labellum or nectary) inflated, 
oval, beautifully veined with green and tinged with purple, 
the opening bent inward at the sides, leaving the corners 
erect. : Column short, dark green, oder ers with - og 
lobed lid. le incurved, short ; stigma large, orbicular. 
