CyPRIPEDIUM MACRANTHON. LaARGE- 
FLOWERED LaApy’s S.LippEr. 
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Class and Order. 
GynanpriA Dieyni. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuwes. ) 
Generic Character. 
Labellum ventricosum, inflatum (nune saccatum). Co- 
lumna postice terminata lobo petaloideo (stamine sterili) 
antheras distinguente. Petala 2 antica, sepius connata. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Cyrrirepium * macranthon ; lobo columnz elongato-cor- 
dato, ore labelli perianthio brevioris contracto crenu- 
lato, antheris dorso aristatis, caule folioso, foliis gla- 
briusculis. 
‘Cyprirepium macranthon. Swarts Gen. et Sp. Orchid. p. 
103. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 4. p.145. Spreng. Syst. Veget. 
v. 3. p. TAD. ae 
Caxcroxus purpureus speciosus. Amman. Ruth. p. 132. n. 
176. ¢. 21. 
Catceotus y. petalis nectario equalibus aut minoribus. 
Gmel. Sib. v. 1. p. 2. t. 1. . 
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Descr. Stem simple, a span or more high, terete, joint- 
ed, pubescent, at the base having a sheathing scale, the 
root a good deal concealed by the long, sheathing bases of 
four or five leaves, which are ovate, attenuated at the base, 
Wavy, striated, or almost plicated, downy at the —— 
an 
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From Kumpos, Venus, and sods, a slipper, Venus’s Slipper, from the 
shape of the Labellum. 
