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C. lancifolium. Hook. Ex. 5 1 ; Lodd. Cab., 927. 



C. marginatum. B. R., 1530. 



C. ochroleuchum. B. R., 4141. 



C. virescens. 



C. xiphifolium. B. R., 529. 



Though these plants are in many instances epiphytal, 

 they succeed much better in cultivation if treated as ter- 

 restrial Orchids, and grown in pots, in a rich compost of 

 lumpy peat, through which the large roots can readily 

 penetrate. They require, when in growth, an abundance 

 of water, a moist heat, and sun ; but when at rest should 

 be kept in a dryer atmosphere, but the soil must never 

 dry up. They are generally of large habit, with stately 

 foliage. The flowers are showy but generally not high- 

 colored. In a large collection a good assortment should 

 be grown, but for a small one Cymbidium Mastersii is the 

 best, Cymbidium eburneum being still a very rare plant. 

 When well grown the plants rapidly attain a large size 

 and flower freely every year. All are propagated by di- 

 vision. 



Cypripedium. Linnceus. Terrestrial. 



Name from Kuirpts, Venus, and ir6?>Lov, a little foot. 

 B. Cypripedium acaule (or humik of English cat- 

 alogues). North America . . . Lodd. Cab., 130. 



M. O. P., 7. 

 B. M., 192. 



Perianth pale, dull brown ; lip large, bright pink, veined 

 ,vith darker lines, or rarely pure white. This is our 

 most common species, native of dry woods ; it is hardy, 

 but of somewhat difficult domestication. 



