CYPRIPEDIUM. 179 
March, and lasts a long time in perfection. It is a native 
of Silhet and Nepal, and is perhaps as much valued for 
its handsomely-marked leaves as for its dark-coloured 
flowers. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 2129. 
Var. pardinum has larger foliage, which is also more 
distinctly marbled, and the flowers are clearer and brighter 
in colour. 
Fig. 46. Flower of Cypripedium villosum 
(4 nat. size). 
C. villosum.—A well-known and handsome species, of 
robust habit and strong constitution. The leaves are leathery, 
from ft. to 14ft. long, bright green above, paler below, 
and spotted with purple at the base. Scapes rft. long, 
very hairy, one-flowered; flowers large ; dorsal sepal erect, 
oval, folded back at the base, the margin fringed with hairs, 
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