Cypripedium—continued. 
Cc. L. Hyeanum (Hye’s). /., dorsal sepal white, veined green, 
large ; petals ciliated; lip entirely green, Borneo, 1886. SYN. 
C. Hyeanwn. 
C. L. pleioleucum (whiter). A variety in which the superior 
area of the upper sepal is white, and the remarkably scarce 
coloured radii are very short, the flower thus having a distinct 
appearance. 
Cc. L. stenosemium (narrow-standard). _l., upper sepal nar- 
rower than in the type, nearly elliptic in outline. 1887. 
C. Leeanum (WW. Lee's). /., dorsal sepal pure white, with a 
central dotted bar of bright purplish-red, broadly oval, the base 
emerald-green, with mauve spots passing into the white; petals 
striped Tougitudinally with reddish-brown; pouch shining 
brownish-red ; scape rather long. J. bright green, ligulate. 1884. 
A charming, dwarf and compact hybrid between C. insigne 
Maulei and C. Spicerianum. (L. iii. 125; W. O. A. v. 223.) 
C. L. superbum (superb). A fine variety, the large and showy 
dorsal sepal marked with radiating rows of purple lines, green 
and shining at the base. 1886. 
C. Lemoinierianum (Lemoinier's). /l., sepals. whitish-yellow, 
nerved purple, the lateral edge of the upper one inflexed, purple ; 
etals white on the disk inside, with a purple margin and top, 
descending, but ascending at apex, lanceolate, acuminate, witha 
broad base; lip very broad, inflexed, retuse-ventricose, the side 
lobes yellowish-white, spotted purple inside, inside white, spotted 
purple, the sac and inferior side fine dark purple; bracts light 
green, very large, spathaceous, equal to or surpassing the reddish- 
purple ovary; peduncle very strong, about 3ft. high, and as 
thick as an eagle’s quill, brownish-purple, hairy, usually 
branched. 7. long, from 2in. to 3in. wide, sharply keeled on the 
under side. 1888. Garden hybrid. 
C. lineolare (slightly lined). 7., sepals white, with green nerves ; 
petals light ochre, with light mauve nerves ; lip light ochre and 
light brown. J. having numerous sharp, dark, transverse designs. 
1887. Hybrid. 
C. macropterum (long-winged). /l., sepals light green, the upper 
one nerved with brown inside at the base; petals very long, 
much dilated, 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. 1883. 
A fine garden hybrid between C. Lowii and C. superbiens, with 
Ly inflorescence of the former, and the short leaves of the 
atter. 
Cc. marmoratum (marbled). /. curiously striped and marked 
like a flake Carnation, the flaking being a pretty combination of 
white, purple, and rose, very handsome. 1887. (G. C. ser. iii., 
vol. i., p. 576.) 
C. marmorophyllum (marbled-leaved). ., wpper sepal shaped 
as in C. barbatum, the margin washed purple and the centre 
green, the nerves green; petals bent down as in C. Hookerc, but 
more purple, bordered with bristles, with two warts on each 
superior limb ; lip having the side angles a little more developed 
than in C. Hooker, the inflexed margins covered with warts ; 
scape purple, tall. JU. as in C. Hookerw. A hybrid between the 
species named. 
C. Marshallianum (Marshall’s). jl. pale rose-coloured, the 
sepals and petals thickly sprinkled with small purple spots, 
which gradually arrange in lines on the dorsal sepal and dis- 
pprear at the apex; lip with very few spots, and those minute. 
1887. (G. C. ser. iii., vol. i., p. 513.) 
Cc. Measuresianum (R. H. Measures’). /l., dorsal sepal yellow, 
margined white, veined yellowish-green ; petals shaped as in 
C. villosum, light brownish-purple, changing to bright orange, 
the upper half suffused purple; lip orange, tinted and veined 
purplish-brown, large; scapes purple, hairy. J, 5in, to 8in. long, 
lin. to l}in. broad, marked purple below. 1887. A hybrid 
between C. villoswm and C. venustum. (W. O. A. 304.) 
C. Meirax (youthful), ”. medium-sized; dorsal sepal blush- 
white, nerved green and purple, broadly ovate, ciliated at base ; 
etals purplish-crimson, nerved green, linear-oblong, ciliated ; 
ip glossy yellowish-green in front, veined and barred crimson- 
urple, the point margined deep purple; scape dark purple, 
hairy. Winter and spring. J. oblong-lanceolate, acute, faintly 
mottled above, wine-purple beneath. A small-growing hybrid. 
(W. O. A. 95.) 
