The species now represented is a native of the Straits of 

 Malacca, where Cuming found it on Mount Ophir. Messrs. 

 Loddiges are, as far as I am aware, the only persons who have 

 flowered it. The purple hairy shining warts which border 

 the upper edge of its petals distinguish it immediately from 

 C. venustum and purpuratum, which are most like it. 



Fig. 1. in the plate represents the head of the sterile 

 stamen. 



Persons who are unskilful in the cultivation of Orchi- 

 daceous plants, manage the more common kinds of Cypripe- 

 dium extremely well, and therefore it is only necessary to say- 

 that this species succeeds perfectly with the same treatment as 

 C. venustum or insigne. The cultivator should not go to ex- 

 tremes with resting these plants, and should water with caution 

 when they are just beginning to grow, as the young shoots 

 are apt to damp off. They are terrestrial in their habits, and 

 do best when grown in pots. 



