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The Dictionary of Gardening. 



Cypripedium — continued, 



greenish body ; petals yellowish at base, freckled mauve-purple 

 on the outer half, descending, broadly li^ulaie; lip as in C. bar- 

 batum, but better-coloured. 1884. Hybrid. 



C prasstans (excellent). /f. nearly as large as those of 

 SrUnipedhnn (jrande ; sepals nearly equal, the dorsal one banded 

 green and maroon ; petals greenish, suffused rose at base, 

 and Hpotted maroon along tlie mar-ins, linear-ligulate, much 

 undulated at base; lip greenish-yellow, with a golden crest, 

 shaped like Unit of C. Sfonei, h:iving a very long, channelled 

 stalk; peduncle dark-hairy, tive-flowered. Papua, 1884. (G. C. 

 ser. iii., vol. ii., p. 814; 1. H. ser. v. 26.) 



C. radlssum. /., dorsal sepal white, marked with mauve- 

 purple nerves, which are green at their base and have a green 

 lint between them ; ttie lower ones lined light brown ; petals 

 green, with a brown mid-line, and numeruus brown spots on the 

 upper juiirgiu, the front borders washed brownish ; lip as in C, 

 Lnwreni^ennum, brown in front, with a green border. L light 

 green, with tiark, transverse markings. 1885. A garden hybritl 

 b«twecu C LaurreHceanum and C. HyUerlanum, 



C. regale (royal). " ft. largo ; dorsal sepal large, spreading, bright 

 green at b;ise, marked rosy-purple, and nerved bronzy-green, the 

 upper half and nuirgius pure white ; petals broatlly ligulate, 

 deHexed, slightly incurved, purplish-crimson at base, shading off 

 to rosy -cvimHOu at apex and bordered white; lip claret-coloured, 

 large. 1887, 41yhri<l brlween C. jniryiiratum and C. inaUjne 

 Ma ulei, 



C. Robbolenii (Robbelen's). yf., upper sepal whitish, nerved 

 purple, niirrow; the lower one purplish-white, longer than the 

 lip, With aouic nvicroscopic purple dots at the base ; lip light 



yellow ; stamimKle light ochre 

 than !n C. l(v\nffat\nn (to which 

 IslHuds, 1B83. 



C. Rothsoblldlanum (Raron 



*<ei>al yelU»wi?%h, with blackish, 

 borders, cuneate-oblong, acuttt ; 



peduncle hairy. I. narrower 

 this plant is allied), Philippine 



F. de Rothsrhihrs). /., odd 



longitudinal strip.- s, and white 



lateral -sepals united into one 



BinuUer, shorter body; petiils yellowish-green, with dark lines, 



and with dark blotches at i ase; lip chimmion-brown, the mouth 

 bordered ochre, very strong, almost Ir-athery ; stannnode rising 

 erect from a Mtout base, ancl bt^nding d(»wnintoa narrow, heak- 

 liki- procuii.'i. I. above 'Mi. long, from 2^in. to 5iu wide, glossy 

 gitton, very strong. Papua, 1887. 



C» Sanderlanum (Sander's). /{., sepals yellowish-green, nerved 

 purplish-brown ; petals purplish-brown, fading to yellowish, 

 Mp itted and tiarred piiqdish-brown towards the base, whete there 

 are some retrorse, purple bristles, linear, twibted, 1ft. to Uft. 

 Jong ; lip greenish-broitze. in shape resembling that of C. Stonei, 

 Malay Archipelago. 1886. (R. 3 ) 



C« aelligerum majus (greater). A fine and handsome plant, 



with lai^ti Ilo\\tis than in the type. 1886. 



C.Stoncl platytaenium (broad-bordered), yf.. dorsal sepal white. 



Htriped puri>le; potiils 4in. to 5in. long, Jin. broad, curved down- 

 ^su.rdI4, whitiah ouiMile, .spoiled and tinted yellow, deep crimson- 



reddish- 

 C. 1867. 

 ) 



C. suporcUiarc (prominently ciliated). /. smaller than in C. 

 itttpf^rhUnt ; dorsal sepal ovate triangul ir ; petals ligulate, 

 ciliati'd, warted and blotched except towards the tip. A hybrid 

 bulueen C. barbntum and C. tuperbienSy which latter it closely 



re»eniM».'s. 



