tion 



CYPRIPEDIUM 



the same plant petal<! colored like 

 luiii w i\\ jellow spreidmg at aper 

 til in orange \ell>w projec 

 t 1 eiutitul C\pripedmm 



CYPRIPEDIUM 



435 



petal? pale greenish yellow upper sepal margined with white; 

 broadly ovate basil miigmis tinely dotted spots largest at the 

 center petals biown \eined stiminode with a niuero — Stud- 

 bt/anum ~ iiitperbiens ~ Sylhet n'i Lirgedarlvspot somewhat 

 confluent in lines along the middle of the upper sepal 



Polb 



of 



ng ire 

 Ik wish upper sepil bordered 

 li„ht coloied tound only on the 

 Lolorottls soft greenish mellow 

 Fls lather luge ipper 

 ? margin not spotted suttuse 1 with 

 1 I an Fls Iirger thin m\ ir M 111 ip 



pill ! 1 1 \\hitemirgin spots h i r tl i 



ishyeUjw h k (.rf 4o \Fbll)-l 111 ll 



p lie yellow petils an 1 libt 

 L pper ser d oblong upper third white 

 gree 



distinctly 1 

 t pper sepi 

 Sep ll spotted ii ith 



flit refle\eu it tl 

 h les into the wh: 



dominituiB evttnd 

 disk uppermosi 

 larger broivnish 



647. Cypripedium Rothschildianum"(X H)- 



spots l&TQ^.—Mmdmeinhme.— Nilssoni.— Nltens.—liargev than 

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

 margined: spots in irregular ro-vvs.~ Pynaerti.— Schrcederi- 

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



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 labellura' similar to those of C.Druryi. 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 hand ; labellum yellowish. May, June. 

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



28. vill6sum, 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- 

 spicuous brown midvein, otherwise brownish yellow ; 

 labellum brownish yellow; staminode large, oblong, yel- 

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



Var. Bdxalli. Hort. (C. Bdialli. Reichb. f.). Upper 

 sepal spotted with blackish spots, which are more or 

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

 26:345. 



29. SAIlieri, Godef. Petals somewhat resembling 

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

 ward the summit, 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. 



