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Cypripedinm — conf-invrd, 

 C. L, Hyoanam (Ilyc'«). /„ dorsal aepnl white, veined giwn. 



li! -t> ; petals cUiaua ; lip eutirely grtLii. Borneo, 1886. S\s. 

 C. IJyfanum. 



C. !«. plcioleucum (whiter). A tariety in which the superior 

 art-a of the upper sepal i* »Mte, and the remarkaUy aciirce 

 coloured radii are xktj abort, the flower thus having a distinct 



appear.utL-e. 



C- li. stcuosemium (narrow-atandardK /., upper sepal nar- 

 ro>\er than iu the lype, nearly elliptic in outline. 1887. 



C. Leeannm (W. Lce'a). jt, dorsal sepal pure wliite, with a 

 central dotted bar of bright purplish-red; broadiv oval, the base 

 emerald-green, with mauve spots pa-sing into the white; petals 

 striped louriiudinally \*it.h reddish-brown; pouch shining 

 browntah-ted ; soape rather long. L bright green, ligulate. 1884. 

 A charming, dwarf and compact hybrid between C. insiffne 

 MauiH and C. SpieeHimtm. (L. iii. 125 ; W. O. A. v. 223.) 



C, I«« snperlmin (superb). A 9ne variety, the large and showy 

 dorsal sepal marked with radiating rows of purple lines, green 

 and shining at the base. 1886. 



C. Lemoinicrlaimill (Lemoinier's). Jf., sepals whitish yellow, 

 nerved purple, the lateral edge of the upper one inflexed, purple ; 

 petals white on the disk inside, with a purple margin and top, 

 descending, but a&cendingat apex, lanceolate, acuminate, with a 

 broad buise; lip very broad, inflexed, retuse-ventricose, the side 

 lobes yell wish-white, spotted purple inside, inside white, spotted 

 purple, the sac and inferior side fine dark purple ; bracts lig:ht 

 green, very I"-:;e, spathaceous. equal to or surpassing the reddish- 

 purple ovary ; peduncle very strong, about 3ft. lui;h, and as 

 thicK as an esgle'a quill, browm-h-purple, hairy, usually 

 branched. /. long, from2in. to Sin. wide, sharply keeled on the 

 uiuler side. 1888. Garden hybrid. 



C, lineolard (sli;;htly lined). jL , sepals white, with green nerves ; 



peials light ochre, with light iniiuve nerves ; lip light ochre and 



light brown. /. haring numerous sharp, dark, tran:3verse de:3igna- 

 1887. Hybrid. ^ ^* > t> 



C. macroptcrum (long-winged). /., sepals light green, the upper 

 one nervtd with brown inside at the base; petals very long, 

 much dilatefl, oblong from a cuneate, semi-sagittate base, which 

 is ochreous, with blackish-purple spots, the front part purple, the 

 upper margins hairy ; lip like that of C. Lowii, but longer, 1885. 

 A fine garden hybrid between C. Lowii and C. ^uperbieaSt ^vith 

 the inflorescence of the former, and the short leaves of the 



latter. 



C, nuurmoratuni (marbled), it. curiously striped and marked 

 like a flake Carnation, the flaking being a pretty combination of 

 white, purple, and rose, very handsome. 1887. (Q. C. ser. iii., 

 Tol. i., p. 576.) 



C. marmoropliylluzn (marbled-leavedX ^-i upper sepal shaped 



as in C barbaLum, the margin w;ished purple and the centre 

 green, the uervt;s ^re^n ; petals bent down a^ in C. Uookera', but 

 more purple, bordered with bri-tles, with two wnrts on each 

 superior limb; lip having the side angles a little more developed 

 than iu C. Ilookfnje, the iufiexed margins covered with warts; 

 scape purple, tall. L as in C llookene, A hybrid between the 

 species named. 



C. Marshallianum (Marshall's). Jl. pale rose-coloured, the 

 .^opiis and peUUs thickly sprinkled with small pmple spots 

 wliich gradually arrange In lines on the dorsal sepal and dis- 

 appear at tlieapex; lip with very few spots, and those minute. 

 1887. (U. C. ser. iii., vol. i., p. 513.) 



