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SELENIPEDIUM 



SELENIPEDIUM 



white, slightly streaked with green; petals broad, ovate- 

 oblong, undulate, white tinged with rose-purple near 

 the base; labellum intense pui-ple; staminodium white. 

 Garden hybrid between S. Sedeni and S. ScJilimii. Gn. 

 27:495. 



6. AinswortMi, Reich b. f. {Cypripedium Ainstvorthii, 

 Reichb. f. ). Lvs. ligulate, acuminate, 1^4 ft. long: 

 scape shorter, pubescent, few-fid. : upper sepal oblong, 

 acutish, undulate, whitish or yellowish green with a 

 pale purple border; lower sepal very broad and con- 



2307. 

 Selenipedium Sedeni, 



(X3..) 



cave with a reflexed margin, shorter than the lip; petal 

 broad, purple, with a green midvein and a pale area near 

 the Itase; side lobes of the lip yellow, with numerous 

 spots. A garden hybrid between ;S'. Sedeni and aS. 

 Sazlii. 



7. vittS,tum, Reichb. f. (Cypripedium vittdtum. 

 Veil.). Lvs. 1 ft. long, linear- ligulate, acute, margined 

 with yellow: stems few-fid., 12-18 in. high; dorsal 

 sepal oblong, subacute, greenish striped with red; lower 

 sepal about twice as broad as the upper, green; petals 

 linear, pendent, undulate, reddish brown, striped with 

 green and green toward the base, longer than the sepal; 

 labellum shorterthan the sepals, brown, greenish spotted 

 with reddish brown inside. Brazil. I.H. 23:238. 



8. Sargentianum, Rolfe. Fig. 2.308. Lvs. tufted, 0-8 

 in. long, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, with golden mar- 

 gins: scape G in. high, 2-.3-fid. : dorsal sepal oblong, 

 acute, pale yellow with red veins; lower sepal ovate, 

 subacute, shorter than the lip; petals longer than the 

 sepals, strap-shaped, slightly twisted, undulate, ciliate, 

 pale yellow streaked with red and with briglit red mar- 

 gins; labellum yellow, with pale red veins, deflexed side 

 lobes speckled with red. Brazil. B.M. 744(i. G.C. 111. 

 15:781. A. (J. 21:423, 



9. Lindleyanum, Reichb. f. & Warsc. {Cypripedium 

 Zdndleydnum, Schomb.). Lvs. 15-20 in. long, leathery, 

 deep green, with yellow margins: scape many-fld., pu- 

 bescent, 2-4 ft. high: upper sepal ovate-oblong, undu- 

 late, light green with brownish veins; petals 2 in. long, 

 deflexed, green with brown veins, ciliate; labellum 

 olive-green, with brown veins and much spotted on the 

 side lobes. Guiana. 



10. longifdlium, Reichb. f. {S. Rcezlii, Reichb. f. S. 

 Hdrtwegii, Reichb. f. Cypripedium longifdlium, Warsc. 

 and Reichb. f. C. -Rcezlii, Regel. C. Hdrtwegii, 

 Reichb. f. ). Lvs. tufted, 8-12 in. long, narrowly strap- 

 shaped, tapering to a point and strongly keeled: scape 

 2 ft. high, purplish, sparingly pubescent: fls. large; 

 upper sepals ovate-lanceolate, pale yellowish green, 

 faintly streaked with purple ; lower sepals ovate-obtuse, 

 shorter than the lip; petals 3K in. long, spreading, nar- 

 rowly lanceolate, twisted, pale yellow with rose-colored 

 margins and with a white line on tlie edge; labellum 

 2 in. long, green shaded with dull purple or brown in 

 front, side lobes yellow, spotted with pale purple. 

 Costa Rica. B.M. 5970 and 6217. I.H. 20:138. R.H. 

 1873, p. 410; 1893, pp. 18, 19. F.M. 1874:119. P. 

 1871:126. — <S'. Rcezlii, sometimes considered as a dis- 

 tinct species, is of more robust habit, having lvs. 2 ft. 

 long and green scapes. Var. magnifldrum, Hort. 

 (Cypripedium magnifldrum, Hort.), has the petals 

 margined with white. A. F. 7:707. The following varie- 

 ties also are distinguished in cultivation: grandiflorum, 

 latifdlium, and roseum. 



11. dlbo - purpureum, Reichb. f. (Cypripedium dlbo- 

 purpiireum, Reichb. f. ). Lvs. long, strap-shaped and 

 recurved: fls. larger than those of S. Sedeni ; sepals 

 oblong-acute, subequal, whitish, with a purplish tinge 

 on the margins; petals 5-0 in. long, linear, hanging 

 downward and twisted, purplish; labellum purplish on 

 the borders, the intlexed lateral lobes nearly closing the 

 mouth, white, with dark purple spots. Garden hybrid 

 between S. ScJilimii and Dominianum. Gn. 21, p. 332. 

 — A var. sup6rbum has been advertised. 



12. calilrum, Nichols. {Cypripedium calurtim, Reichb. 

 f. ). ' Lvs. numerous, tufted, long acute, channeled: 

 scape much taller than the lvs., brownish red, branch- 

 ing: fls. large, about 5 in. across the petals; dorsal se- 

 pals oblong-ovate, pale green, with longitudinal pur- 

 plish ribs, flushed with red on the outside; lower sepal 

 broadly ovate and much 

 smaller; petals lanceolate, 

 undulate, pale green in 

 the center and at the base, 

 margins rose-red ; label- 

 lum oblong, rose - red 

 tinted with brown in front; 

 side lobes deeply inflexed, 

 cream white, with irregu- 

 lar spots of purple. Gar- 

 den hybrid between S. 

 longifolium and S. Sedeni. 

 F. 1884: 145. -There are 

 several horticultural 

 forms, one known as 

 Rougierii. 



13. Schroederae, Hort. 

 ( Cypripedium Schnvderce, 

 Hort. Vcitch, ex-Reichb. 

 f.). Plant of the habit of 

 <S'. Sedeni, with fls. resem- 

 bling those of S. albo-pur- 

 pnreitm but larger: upper 

 sepals neai'ly ochre -col- 

 ored, with purple veins; 

 lower sepals very broad, 

 oclire-colored, with purple 

 veins; petals long-lanceo- 

 late, undulate, pendent, 4 

 in. long, greenisli whife in the middle, crimson-purple 

 around the margin ; labilluni imrjde outside, inflexed 

 lobes yellow, with brown blotches. Garden hybrid be- 

 tween S. caudatinn and S. Sedeni. 



14. caud^tum, Hcichb. f. (Cypripedium. catiddtum, 

 Lindl. Cypripedium Lindeni, Van Houtte. Cypripe- 

 dium Warsicewiczidm(m, HcicMb. f.). Lvs. strap-shaped, 



Selenipedium 



