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resembles the rare C. Stonei platytcenkmi. The ligulate 

 obscurely tessellated leaves are in the way of those of C. Stonei. 

 The scapes are three-flowered. The dorsal sepal is elliptic 

 apiculate, whitish tinged with red, and having dark red veins ; 

 the petals broad, ligulate, whitish sulphur colour with numer- 

 ous dark brownish purple spots and blotches inside, while the 

 lip is similar to that of C. superbiejis, but l^ger, brownish 

 mauve above and yellowish white below. This novelty was 

 raised by Mr. Seden in Messrs. Veitch's Nursery, and is 

 named in honour of Mrs. C. Morgan, of New York, an 

 enthusiastic collector of Orchids. — Garden hybrid. 



:ElG.—Garden, 1883, t. 372. 



C. nitens, Bchb. f. — A hybrid raised between C. villosum 

 and C. insigne Maulei. According to Professor Keichenbach, 

 it is theoretically a very valuable addition to the rich series of 

 Cypripediums, and practically it may be regarded as an im- 

 proved edition of C. insigne Maulei. It has the leaves of G. 

 villosum, dark green. The dorsal sepal is quite as in Maidei, 

 but far larger ; the petals are ligulate, wavy, light brown and 

 ochre colour, reticulate, and very glossy, and the lip has a 

 narrow subcorneal sac with long lateral horns as in C, 

 villosum. — Garden hybrid. 



C. niTeum, Rchb. f. — A lovely dwarf-growing species, with 

 close-set distichous oblong acute or emarginate leaves, which 

 are purple beneath and dull green above, marked with pallid 

 oblong spots. The scapes are about six inches high, slender, 

 purplish, and downy. The flowers are satiny white inside, 

 speckled on the petals with a few minute dots of purple, and 

 having the exterior of the suborbicular cuspidate dorsal sepal 

 streaked with bright red at the back ; the lip is exactly ovoid, 

 with the mouth contracted. It blooms during summer, and 

 sometimes produces two flowers on a spike. Every one who 

 sees it is charmed with it, as it is very free-blooming. A 

 grand plant for exhibition purposes. — Malayan Archipelago : 

 Tambelan Islands. 



:pia.—Bot. Mag., t.5922; III. Hort., 3 ser., t. 83; Floral Mag., t. 543; 

 Jennings, Orch., t. 28 ; Gard. Chron., N.S., xix. 19, fig. 3, front figure ; 

 Journ. of Hart., 2 ser., xx. 339, with figs. ; Garden, ix. 524, t. 23 ; Florist 

 and Pom., 1871, 156-7, with figs. 



C. oenautlmill, Rchb. f. — This variety is the result of a 

 cross between C. insigne Maulei and C. Harrisianum. The 