C. Swonianum (Swan's). /. as large as those of C. harbattim, 

 long aUilkeil ; dorsal sepal white, veined purplish-crimson, large 

 and broad ; ptdala pale vinous-red, nerved green, broad,' bent 

 down, bordered with retrorse bristles, havin-;; a few small warts 

 on the upper edge; lip <lark crimson-pnrjde, large, warted on the 

 inflected si'les oi the l>a>e I. broadly ligulate, acute, tessellated 

 A hybrid between C. Oayanuiu and C. hariyaium. There are one 

 or two varieties of tliis plant. 



C. TaUtdanum (Tantz*). rf.. median sepal white, veined purple 



elliptic, acute, the literal ones similarly coloured, connate' 

 peUiU nerved and sp«ite<l purple ; lip dark purple, with warts 

 on the involved side lacinia', pale beneath towards the base 

 1886. Hybrid. 



C- Thlbantianum (Thibaut's). ^., sepals greon, with towh of 

 bruvn spots, the dorsa! one bordered white; petals shining 

 brown, tlie upper part light green with small, Itrown spots- lip 

 i)ale yellowish, the front part brown. 1886. A garden hybrid 

 Detween C. flartUinnfim and C. i7i.vffnf^ Mauiei. 



C. tonkinense (Tonkin). A variety of C. concolor. 



^su.ra:4, wintiaii oui.Huie, .spollcil and tinted yellow, deep 

 purple at the tips, the inner surface white, blotched 

 purple; lip as in the type. (F. M. ser. ii. 414; G. 

 p. 1118; K. X. i). ii. 161 ; W. S. O. iii. 14.) 



■continued. 



C. tonsum (sh<»rn). Jt., dorsiil sepal whitish, with twenty-one 

 grren nerves, a snuUl brown blotch on each bi>rder inside, and a 



XTeen di,^k outside, the lower sepaM half as long as th« lip- 

 petals oblongdignlate, acute, nearly free from cilia\ green* 

 washed with nepia, ami spotted with dark brown; lip gn^uuish 

 the upper surface washed with sepia. L rather narrow^ marked 

 as in C. Vayanuiiu Sumatra or Java, 1883. ' 



C^ venustum pardinum (leopar*l-niarkofl). /., sepals and 



petiU-i whiii. strtptid giueu, the petals also blotched dark choco- 

 kUe; lip greenish. yellow, marked r4>se. 1887. Perhaps the 

 ttnest, and ct^riatnly the largest- flowered, variety. (G, C. ser iii 

 ToL i., p. 382.) ■' 





Cypripedium 



€♦ v« spectaDile (remarkable). /. solitary : dorsal sepal white, 



with broad, green stripes ; petals greenish-white, streaked deeper 

 green, tipped rose-red; lip greenish-yellow, tinged rose. 

 (W. S. O. iii. 24.) 



C. Vervaetianum (Vervaefs). /., ni>per sepal white, greenish 

 at base, transverse, oblong, apiculate, nerved brownish-purple; 

 lower sepals acute, half as hmg as the lip ; lip reddish-brown, 

 angulate on each side ; petals deflexed, ciliate at base, with 

 blackish, ocular spots anfl li^ht purple-brown hairs ; peduncle 

 brown with short hairs. /. resembling those of C. Lawrenceanum, 

 but with the whitish spaces mnch larirer. A hybrid between 

 C Laurrencearium and C. superhiens, 1888, 



C« Villosuxn aureum (golden), fl. 6in. across ; upper part of 

 the dorsal sepal bright yellow, broadly margined with white. 

 Moulm.'in. A tine variety. 



C. WilUamslanuiiL (Williams'). 



with a blackish-brown, central 



red 



and 



fl., dorsal sepal white, large, 

 bar, and green nerves ; petals 



yellowish beneath, light brown above, with an ochreous border. 

