CYPRIPEDIUM. 183 
C. Charles Canham (from C. villosum and C. superbiens). 
—An exceptionally fine hybrid, which flowered for the first 
time in 1887. Leaves as in C. superbiens. Flower very 
large, varnished; dorsal sepal 2in. across, whitish, with 
stripes of purple-brown, changing to green at the apex; 
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Fig. 47. Flower of Cypripedium cardinale 
(% nat. size). 
petals light purple-brown, with yellowish veins and spots 
of dark purple; pouch 24in. long and thin. across, pallid 
behind, purplish brown in front. 
Var. Mrs. Canham has narrower leaves, the petals are 
unspotted, and the dorsal sepal has more purple in it. 
Origin not known. 
