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Cypripedium —continued. 
€. venustum (handsome).* fi. medium size, solitary; sepals and 
tals greenish-white or pink, striped with ug cw green, the latter 
аео іп а somewhat remarkable manner; lip yellowish-green. 
Winter. l. short, dark bluish- n above, curiously mottled and 
blotched with pale frm, whilst the under side is pale purple. 
Nepaul, 1816. Cool-house 
species, (B. R. 788.) 
= —— - 2 
Fig. 597. CYPRIPEDIUM SPECTABILE. 
С. vernixium * А hybrid raised between C. Argus 
о ГАЙ or 5in. across solitary, on a stout hai 
всаре lft. high ; in shape, they are nearest to C. villosum, wit 
the petals » narrower, and deflexed ; in colour, they 
present a remarkable combination of ochraceous brown, crimson 
and green, with fainter spots on the s than in C. Argus, and 
with the glossy varnished surface of C. villosum. Of robust habit, 
the leaves being as A as those of C. villosum, with the hiero- 
glyphic markings of C. Argus. 
€. vexillarium (standard)* A very handsome cross between 
C. Fairieanum and C. barbatum, the flowers being exactly inter- 
mediate, and combining, in a marked degree, the beauties of both 
parents. Sepals white, tinged with pale green at the base, and 
streaked and shaded throughout with soft purple ; petals deflected 
le, slightly shaded with green; pouch pale brown, tinged 
With ellowish-green, and veined with pale green. green, 
blotched with a darker shade of the same colour. Very rare. 
(С. C. n. s., xiii. 781, under the name of С. selligerwm.) 
С. villosum (villous).* fl. solitary, often шемын Sin. across, 
апа having а fine glossy appearance over their whole surface, 
which is orange-red, intermixed with light green and dark purple; 
lip large, protruding, bright light brown. May. i. light qum. 
on the lower part with dark spots. h. lft. India. 
Stove. (1. Н. 1857, 126.) 
The following hybrids are as yet very rare in cultivation: Ains- 
worthii, Arthurianum, calanthwm, calophyllum, chloroneurum, 
lucidum, marmorophyllum, Meir melanophthal 
pycnopterum 
politum, porphyrospilum, E: enero, Swannianum, 
RT us 
CYRILLA (named after Dominico Cyrillo, MD a 
professor of botany at Naples, and author of “Collectio 
Plantarum Rariorum Regni Neapol" 1788, “Tabula 
Botanice,” 1790; he died in 1799). ORD. Cyrillee. A 
small genus, containing two or three species (in reality 
perhaps forms of one) of greenhouse evergreen shrubs, 
natives of the southern parts of North America, West 
Indies, and Brazil. They thrive in a compost of sandy 
loam and peat. Cuttings root readily, placed in sand, 
under glass, with a small amount of bottom heat. 
C. antillana (Antilles). Л. white. July. А, 6ft. Antilles, 1824, 
C. racemifiora (raceme-flowered). 1. white, disposed in slender 
racemose spikes; corolla stellate, small, stiffish. June to 
August. J. obovate-oblong, shortly stalked, h. 6ft. Southern 
United States, 1765. 
CYRILLEZ. A small order of evergreen shrubs or 
trees, differing from Hricacee in their free petals and in 
the anthers opening in slits. Flowers usually racemose. 
Leaves undivided, exstipulate. The three genera are: 
Cliftonia, Costea, and Uyrilia. There are about eight 
species, all contined to warmer parts of the New World. 
CYRTA. A synonym of Styrax (which see). 
Ета. 598. SINGLE FLOWER OF CYPRIPEDIUM acto. s 