 I. distinctly te>sellated. 1886. Garden hybrid. 



C. Winnianum (Winn's), fl., dorsal sepal whitish-yellow, dark 

 purplish-brown in the centre, oblong, acute, not broad, the lower 

 ones pale ochre ; petals reddish on the upper side of the brown 

 mid-line, and yellow on the lower side; lip (and leaves) as in 

 C. villosum. 1886. A hybrid between C. Drarifl and C. vllfosum. 



CYRTANBIIA (from Icyrtos, curved, andaiier, andros, 

 male ; alluding- to the curved filamenta of the perfect 

 stamens). Out*. Gesneravew. A genus embracing about 

 sixty species of stove trees, shrubs, or sub-slirubs, natives 

 of the Malayan Archipelago and the Pacific Islands. 

 Flowers often whitish or yellowish, fascicled, capitate, or 

 cymose In the axils ; calyx free, five-cleft or somewhat 

 five-parted ; corolla sub-bilabi ite ; perfect stamens two ; 

 staminodes two or three, small : bracts small, or the outer 

 ones ample. Leaves opposite, one often smaller, or by 

 abortion nearly alternate. For culture of the two species 

 introduced, see Agalmyla, on p. 35, Vol. I. 



C. pcndula (pendulous). /. sessile; calyx broAvnish, ten to 

 eleven lin^^s long ; corolla white, dotted purple on the lower side 

 of the inflated part, l^in. long, sub-equally five-lobed ; peduncle 

 about 6in. long, lient down. i. opposite, on lon^ petioles, elliptic 

 or elliptic-lanceolate, acute at apex, acute or sub-cordate at base, 

 blotched grey above. Stem short and stout. Java, 188S. 



C. Pritchardii (Pritchard's). /. white, small, disposed in 

 pedunculate, axillary, three-flowered cymes, fr. white, ovoid. 

 I. petiolate, elliptic. obtu.selv toothed, acute at both ends, 5in. 

 to 6in. long, 2in. to 2iin. broad. Fiji, 1887. 



CTRTANTHITS. To the species described on p. 428, 

 Vol. I., the following hybrid should now be added : 



C* Hybridus (hybrid). /. light orange-scarlet or bright rosy- 

 carmine. In peneral appearance this hybrid between C. san- 

 guineus and Vallota pxirpurea resembles the latter parent, but 

 the perianth tube is bent forward and rather abruptly dilated 

 in the throat, and the segments are rather narrower. The 

 stamens are short, and the upper ones are curved downwards 

 exactly as in C. sanr;inncus. 1885. 



CYRTOCHILUM. This genus is now included, by 

 Bentham and Hooker, under Oncldium. To the species 

 described on p. 428, Vol. I., the following should now be 

 added : 



C, detortum (distorted), fl., sepals light brown, cuneate- oblong, 

 acute, wavy, the odd one with a little yellow at the upper part ; 

 peUls yellow, spotted brown, wavy; lip three-cleft, the side 

 lacinife spreading, triangular, and the mid-Iaciuia ligulate, 

 acute ; peduncle very strong, twisted, i. broad-oblong, acute, 

 light green. 



C. lutescens (yellowish). /., dorsal sepal dark brown, with a 

 yellow, recurved margin, much wave I at the ediie, the stalk very 

 short, with auricles, the lateral ones greenish-brown, acute, 

 longer-stalked; petals with a crisped, yellow limb; Hp dark 



greenish, ligulate, short, the anterior part purple; column 

 greenish, orange, and brown. 1887. 



CYBrTOPODIUM. This genus embraces upwards of 

 a score species of stove, terrestrial Orchids, inhabiting 

 tropical Asia, Africa, and America. Sepals free, spreading, 

 sub-equal, or the lateral ones broader at base and more or 

 less decurrent into the foot of the column; petals similar 

 to the dorsal sepal, but rather broader and shorter; Hp 

 affixed to the base of the column, the chin more or less 

 prominent, the lateral lobes rather broad, the middle one 



