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from pale green to greenish yellow. The lip makes 

 a striking contrast. It is much lighter, with a 

 blotch in the front, dark red-brown in the best 

 varieties, paler in others, but always conspicuous. 

 The flowers will last three months. Early spring. 

 Burmah. Is. 6d. Figured, p. 89. 



This species is certainly improved by a little weak 

 manure- water from time to time while growing. 



Mastersi (Mr. Masters, botanist, Editor of the 

 Gardener's Chronicle). The same in colour, but 

 always dotted with rose, much smaller, and bearing 

 six or more flowers in the spike. Strongly scented. 

 January and February. Assam. 1841. 10s. 6d. 



Tigrinum (striped). A very small plant com- 

 paratively, but bearing a flower of good size. Olive 

 green, the lips white, barred with purple. Autumn. 

 Moulmein. 21s. 



Tracyanum (Mr. Tracy, a grower). Very large, 

 sepals and petals greenish yellow, striped with 

 crimson in dots; the lobes of the labellum 

 yellow, with crimson stripes, disc white, spotted 

 with crimson. Summer. Burmah. 105s. 



CYPKIPEDIUM. 



The word means " Slipper of Cypris," one of the 

 poetic names for Venus. In old English form, 

 " Our Lady's Slipper." 



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