CYPRIPEDIUM. 185 
. spots of purple and a fringe of hairs; pouch as in C. bar- 
batum, but larger and brighter in colour. 
Garden; xix;; p. 636.. ‘ 
C. Godseffianum (from C. hirsutissimum and C. Boxallii). 
—One of the newest hybrids. Leaf gin. by 2in., very stiff, 
green. Scape stout, hairy, reddish; flowers large; dorsal 
sepal sepia-brown on the central part, pale yellow about the 
margin; petals broad, rounded at the apex, wavy at the 
base; colour gorgeous purple-mauve on the upper half, the 
lower half sulphur-yellow, with blackish-red spots; pouch 
slender, light brown, yellowish underneath. Raised by 
Mr. N. C. Cookson, Wylam-on-Tyne. First flowered in 
1888. 
C. grande (from C. caudatum and C. longifolium).—A 
magnificent plant, hardly equalled by any other hybrid. 
The leaves are sword-shaped, from 2ft. to 24ft. long, and 
2in. broad, bright green. Scape as long as the leaves, many- 
flowered; flowers very large; sepals elongated, incurved, 
yellowish white, with green veins; petals drooping, ribbon- 
like, 1ft. or more long, cream-coloured at the base, the 
remainder rose-crimson; pouch very large, prominent, 
narrow at the mouth, where the colour is white, with rosy 
spots; the front is yellow and brown, fading to creamy 
white underneath. Raised by Messrs. Veitch and Sons. 
First flowered in 1883. 
C. Harrisianum (from C. villosum and C. barbatum).— 
This is exactly intermediate between its parents. The 
leaves are green, with waves of a deeper shade. The 
flowers are larger than those of C. barbatum; dorsal 
sepal large, broad, shining, dark purple, white on the 
upper margin; petals purple; pouch vinous _ purple, 
shaded with green. A free-flowering, easily-grown plant, 
