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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING. 
Cypripedium—continued. 
Cc. Chantinii (Chantin’s). A synonym of C. insigne punctatum 
violacewm. 
Cc. chloroneurum (greenish-nerved). fl. large; dorsal sepal 
lively pale green, with darker reticulations, bordered white ; 
petals green, suffused on the upper half with purple, and with a 
few black warts near the base, oblong; lip heavily stained wine- 
purple, with darker reticulations, large. January and February. 
1. variegated. Hybrid. (W. O. A. i. 37.) 
C. chlorops (green-eyed). fl., upper sepal narrow, triangular, 
shining, undulate at the margin, nerved dark green; inferior 
sepal broader, a little shorter than, or almost equal to, the 
lip, nerved red on the outside; petals broader at the base, 
extended into a long, brown, nearly glabrous tail; lip very 
broad; peduncle 1}ft. long, bearing seven or more flowers. 
t. rather narrow. 1887. A garden hybrid, of which the parents 
are unknown. 
C. ciliolare (ciliolated). This much resembles C. superbiens, of 
which it is probably only a slight form; sepals and petals having 
more numerous nerves and more hairy margins ; nail of the lip 
shorter, and the staminode lower and broader. Philippines, 
1883. 
C.concinnum (neat). /l. large ; dorsalsepal suffused bright rosy- 
purple, margined white ; petals ligulate, deflexed, the upper half 
bronzy-crimson; lip reddish-purple, large. 1887. A hybrid 
between C. Harrisianum and C. purpuratuin. 
C. concolor chlorophyllum (green-leaved). 
smnall spots. J. free from marbling. 1886. 
C. c. Reynieri (Reynier’s). fl. yellow, with a purple blotch on 
the outside of the sepals, the staminode ochre, clotted with 
purple, and having a white margin in front. J. large, well 
marbled, 1886. 
Cc. c. tonkinense (Tonkin). l. larger than in the type. 
1887. (L. ii. 77.) Syn. C. tonkinense. 
C. conspicuum (conspicuous). /l., upper sepal light green, 
bordered white, and nerved black, broad-elliptic, acute; inferior 
connate sepal very light green, narrower, oblong, acute; petals 
ligulate, broader towards the top, blunt-acute, ciliated on upper 
margin, the superior half almost black at base, then chestnut, 
shading to reddish-ochre at the top, the inferior half light 
brown at base, with dark spots, verging to reddish-ochre at top; 
lip larger than that of C. villoswm, brown in front, ochre-coloured 
beneath. J. ligulate, acute, over lin. broad in the middle, 
the upper surface deep green, with darker markings, the lower 
surface lighter, dotted at base with small, dark brownish spots. 
Hybrid, of doubtful origin. 
Cc. c. pictum (painted). In this variety the upper sepal has a 
purple wash on both sides, and the inferior base of the petals is 
light green. 
C. Crossianum (Cross’). jl., dorsal sepal white, with green lines 
and numerous blackish dots near the base, broadly ovate; petals 
coppery-brown, ligulate, the basilar half dotted blackish; lip 
brownish-yellow, veined greenish; scape purplish, hairy. 
4. oblong, glaucous, blotched dark green. A hybrid between 
C. insigne and C. venustum. 
C. Curtisii (Curtis’). Thisis much like C. ciliolare ; the petals are 
narrower, with shorter ciliz and smaller spots, which latter are 
numerous at the tops of the petals; lip large, with acute side 
angles. Sumatra (?), 1883. (W. O. A. 122.) 
C. Dauthieri (Dauthier’s). /. large; dorsal sepal rosy, striped 
with reddish-brown, and bordered with white, broadly elliptic ; 
lower sepals yellowish-white, with dark green nerves. 1. broad, 
clear yellowish-green, reticulated with dark green. 1885, A 
handsome plant. 
C. D. Rossianum (Ross’s). A garden hybrid in which “ there is 
no purple between the purple-lilac, which contrasts neatly with 
the white ground. The odd sepal has broken lines of black- 
purple spots outside in lieu of green lines. The petals have 
ochre-brown lines, and the greater part of the lip is ochre-brown, 
not Indian purple-brown” (Reichenbach). 
C. delicatulum (rather delicate). jl., upper sepal broad, elliptic, 
veined green, washed purple, the lateral ones nerved green, 
forming a ligulate, acute body ; petals brownish-purple on the 
anterior half, nerved green, deflexed, ligulate, dilated, acute, 
densely ciliated, with a dark purple, median nerve on the upper 
part. 1887, Hybrid. 
C. dilectum (beloved). #., lateral sepals light green, wi.h dark 
lines and spots at base, very narrow, connate; median sepal 
narrow-oblong, obtuse, margined white at top; petals cuneate, 
oblong-obovate, obtuse, with a black line running down the 
middle, the inferior part green, the superior portion purplish- 
mauve, shading to light green near the black line, the base light 
green, spotted black; lipslender, the central portion two-horned, 
with a retuse median border, yellowish-green outside, spotted 
blackish-purple inside. The origin of this plant is very 
doubtful. 
C, doliare (cask-like). ji., petals green at base, brownish-purple 
in front, with numerous small dots at the base, ciliated on the 
borders ; lip cinnamon-brown, shining, suggesting the idea of 
a. covered with 
Tonkin, 
Cypripedium— continued. 
a cask; staminode dark brown, with a lighter border. 
Hybrid. 
