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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
‘Selenipedium—continued. 
Chiri Peru, 1851. A very remarkable, stemless, evergreen 
orchid. SYN. Cypripedium caudatum e d. 8.566; G,- 0. n.8., 
iii. p. 211; Gn. iii. 313; L. & P. F. G. i. 9; R. G. 661; R. H. 1857, 
p- aa. and 1885, p. 472; W. S. O. ii, 1). 
S. c. roseum (rose-coloured). fl. dark rose, intermixed with the 
yellow and green. (I. H. 1886, : 
S. conchiferum (shell-bearing). fl., dorsal sepal whitish, veined 
with pale greenish-yellow, oblong-triangular ; petals white, veined 
with green at base, brownish-crimson towards the tips, twisted, 
ribbon-like; lip pale olive-green, having the inflexed side lobes 
tted with brown, and covered at the top with green warts. 
R hybrid between S. caricinum and S. Roezlii. 
S. Dominianum (Dominy’s).* fl. yellowish-green, tinged with 
 coppery-brown ; lip deep reddish-brown in front, with sharper 
Hreticulations, yellowish-green behind, the incurved mouth also 
ellowish, spotted with dark purple ; stems erect, three-flowered. 
al. linear-elongate, broader than in S. caricinum, between which 
: and S. caudatum this plant is a hybrid. See Fig. 471. SYN. 
OCypripedium Dominianum (F. M. 499; F: & P. 1874, 57; 
- Gn. iji. 491). 
S. grande (large).* fl. large ; dorsal sepal yellowish-white, veined 
with yellowis ie, elongated, incurved; petals ribbon-like, 
more than lft. long, pendulous, broadest at base, where they are 
. yellowish-white and hairy, the narrow part crimson; lip large 
and prominent, narrow at base, where the unfolded lobes are 
whitish, spotted with crimson, the front part greenish-yellow, 
paler and whitish beneath ; staminode yellow, flushed with crim- 
son, fringed on its upper edge with blackish-crimson hairs ; scape 
ft. high, many-flowered, /. sword-shaped, 2ft. to 2}ft. long. A 
grand hybrid between S. caudatum and S. Roezlii. 
8. (Hincks’). fl, sepals whitish-green, with 
Hincksianum 
nerves of a darker tint; petals light greenish, with a deep 
—- middle line and a brown at base, the tails 
rown ; lip green, marked with some small, brown spots near the 
Hae jong and narrow. Bo 1878, Syn. Cypripedium 
S. kaietourum (Kaieteur Fall). A synonym of S. Lindleyanum. 
S. Lindeni (Linden’s).* jl., sepals white, veined with green, broad, 
- oval- , the Mina! late and lip velvety-white, 
streaked beet at base, the points lengthened out into pur- 
-like appendages, sometimes 2ft. long; scape 
ap velvety, two-flowered, lft. or more è MeT: 
l. erect, igulate, obtuse, pale green, 10in. long, forming a di- 
stichous tuft. ew Grenada, 1850. SYN. Uropedium Lindeni 
1854, 193; F. d. S. vi. 123; R. G. 315; R. H. 1857, p. 511; 
um (Lindley’s). jt. 
dish-brown nerves on the outside, pubescent, with crisped 
c v 
flowered, pubescent. 
long, 2in. to 24in. broad. 
Syn. S. Arte wak 
8 
i (long-leaved), fl., dorsal sepal yellowish-green, 
with purple, the lower ones large ; petals green, with a 
red marginal band, bordered with white, several inches long ; lip 
urplish-brown; spike many- 
= suffused with shinin 
wered. J, distichous, lo te, keeled, dark green. Cen- 
ium tongifolium - (B. H. 1873, 
tral America, 1869. SYN. Gop 
sp. 65; B. M. 6970; F.i& P. 1871, 126), C. 
S, L coloratum (coloured). jl. with purplish-veined sepals and 
a purplish petals. l. broader. 1873. A i variety. 