Cc. melanophthalmum (dark-eyed). 1. 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 wart-like spots on the base and 
the ciliated margins; scapes purplish-downy. Winter and 
spring. J. pale green, with darker, coarse reticulations. Hybrid. 
(W. O. A. ini, 109.) 
Cc. microchilum (small-lipped). /. broader than in C. nivewm; 
upper sepal white, with a central, spotted bar, and several other 
faint lines and dark cinnamon stripes, roundish, apiculate ; 
petals white, with a crimson, central stripe and several lines of 
small spots, broadly roundish-oblong; lip white, veined pale 
green, very small, laterally compressed. iz ligulate, recurving, 
finely tessellated. 1884, A hybrid between C. nivewm and C. 
Druryi. (L. 50.) 
SUPPLEMENT. 
Cypripedium—continued. 
Cc. montanum (mountain-loying). . brownish-purple, with a 
white lip, striped with red inside; column yellow, spotted with 
crimson. Jl. lanceolate, pubescent. . about 1ft. Oregon, 1883. 
A beautiful little, hardy Orchid. 
C. Morgane (Mrs. Morgan's). A synonym of C, Morganianum. 
C. Morganianum (Morgan's). _/l., 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. J. ligulate, obtuse, green. 1882. Hybrid between 
C. superbiens and C. Stone. Syn. C. Morgane (G. C. n. s., XXVvi., 
p. 241; I. H. xxxiv. 5; W. O. A. vii. 313). 
C. obscurum (obscure). fl., upper sepal whitish, nerved brown, 
nearly elliptic, the lateral ones 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. J. ligulate, cartilaginous, green, Ljin. broad. 1887. 
C. cenanthum (wine-flowered). /. medium-sized, solitary; 
dorsal sepal whitish, green at base, with violet nerves, marked 
with rows of purple blotches ; petals port-wine-coloured, flushed 
violet, yellowish with dark blotches towards the base ; lip also 
port-wine-coloured ; scape covered with dark hairs. J. ligulate, 
three-toothed at apex, dark green. A hybrid between C. cnsigne 
Maulei and C. Harrisianwin. 
C. ce. superbum (superb). _/l., 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 
with a few blackish spots on the lower edge towards the base. 
1885. A garden hybrid between C. Harrisianum and C. insigne 
Maulei. (R. G. 1886, 213.) 
C. orbum (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 greenish veins, the 
other part purplish-brown ; peduncle hairy, less than Yin. high. 
1887. Hybrid. 
C. orphanum (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, 
deflexed, flat; lip purplish-brown in front, yellowish at back, 
spotted purple on the base, very broad; peduncle very tall. 
1. short and stiff, not marbled. 1886. Garden hybrid. 
C, pavonium (peacock-like). l., median sepal oblong, obtuse, 
greenish, bordered white, nerved sepia-brown, the base yellow, 
with blackish blotches; lateral 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; lip slender, the inferior part ochre ; peduncle greenish- 
ochre, with red hairs. J. Yin. long, 2in. wide, green, the base of 
the under side spotted and striped red. A hybrid between 
C. venustum and C, Boxallit. 
C. Peetersianum (Peeters’). /l., 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. 
1. green, with dark nerves. A hybrid between C. barbatwm and 
C. levigatum. 
C. Pitcherianum (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, 23in. 
long; lip purple, with darker veins, 2in. long, the inside yellowish, 
studded dark purple. Winter. J. acute, Sin. long, dark-spotted. 
Philippine Islands. 
C, pleistochlorum (very green). jl., 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- 
yeined above, with a series of brown spots at the side of the 
sepal, ligulate, apiculate, ciliated ; peduncle one-flowered, hairy. 
1. with some dark marks and lines. 1887. Hybrid. 
Cc. plunerum, /., sepals whitish, marked with dark green 
nerves, the Spnge 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. J. light green, with hieroglyphic 
marks on the upper surface. 1887, Hybrid. 
C. politum (polished). /., dorsal sepal whitish, suffused red, 
varnished, green-nerved, with a central, red bar; petals purplish- 
red, dotted purple, green towards the base, linear, glossy, finely 
hairy ; lip suffused in front with purplish-red, green-nerved, /. 
large, oblong, acute, light green, with darker tessellations. 1887. 
A showy hybrid. (G. C. ser. iii., vol. i., p. 765.) 
C. porphyrochlamys (purple-cloaked). /l., upper sepal reddish- 
purple, bordered white, shining, with projecting nerves, trans- 
verse, blunt, elliptical; lateral sepals forming a triangular 
