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lobed, the recmveil oblong apioulate middle lobe white 

 marked \vitli crossbars of crimson-purple, and the erect side 

 lobes also striped with, purple. The plaut is quite unlike the 

 other species referred to this genus. — Tenasseriiii Muuntaiiif!, 

 6,000 feet elevation. 



Fm.— Bot. J%., t. 5457. 



CrPEIPEDIUM, IJnnccus. 



{Tribe Cypripediese.) 



This remarkably distinct genus consists partly of terrestrial 

 and partly of epiphytal species, the tropical kinds included in 

 this chapter belonging to the latter series. The various 

 hardy and half-hardy kinds representing the terrestrial group 

 produce erect leafy deciduous stems -with, the leaves strongly 

 ribbed ; while the more numerous race of tropical species 

 have mostly very short stems, bearing leathery leaves, from 

 among which the one or two-flowered scapes spring up, all 

 these having one-celled ovaries with parietal placenta?. There 

 is a third group of tropical kinds (all American) which have 

 leathery leaves, tall branching flower stems, and three-celled 

 ovaries, with axile plaeentation. These latter are referred by 

 some of our highest authorities to the genus Selenipedium, but 

 for garden purposes they are more conveniently retained in 

 one group. SelenipccUum is thus separated from Ci/pripcdium 

 by its three-celled ovai-ies with axile placenta?, 0//o//)('(7iu»( itself 

 having a one-celled ovary with parietal plaeentation. Many 

 of the species have beautiful foliage as well as flowers, and on 

 this account are worth a place in every collection. The form 

 of the flower is curious, the usually conspicuous parts being 

 the dorsal sepal erect and highly coloured, two spreading often 

 elongated petals, and a elipper-formed pouch or lip, on 

 account of which latter the genus is generall}^ called Our 

 Lady's Slipper. The tropical kinds are almost all dwarf, 

 compact, and evergreen, the leaves of some being beautifully 



