172 CXLVIII. OKCHIDE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Cypripedium. 



y. Petals narrower but not much longer than the dorsal sepal, sometimes 

 warted on the surface, but not on the margins, which are glabrous. 



8. C. Drurii, Beddome Ic. Plant. Ind. Or. 23, t. 112 ; leaves ligulate 

 glabrous not tessellated, scape tall 1-fld. pubescent, bract much shorter 

 than the ovary, dorsal sepal broadly ovate ciliolate arched, petals linear- 

 oblong obtuse surface warted and hirsute towards the base, lip helmet- 

 shaped mouth open, staminode subquadrate. Reichb. /. in Gard. Chron. 

 187b', 68 ; Xen. Orchid, ii. 223 ; III. Sort. 1877, t. 265 ; Lindenia, i. t. 6 ; 

 JFlor. Mag. N. 8. t. 425 ; Veitcli Man. 22, with fig. 



TRAVANCORE MTS., alt. 5-6000 ft., Drury. 



Leaves 7-10 in., bright green. Scape 9-12 in. and small obtuse bracts and ovary 

 pubescent ; flowers 3 in. diam. ; dorsal sepal greenish yellow with a broad dark 

 median band and a dorsal keel with black hairs ; lower connate sepals smaller ; 

 petals incurved tips rounded, bright ochreous yellow, with a dark median baud, 

 warts and hairs blackish ; staminode much smaller than the mouth of the lip, which 

 is bright yellow dotted with purple within, and with acute margins. 



9. C. insigrne, Wall. mss. in Lindl. Coll. Sot. t. 32 ; leaves ligulate 

 glabrous not tessellated, scapes elongate 1-2-fld., bract equalling the ovary, 

 dorsal sepal large arched orbicular-ovate margins subrecurved, petals 

 linear-oblong glabrous margin undulate, lip broadly helmet-shaped, stami- 

 node subquadrate. Lindl. Gen. 4" Sp. Orchid. 530 ; Hook. Fl. Exot. 

 t. 34 ; Lodd. Sot. Gab. t. 1321 ; Sot. Mag. t. 3412 ; Williams Orchid. Alb. 

 iv. t. 155; Griff. Notul. 344; Ic. PL ' Asiat. t. 322; Veitch Man. 32; 

 Flore des Serres, 1564. 



KHASIA HILLS, alt. 4-5000 ft., WalUcti, &c. 



Leaves 8-12 in., acute, pale green. Scape 12 in., 1-2-fld. and large oblong com- 

 pressed bracts and ovary pubescent; flowers 4-5 in. diam., glossy; dorsal sepal 

 apple-green, purpla-spotted, tip white, lateral smaller, paler ; petals rather longer 

 than the sepals, margins subcordate, green with white tips and purple veins ; lip 

 broad yellow or green suffused with purple, tawny yellow within ; staminode pubes- 

 cent with a central callus. The above description is of the wild form ; cultivated 

 specimens vary greatly in colour, and have numberless synonyms, the principal given 

 by Veitch are 



VAR. Chantinii, Rafar. in Rev. Hort. 1866, 249 ; 1878, 130, with fig. ; dorsal 

 sepal margined with white purple spotted, lower combined sepals longer more acute, 

 petal veined with amber, lip chesnut brown. Fl. des Serres, xxi. 72; Orchiduph. 

 1885, 36; Williams Orchid. Alb. vi. t. 278; Gard. Chron. 1882, ii. 717, fig. 127. 



VAR. Maulei, Moore in Flor. Mag. 1861, t. 57 ; flowers larger, margins of dorsal 

 sepal revolute towards the base white at the tip, petals paler, lip longer narrower 

 paler. Fl. des Serres, xv. t. 1564; Gard. Chron. 1882, ii. 716, fg. 126. 



VAR. Sander ae ; flowers primrose yellow, except the white margins. 



Other vars. are aspera ; aurea, Fl. & Pomol. 1882, 75, and albo-marginata, 

 Williams Orchid. Alb. v. t. 232, 178. For figures of the flowers of many varieties 

 see ^Gard. Chron. 1882, ii. 716, f. 126. 



10. C. Spicerianum, Reichb. f. in Gard. Ghron. 1880, i. 40, 74, 

 fig. 7 ; leaves ligulate subacute not tessellated, scape tall 1-2-fld., bracts 

 much shorter than the ovary, dorsal sepal very large erect rhombic-obovate 

 hirsute sides strongly recurved below, petals shorter deflexed ligulate 

 margins -undulate and crisped, lip helmet-shaped mouth dilated, stami- 

 node orbicular. Bot. Mag. t. 6490; III. Hort. 1883, t. 473; the Garden, 

 1883, t. 378 ; Williams Orchid. Alb. iii. 1. 119 ; Belg. Hortic. 1883, 289, 1. 18 ; 

 Orchidoph. 1890, 415 ; Gard. Ghron, 1880, i. 41, f. 7 ; Veitch Man, 46, withfg. 



