232 ORCHIDS. 



A. Cypripedium hirsutissimum. Java. Fl. des Ser., 1430. 



Bat. 2d Cen., 149. 

 B. M., 4990. 

 War. Orch., 15. 



Flowers large, very hairy ; lip light green, with brown- 

 ish shad ings ; hood greenish, with dark purple ; petals 

 violet, with black dots. 



A very desirable species. Blooms in spring, some- 

 times producing two-flowered spikes. 



B. Cypripedium Hookercs. Borneo . B. M., 5362. 



Fl. des Ser., 1565. 

 Bat. 2d Cen., 123. 



Perianth purplish, marked with green, and spotted with 

 black ; lip greenish and yellowish purple ; hood cream- 

 color and green ; foliage variegated and very beautiful. 



A. Cypripedium insigne. Sylhet . . Hook. Ex., 34. 



Fl. des Ser., 1564. 

 B. M., 3412. 

 Lodd. Cab., 1321. 



Perianth pale green ; sepals large, white, marked with 

 brownish purple ; lip brownish yellow ; flowers solitary, 

 nearly three inches in diameter; foliage long, light 

 green. 



This old species is one of the most useful of plants 

 for house decoration or for cut flowers. It is of free 

 growth, and soon forms a large plant. The flowers last 

 six weeks in beauty. We have specimens bearing forty 

 to sixty flowers. 



