lis OYPRIPEDXUM. No. 35. 



Gjjnandria and order iJiondriOy although most of 

 them arc truly monandrous. IJe called their peri- 

 gone, a corolla, bccnuse often colored, and deemed 

 the labellum a nectary, while it is evidently a part 

 of the pcrigonc or sexual covering. The generic 

 name of Ci/pripcdhmty means Venus' Shoe ; it is a 

 «plendid j^cnus containing several beautiful American 

 and Asiatic species. JMany Dutanists have made two 

 species, C. ptibcscevfi and C parvljlorurn of thi«, (o 

 1^'hich the previous and better name of C iuieu/n 

 •n^ht to be restored. I have ascertained that they 



form only one species^ aflfording many varieties, some 

 of which are 



1. G. L. Var, pubcscens, entirely pubescent even 

 the flowers. 



2- C, L. Var. g!abrumy nearly smooth. 



3. C. L. Var grandiflzrum^ slightly pubescent, 

 labellum very large. 



4» C. I.. Var. ;>orr//7ort/m, slightly pubescent, !§• 

 bcllum small. 



I 5. C, L. ^ ar. maculalumj labellum more or L-- 

 spotted, ^vith xi^^ dots, lobule oflen red* 



6. C. L, Var. bijiorum^ with two flowers vd 



bracteoles* 



7. V L. Var. concolor, the whole flower yellow 

 or yellowish, unspotted. 



8- C. L. Var. angusti folium ^ leaves and braC* 

 ♦eoles lanicwlate. 



A multitude of in*<^rmediate varieties or dfTtalioo* 



'^ay be .C4>n, with undulate or spiral mmm\^ obtyW "* 



r acute lobule, Leader ornarrower K^*w. kc 



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