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when at Pinang, repeatedly collected these Cypripediums as well as 

 C. hellatulum when on botanising excursions, and never found any 

 two of them growing together. C. niveuin is found in the Lang- 

 kawi group of Islands ; from the island about Tongkah or from 

 the neighbouring mainland of the Malay Peninsula, and even 

 from the Siamese side comes C. Godefroy^ and its variety 

 C. G. LEUCOCHiLUM ; while from the Moulmein district and 

 Lower Burmah C. concolor is found. C hellatulum hails from 

 what may be called the Mandalay region. C. 7iiveum also occurs 

 in the Tambilan Islands that lie to the west of Sarawak, and it 

 was here it was discovered soon after its first discovery (presumably) 

 in the Langkawi Islands. But this is somewhat of a digression. 

 C. GoDEFROY^ was introduced by M. Godefroy, of Argenteuil, but 

 it was discovered about 1876 by an old Kewite named Murton, 

 though the plants he collected never reached Europe, as Murton 

 died before they could be despatched, and Mr Alabaster, in whose 

 care they were placed, was taken ill, and so the plants were lost. 

 But Alabaster found other plants and sent them to M. Godefroy. 

 The flowers are white, sometimes yellowish ; the upper sepal and 

 the deflexed petals are freely spotted with purple, and the lip is 

 sprinkled with tiny purple dots. The form of the flower is better 

 than that of the pale yellow, purple dotted C. concolor^ but scarcely 

 so good as that of C. niveum^ while in substance, size and heavy 

 markings C. Godefroy^ falls short of C. hellatulum^ though it is 

 far more elegant than the latter. C. Godefroy^ should be grown 

 in the same way as C. hellatulum and C. niveum. C. Godefroyje 

 LEUCOCHILUM diff'ers from the type in having a pure white lip, 

 and it is a very desirable plant. 



C. INSIGNE, probably the most popular and widely grown 

 Orchid, was discovered by Dr Wallich in North-East India and 

 sent to England about 1819-1820. At a later date it was found 



