CYPRIPEDIUM. 187 
pouch dull purple, warty on the inflexed margin. Raised 
by Messrs. Veitch and Sons. First flowered in 1876. 
C. Marshallianum (from C. pardinum and C. concolor).— 
A rare and very beautiful little plant, and one of the best 
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Fig. 48. Flower of Cypripedium Leeanum superbum 
(2 nat. size). 
of the hybrids raised by crossing C. concolor with others. 
It has the habit of C. concolor, but the leaves are broader, 
flatter, and greener. The flowers are 4in. across; dorsal 
sepal ovate, 14in. across; petals oblong, rounded at the 