Cc. Electra. /l., upper sepal green, spotted dark brown and 
bordered white; petals veined and netted purplish-brown, with 
a few dark spots near the base; lip purplish-brown. J. pale 
glaucous-green, with darker reticulations. A hybrid, of doubtful 
origin. 
C. Galatea. /l. much like those of C. insigne, but the upper 
sepal is almost primrose-coloured, most densely spotted, and 
white-margined almost to the base; petals purplish-brown in 
the upper half, paler below, blotched purplish-brown, finely 
ciliated; lip paler, very indistinctly veined. 1888. Hybrid, of 
unknown origin. 
Cc. Germinyanum (Comte de Germiny’s). /!., dorsal sepal green, 
with a shining brown disk; petals green, spotted brown at base, 
ligulate-oblong, spreading, the broader front part purple; lip 
greenish-yellow, brownin front. 1886. Agarden hybrid between 
C. villosum and C. hirsutissimum. 
C, Godefroyze (Mme. Godefroy-Lebceuf’s). /l. covered with fine, 
white hairs ; sepals and petals white or nearly so, thickly spotted 
chocolate ; lip spotted chocolate inside the pouch, outside with 
brighter spots; peduncle robust, rising above the foliage. J. 
ligulate-oblong, 4in. to 8in. long, lin. to 1jin. broad, sometimes 
dark green, spotted white, sometimes spotless, the under surface 
spotted blood-red. 1884. Siam. (B. M. 6876; G. C. n. s., xxiii. 
49; R. G. 1887, p. 865; W. O. A. 177.) 
Cc. G, hemixanthina (half-yellow). 
yellowish-white sepals. 1885, 
C. Godseffianum ((Godseff's). (/., lateral sepals light yellow, 
with a few dark spots at base, oblong, acute ; median sepal very 
light yellow, oblong, the disk sepia-brown, marked yellow ; petals 
ligulate, spreading, purplish-mauve, sulphur, and brown, dotted 
blackish-red ; lip light brown above, the under surface yellow, 
slender, blunt; peduncle reddish-hairy. /. about 9in. long and 
2in. broad, stiff. A hybrid, raised from C. hirsutissimum and 
C. Boxaltii. 
C. hephestus (fiery). (. as large as those of C. barbatum ; 
dorsal sepal white, veined green and purple ; lower sepal white, 
veined green ; petals slightly depressed, the basal half brownish- 
green, with a few blackish dots, the other half dull purple; lip 
resembling in colour that of C. barbatum nigrum, but not so 
bright, the infolded lobes being dull vinous-purple. J. similar to 
those of C. Lawrenceanum, but with less bright tessellation. 
Hybrid, of doubtful origin. 
C. Hornianum (Horn’s). /l., upper sepal white, with dark 
purple markings, yellowish-green at base; petals light greenish, 
very pale purple on the margins; lip purplish-brown, much as in 
C. Spicerianum; peduncle ochre, with reddish-purple stripes, 
hairy. J. marked with pale, transverse, interrupted bars. 1887, 
A hybrid between C. superbiens and C. Spicertanum. 
C. Hyeanum (Hye’s). A form of C. Lawrenceanum. 
Cc. insigne albo-marginatum (white-margined). (/., dorsal 
sepal yellowish-green, broadly margined white, spotted brown 
on the green part; petals tawny-yellow, with darker veins ; 
lip pale brownish, yellow inside. India, 1886, A distinct variety. 
(W. O. A. 232.) 
C. i. aureum (golden). This variety is remarkable for the golden 
glow which pervades the flowers, the colouring of which is in 
other respects of the normal character. 1882. 
C. i, Mooreanum (Moore’s). /l. 5in. in diameter; dorsal sepal 
greenish-yellow, striped green, broadly margined white, with 
very large, dull purple spots; petals pale yellowish-green, flushed 
rosy-crimson, blotched at base ; lip bright bronze; spikes 18in. to 
20in. long. J. 14in. long. 1887. 
C. Io (Io, whose guard was Argus). jl. resembling those of 
C. Argus ; dorsal sepal broad, the median nerves green, the side 
ones purple, the lower sepals broad, green-nervyed; petals 
brownish at the tips. J. as in C. Lawrenceanum. 1886. A 
garden hybrid between C. Argus and C. Lawrenceanum. 
C. Laforcadei (Laforcade’s). /l., dorsal sepal white, with 
purplish nerves; petals shaded with rose on a dark green 
ground, ciliated on the margins; lip dark red or slightly pur- 
plish, shining. 1885. A hybrid between C. insigne punctatum 
violaceum and C. barbatwm, which latter it resembles in habit 
and foliage. 
Cc. Lathamianum (Latham’s). /., dorsal sepal greenish, cuneate- 
oblong, minutely acute, shorter than the lip; median sepal 
white, green at base, with a purple median line, cuneate- 
elliptic, apiculate; petals light greenish-ochre outside, with a 
dark median line and brown margins, on the inside superior 
part light ochre at base, then dark brown to the top, greenish 
at apex and lower sides; lip light greenish-ochre; peduncle 
ochreous, short-hairy. 1. similar to those of C. Spicerianum 
(which is one of the parents of this hybrid, C. villosum being 
the other). 
Cc. Lawrenceanum coloratum (coloured). jl., median sepal 
not retuse, but markedly acute, the dark nerves having the 
interstices tinted with light mauve; warts on the petals numerous 
and strong. 1887. 
1887. 
A variety having sulphur- 
