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in different fls. on the same plant; petals colored like 

 upper sepal; labellum waxy yellow, spreading at aper- 

 ture; staminode yellow, with an orange-yellow projec- 

 tion. Gng. 7:196. — The most beautiful Cypripedium. 



C. iiisigne runs into many forms. Following are some of 

 them: Albo-margin&tmn. Fls. yellowish; upper sepal bordered 

 all round with white; spots light colored, found only on the 

 greenish yellow disk. —AibertS. Colorof fls soft t,'rf>niisli vcIIotv: 

 upper sepal half white.— AmmAmtw. I'U iviili'i 1:m::i , npiicr 

 sepal brownish, with a white margin, 11.. 1 -pMitid ^niin^.n wiili 

 rich hrown. —AmoldiAnum. Fls. largt-r i h,i n m sai M.nili-i, up- 

 per sepal with a broad, white margin, spots c. inJim-d t " t ln;' t^ieen- 

 ish yellow disk. G.F.7:425. A.F. 6:llo.- Aureuin. Upper sepal 

 pale yellow; petals and labellum hrovmWii.— Br eevesiaiuim. 

 Upper sepal oblong, upper third white, otherwise yellowish 

 green, with regular lines of brown dots; petals reddish brown. 

 —Brbwnii. Fls. green ; upper sepal heavily blotched or spotted ■ 

 petals spotted. A.F. 7:65.— Corrwffd(W7rt. Labelhim corrugated 

 otherwise typical.— Cowisomanwrn. A very large flower, with a 

 broad upper sepal. Closely allied to var. Schroederianum C^) 

 — Cowperianttm. Upper sepal spotted at base, similar to that 

 of var. al bo -marginatum ,- petals rather longer than usual 

 labellum \a.rge.— Cuttingidnum. Fls. large, greenish; upper 

 sepal broad, with violet-purple spots on the white.— Downwirt 

 num.— Dormanicmii m .— Eyermanianum. Fls. light yellow 

 with several liglitibrowu spots at base of upper sepal.— i^or 

 stermanni. Upper sepal with a broad white border; pet il 

 distinctly veined with hTOVfn.—Fvscfitiim. R. B. 20 :2b. —Grdale 

 Upper sepal narrow.— Gilmoreamnii. Fls. rather large; uppei 

 sepal spotted with hro^m.- Guttntuni. K.H. 1851: 201.- lfo/« 

 Tnanidnum. Sepals long and ti arrow — Ilhistre. Yellowish \ i 

 riety; sepals and petals spottp-l — KintlHillhtnuni. Upper sep il 

 rtat,reflexed at the sumiint, y.]]<.\visli i:nrii; spots running in 

 lines into the white lidid.-r; i.n.iK sfmii^ly veined.— Z/07if/is^ 

 palum. Long, narrow s.pal>; uppir .s.-p;il brownish below, 

 greenish above, not sputtcd. — LtUwi/clicdiium. Upper sepal 

 somewhat narrower than usual, basal margins wavy; upper 

 margin white, passing to pale yellow ; spots hardly visible, same 

 color as the sepal. Belongs to the Ernesti group of varieties.- 

 Maculdtiim. An obscure variety 1 — MandevUlidnum. Form 

 same as Albo-marginatum. Petals thickly covered with spots in 

 regular lines.— J/rtwi^K Wliite portion of the upper sepal pre- 

 dominating, extending to the base on either side of the green 

 disk; uppermost spots violet-purple, otherwise the spots are 

 larger brownish and few.— Maximum. Upper sepal large, deep 

 Sreen.— Mdcfarlanei. Allied to var. Sanderie. Sepal and pet- 

 als narrower, deeper yellow.— Jfoorea/jwj/i. Fls. pale yellow; 



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647. Cypriped 



(XM). 



petals pale greenish yellow; upper sepal margined with white; 

 broadly ovate; basal margins finely dotted ; spots largest at the 

 center; petals brown-veined; staminode with a mucro.— -Sfwd- 

 hyamiin —Superhiens. — Sylhetense. Large dark'spot, somewhat 

 confluent, in lines along the middle of the upper sepal. 



spots lurge.—Moulmeineiise.— Niissoni.— Nitens. —htirger than 

 the type, stronger in growth: fls. very large: upper sepal white- 

 margined; spots in irregular rows.— Pyna^rti.— Schroederi- 

 Anum. Fls. extremely large; upper sepal nearly orbicular, or 



648. Cypriped: 



26. Exiil, Rolfe. Lvs. narrower and more rigid than in 

 the preceding species: upper sepal greenish yellow at 

 the base, spotted with brown, upper part white ; petals 

 and labellum similar to those of C.Vninji. Siam. B.M. 

 7510. — Considered by some to be a form of C. insigne. 



27. Drtiryi, Beddome. Lvs. ligulate, uniform green: 

 scape about 1 ft. high : ovary subtended by a small 

 bract ; upper sepal arching at the summit, yellowish 

 with a dark median band; petals ligulate, yellow, with 

 a dark median band ; labellum yellowish. May, June. 

 India I. H. 24:265. A. F. 6:555. 



28. villbsum, Lindl. Lvs. linear-ligulate, uniform 

 green spotted with brown-purple at the base : scapes co- 

 piously long-hairy : ovary subtended by a bract nearly 

 as long as itself : upper sepal narrow at the base, 

 broader above, brownish at the base, otherwise greenish 

 yellow, finely margined with white ; petals spatulate, 

 broad at apices, wavy-margined, oblique, with a con- 

 spictious brown midvein, otherwise brownish yellow ; 

 labellum brownish vellow; staminode large, oblong, yel- 

 lowish. Jan., Feb. "India. I. H. 4:126. A. F. 6:555. 



Var. B6xalU. Hort. {C. Bdxalli. Reichb. f.). Upper 

 sepal spotted with blackish spots, which are more or 

 less confluent along the median line. Burma. I.H. 

 26:345. 



29. S41Ueri, Godef. Petals somewhat resembling 

 those of the above; upper sepal large, broad at and to- 

 ward the stimmit, yellowish green, spotted with brown, 

 and provided with a broad white border round the up- 

 per half. Supposed natural hybrid between C. villosum 

 and C, insigne. 



