CTPEIPEDIUM 



with a fissure in front ; staminodium spatulifonn. May 

 and June. Newfoundland to N. C, west to Ind., Micii. 

 and Minn. G.W.P. 11. A.G. 13:5U; 14:405. Gng. 

 4:263. A.P. 11:1049. G.W.F.A. 11. 



CYPRIPEnXUM 



437 



Foil 



age 



of two Ivs. 





41. Slogans, Reiclib. f. Plant about 4 in. liigii: Ivs. 

 opposite, borne on an elongated annual stem: upper se- 

 pal narrowly orate, veined witii reddish brown; petals 

 lanceolate, similar in color to the sepals; labellum brown- 

 ish, corrugated; staminode elliptic. July. Sikkim.— 

 Probably not in cultivation in this country. 



42. Jap6nicum, Thunb. Lvs. nearly opposite, roundish, 

 undulately plicate: bract longer than the ovary, fl. ter- 

 minating the scape: sepals and petals lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, greenish, dotted with red; labellum white-pink; 

 staminodium cordate, channeled. April, May. Japan. 



BBB. Foliage of several or many lvs. on the stem, 

 c. Lower sepal divided. 



43. arietlnum, R. Brown. Plant about 6 in. high, slen- 

 der: lvs. lanceolate: fls. small, terminal, solitarj , upper 

 sepal ovate-lanceolate, brownish green ; petals linear, 

 labellum tapering at the apex, white veined with red 

 dish purple, clothed with white, woolly hairs near thn 

 aperture ; staminodium nearly round. May. Maine to 

 N. Y., Mich, and Minn., and northward. B M r.i.'l 

 L.B.C. 13:1240. F.S. 20:2095. -Fls. curiously irreguUi 

 in shape, resembling a ram's head. 



44. HimaUicum, Rolfe. Plant 8-12 in. high • lvs. 3, 

 elliptic-oblong : upper sepal ovate, brownish, with 

 deeper colored veins ; petals narrow, oblong, paler than 

 the upper sepal ; labellum purple-bro^Ti, many nerved, 

 staminode heart-shape. July. Bhotan. — Probably not 

 cultivated in this country. 



45. TMb6tioum, King. Lvs. 3, close together on the 

 stem: labellum larger than in the preceding, and not de- 

 pressed, brown-purple; petals pale brown; staminode 

 oval-cordate, angled at the base. July. Sikkim. — Prob- 

 ably not in cultivation. 



CC. Lower sepal little or not at all divided. 



46. c4ndidum, Muhl. Lvs. oblong-lanceolate: fls. ter- 

 minal, solitary; sepals broader than the petals, ovate- 

 lanceolate; petals spreading like the sepals, greenish ; 

 labellum white, striped inside with purple; staminodium 

 lanceolate. May and June. N. Y., Penn., Minn., Mo. 

 and Ky. 



47. pubSscens, Willd. Fig. 649. Lvs. oval, acute : 

 petals usually twisted, much narrower than the ovate- 

 lanceolate sepals ; labellum pale yellow; staminodium 

 triangular. Same range as No. '49. May and June. 

 B.M.dll, as C.parviflorum. A.G. 13:513. Mn. 7:5. 



48. Calcedlus, Linn. Fls. usually solitary; labellum 

 yellow, slightly compressed, shorter than the lower se- 

 pal; sepals and petals deep, rich brown; staminodium 

 triangular. Yorkshire and other northern counties of 

 Eug.,Eu. R.H. 1892. p. 392. R.B. 21:210. 



49. parvifldnun, Salisb. Lvs. ovate, acute: fls. smaller 

 than in C. piibescens: Ubellum flattened from above and 

 below, not laterally, bright yellow; staminodium trian- 

 gular. May and June. Newfoundland to Ga., west 

 to Minn, and E. Kans. A.G. 13:515. 



50. spectAbile, Swartz. Fig. 650. Plants stout: lvs. 

 oval, .acute: sepals ovate, rather roundish, white; petals 

 obl.Jiiir. white : biljellum white or pale pink-purple ; 

 st.iiiiiii.i.liiiiii .nnl-eord.<ite. June. Maine, western New 

 El,-, t,, .Minn, and Mo., mountains of N. Car. R.H. 

 18i;s:41(t. (In. :",:;. p. 77. R.B. 20, p. 198. A.F. 11:1048. 

 Gng. 4:262, 327. 



51. macrdnthon, Swartz. Lvs. oblong, acute : fls. 

 purple, not spotted ; upper sepal oblong, acute ; lower 

 sepal smaller ; petals ovate-lanceolate ; labellum con- 

 tracted at the aperture. Moist, shady places, northern 

 Asia, Siberia. R.H. 1877:310. 



52. Calilfimicum, Gray. Plants either slender or stout, 

 varying in height, sometimes exceeding 2 ft. : lvs. ovate- 

 alternate : floral bracts very large, becoming narrowly 

 ovate: fls. small, from 6-12 open at the same time, an 

 inch or more apart on the stem; labellum whitish; se- 



pals oval, yellowish green ; petals narrowly oblong, col- 

 ored like the sepals. Calif. B.M. 7188. G.F. 1:281. 



53. mont4num, Dougl. One to 2 ft., leafy, pubescent: 

 lvs. ovate to broad-lanceolate, 4-6 in. long : fls. 1-3, 

 short-pedicelled, the wavy-twisted petals brownish, the 



650 Cypnpedium spectabile Nitural size. 



inch-long lip dull white veined with purple ; capsule 

 erect or nearly so. Calif, to Wash. B.M. 7319. -Fra- 

 grant. Grows in clumps. Handsome. 



54. Irapeintm, Llare et Lex. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate: 

 fls. large, several, sepals and petals about equal ; label- 

 lum very large, much inflated, suggesting the inflated 

 petal of a Calceolaria. Mex. — This species has not as 

 yet been successfully cultivated. 



Supplementai-y list, coini>risiiiE liybrid CjTripediums (for 

 catalogues of hybrids, s— '• f Til 1" I'lO ,,n<l A H. 16:118): 



.4eis = LawTenceamim ■■ i' > ' ■ \i...\. — tf//as(u5 = 



Leeanum X viUosum, \;n i . i i^^'neXMr- 



sutissimum.— Ai/red //-; . ■ piuense.— 



Ai/ffHia?iujtt=Spicerianiii;i ■ i Mn ii i'n ;;/ lurbatumX 

 Lawreneeanum. — A7Ha*((//(//( ^ iiisit,'iie .>. Yeniismin. — ^wipsi- 

 anwjn = villosum X venustum (see ileasure.sianum).— ^i>ieu- 

 io(«m = barbatumXTillosum. var. Boxallii.— J-rtcmis = Day- 

 anum X Swanianum. — Arthurianum = insigne X Fairieanum. 