S. Pearcei (Pearce’s). A synonym of S. caricinum. 
S. porphyreum (porphyry-coloured). . nearly pu 
much like those A i 5S. Sedoni but the oie ia be t 
like lip are not pit ye with tumid protuberances, and both 
petals and the odd sepal are very eei shaped, more tapered 
to the point. l as in S. Roezlii. 18 A hybrid between 
S. Roezlii and S. Schlimii. ` 
s tum (reticulated). A”. whitish, reticulately veined 
ish, very 
e slipper- 
with n; dorsal sepal narrow-lanceolate, acute; lower ones 
broadly elliptie-oblong, very obtusely rounded at apex; petals | 
linear, acute, twis horizontall. readi E : 
r een . y spi ing. Ecuador, 1885, 
S. Roezlii s).* fl. very large’; dorsal se ellowish- 
ee, oh “om Phe oy ek = bagi borders, the lara los need 
coloured ; green, with a bri red-purple border and tip, 
linear-lanceolate, spreading; lip Sin. long, the saccate ti 
rt 
yellow ; scape many-flowered, 3ft. high. March to Na ‘ 
i aft. lo ain. broad, bright green, ligulate, keeled. New 
h ium Roezlit (B, M. CEN. 
LE ser. He 188s R. G. 754). k 
acute, Bin. long, light 
- SYN. um Se 
"ser. Ree R. X. 0.1.44 
a a met 
| 
i 
S. S, albifi 
dusted with delicate — at the base; li 
Selenipedium—continued. 
orum (white-flowered). fl., sepals and petals white, 
white, suffused with 
rose, more deeply coloured opposite the bright yellow column. 
Winter. 1875. A robust, free-growing variety. SYN. Cypripedium 
Schlimii albijlorum (I. H. 183). 
Fic. 472. INFLORESCENCE AND LEAF OF SELENIPEDIUM SCHLIMIL. 
S. Schroderze (Baroness Schrider’s).* fl., dorsal sepal pale 
reddish-green, lined with greenish-purple ; petals whitish-greei? 
in the centre, stained with purplish-crimson, 4in. long, very 
broad, turned downwards; lip dull crimson, resembling that 
of S. caudatum. December. l. as in S. Sedeni. Stems branch- 
ing. A very distinct hybrid between S. caudatum and S. Sedeni. 
(W. O. A. 196.) 
S. Sedeni (Seden’s).* fl. large and showy ; sepals greenish-whi 
ovate; petals longer, white, edged with agent nape bai 
twisted; lip rich crimson, white and crimson-spotted imside ; 
stem taller than the leaves, bearing several flowers. 1. li te, 
tapering, about lft. long, deep green. A handsome hybrid 
between S. longifolium and S. Schlimii. See Fig. 473. SYN, Cy- 
pripedium Sedeni (F. M. ser. ii. 206, 302 ; R. G. 1875, p. 150, and 
, p- 86; R. H. 1879, p. 470). ; 
S. S. candidulum (whitish). /l., sepals and petals white, with a 
rosy hue on the edge; lip purple. A hybrid between S. longi- 
folium and S, Schlimii albilorum. 
S. lium (narrow-leaved). :f., dorsal sepal rosy, ve 
pallid, green-nerved ; the lower one the same pena ine Genie 
white in the centre, shell-like ; petals purplish at their ends, 
much bearded towards the cordate base ; lip pale purplish, the 
mouth Fp wan gcse —_ reenish-white, and streaked with 
rows of purple blotches. Z. lorate, linear-ligulate, acute, v 
long. 1876. A hybrid between S. Schlimii and S: tenemos T 
(striped). fl., sepals pale green, the upper one onl 
half as broad as the lower, striped: mer gee petals Fonni a 
lined with green towards the base, linear, arcuate-deflexed, un- 
dulated ; lip brownish, inside green, spotted with reddish-brown, 
shorter than the lower sepals, and half as long asthe petals ; scape 
= rh an. high, maxed Topaman we owered. Z. lft. long, 
-ligulate, acute, brig n, very distinctly margi i 
yellow. Brazil, 1876. (1. H. 238) es EERS ony 
S. Wallisii (Wallis’). /l, sepals pale gr i 
i 3 y green, striped and tl 
spotted with bright grèen ; petals white, veined aah mags von 
8in. long, passing into very narrow tails, tinted wilh very pale 
brown at apex ; lip large, white, spotted and veined with crimson, 
the mouth margined with yellow; stems three to five-flowered. 
: 7 aaa acute. Ecuador, SYN. Cypripedium Wallisii (R. X. O. ` 