C. Measurcslanum (R. II. Measures'). Jt., dorsal sepal yellow, 

 margined white, veined yellowish-green ; petals shaped as in 

 C. viUoninn^ light brownish-purple, changing to bright orange, 

 the upper half suffused purple ; lip orange, tinted and veined 

 purplish-brown, large ; scapes purple, hairy. I. 5in. to Sin. long, 

 lin. to IMn. broad, marked purple below. 1887, A hybrid 

 between C. villosum and C. venmtum, (W. O. A. 504.) 



C. Meirax (youthtul). fi. medium-sized ; dorsal sepal blush- 

 white, nerved green and purple, broadly ovate, ciliated at base; 

 f metals purplish-crimson, nerved green, linear-oblong, ciliated; 

 ip glossy yellowish-green in front, veined and barred crimson- 

 purple, the point margined deep purple; scape dark purple, 

 hairy. >Vinter and spring, i. oblong -lanceolate, acute, faintly 

 mottled above, wine-purple beneath. A small-growini; hybrid, 

 (W. O. A. 95.) 



C. melanophthalxnam (dark-eyed). /, medium-sized ; dorsal 

 sepal whitish, flushed purple towards the base, nerved green; 

 petals glossy, linear-oblong, acute, the upper half purple, nerved 

 green, the lower half paler, with wartlike spots on the base and 

 the ciliated margins ; scapes purplish-downy. Winter and 

 spring. I. pale irreen, with darker, coarse reticulations. H> brid. 

 (W. O.A. iii. 103.) ^ 



microcmiam 



fi. broader than in C niveum; 



upper sepal white, with a central, sp 'tted bar, and several other 

 laint lines and dark cinnamon stripes, roundish, apirnlate ; 

 petals white, with a crimson, central stripe and several lines of 





Cypripedi 



continued. 



C. montannm fmonntain-loving). /. brownish-purple, with a 



white lip, striped with red inside; column yellow, spotted with 



crimson, i. lanceolate, puhesrent. h, about 1ft. Oregon, 1883. 

 A beautiful little, hardy Orchid. 



C. Morganaa (Mrs. Morgan's). A synonym of C. Morganianum. 



C. Morganianum (Morgan's). /., dorsal sepal tinted rose, 

 elliptic, apiculate; petals whitish-sulphur, with numerous 

 brownish-mauve blotches and stripes, long, broadly ligulate, 

 slightly twisted ; lip brownish-mauve ; peduncle three or more- 

 flowered. L ligulate. obtuse, green 1882. Hybrid between 

 C. mperUpiis &,n(i C. Stonei. SvN. C. Morganai{G. C. n. s., xxvi., 

 p. 2U ; I. H. xxxiv. 5 ; W. O. A. vii. 313). 



C. Obscurum (obscure). /., upper sepal whitish, nerved brown, 

 nearly elliptic, the lateral on^a whitish, with ten rows of dark 

 purple spots, much shorter than the lip ; lip dark purple-brown, 

 beneath ochre, with brown spots ; peduncle hairy, blackish- 

 purple. I. ligulate, cartilaginous, green, l^in. broad. 1857. 



C, oenanthum (wine-flowered). fl. medium sized, solitary; 

 dorsal sepal whitish, green at base, with violet nerves, marked 

 with rows of purple blotches ; petals port-wine-coloured, flushed 

 viol -t, yellowish with dark blotches towards the base; lip also 

 port-wine-coloured ; scape covered with dark hairs. I. ligulate, 

 three-toothed at apex, dark green. A hybrid between C. i7isi(jne 

 Maulei and C Harrisianura, 



C. oe. superbum (superb). /,, dorsal sepal of a deep claret- 

 red, with broad lines of confluent, blackish-purple spots, which 

 become, where they enter the broad, white margin, mauve- 

 purple ; lower sepals greenish, with lines and blackish spots on 

 the basal half; petals vinous-red, with darker veins, shading to 

 pale green at the base and apex, ciliated on the upper edge, and 

 w ith a few blackish spots on the lower edge towards the base. 

 1885. A garden hybrid between C. Harrisianum and C. iimnae 

 MauleL (R. G. 1886, 213.) 



C* orbam (orb-like). /?., upper sepal lined with purplish-mauve, 

 broad, oblong, the lateral ones much shorter than the lip ; 

 petals brownish-purple, spotted blackish, ligulate; lip very large, 

 pale ochre, the base of the sac whitish with greeni-ih veins, the 

 other part purphsh-brown ; peduncle hairy, less than Sin. high. 

 1887. Hybrid. 



C, orphan um (orphan). /., dorsal sepal green, triangular, the 

 margin light purple, the mid-nerve purple, the lower ones 

 very short, with ten green nerves; petals "white, with a deep 

 purple mid-line, mostly olive-green, spotted at base," oblong, 

 dedexed, flat; lip purplish-brown in front, yellowish at back, 

 spotted purple on the base, very broad ; peduncle very tall. 

 L short and stiff, nut marbled. 1886. Garden hybrid, 



C, pavonium (peacock-like). /., median sepal oblong, obtuse, 

 greenish, b^trdered white, nerved sepia-brown, the base yellow, 

 with blackish blotches ; later.il sepals shorter than the lip, 

 whitish, spotted brown ; petals ligulate, obtuse-acute, the upper 

 part purplish-brown, the lower part light sulphur-colour, spotted 

 brown ; iip slender, the inferior part ochre ; peduncle greenish- 

 ochre, with red hairs. I. 9in. long, 2in. wide, green, the base of ^ 

 the under side spotted and striped red. A hybrid between ' 

 C. venustuin and 0. BoxalUi. 



C. Peetersianum (Peeters'). /., upper sepal white, nerved 

 carmine, half-oblong, obtuse-acute ; inferior sepal smaller ; 

 petals carmine, with a few dark spots and nerves ; lip reddish- 

 brown above, ochre coloured beneath ; peduncle carmine, hairy. 

 ^ green, with dark nerves, A hybrid between C. 6a/*6afwmand 

 (?. icmuatuvn. 



C. Pit Cher ianum (Jas. R. Pitcher's). /., dorsal sepal whitish, 

 veined green, spotted black and dark purple, 2in. long, acumi- 

 nate, the lower ones whitish, with broader, green veins ; petals 

 whitish, purplish towards the ends, veined green, deflected, 2^in. 

 long; lip purple, with darker veins, 2in. long, the inside yellowish, 

 studded dark purple. Winter. L acute, Sin. long, dark-spotted. 

 Philippine Islands. 



C. pleistochlorum (very green). /., upper sepal nerved purple 

 and green, elliptic, acute, the lateral ones green-nerved, forming 

 a narrow, ligulate. acute body, half as long as the brown, strongly 

 horned lip ; petals purple-brown on the anterior part, green- 

 veined above, with a series of brown spots at the side of the 

 sepal, ligulate, apiculate, ciliated ; peduncle one-flowered, hairy. 

 L with some dark marks and lines. 1887. Hybrid. 



C. plunerum. /., sepals whitish, marked with dark green 

 nerves, the upper one roundish -triangular, the lateral ones 

 forming a much smaller body ; upper part and anterior margin of 

 the lip ochre-coloured, the upper part dark-spotted, the retuse. 

 anterior mouth of the shoe deep brown ; peduncle reddish-brown, 

 with very short, mauve hairs, Z. light green, with hieroglyphic 

 marks on the upper surface. 1887. Hybrid. 



'^. politnm (polished), fl., dorsal sepal whitish, suffused red, 

 varnished, jfreen-nerved, with a central, red bar ; petals purplish- 

 red dotted purple, green towards the base, linear, glossy, finely 

 hairv : lip suffused in front with purplish-red, green-nerved. J. 



l>rxtryi. "(L, 50.) 



hyb 



C 



large, oblong, acute, light green, w,th darker tessellations. 1887, 

 A showy hybrid. (G. C. ser. iii., vol. i., p. 765.) 



porphyrochlamys (purple -cloaked), fi., upper sepal reddish- 

 purple, bordered white, shining, with projecting nerves, trans- 

 verse, blunt, elliptical; lateral sepals forming a triangular, 



