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CYPRIPEDIUM 



a cream-colored margin; petals subspatulate, purplish 

 at the apices, with a green stripe toward the base; 

 labellum greenish brown, infolded portion greenish, 

 with a few raised warts: staminode oval. Borneo. B.M. 

 5362. 



Var. Bullenianum, Hort. ( C. Bullenianum, Reichb. f . ) . 

 Lvs. not so strikingly mottled : fls. smaller, upper sepal 

 streaked at the base. Borneo. 



Var. volonteanum, Hort. Fig. 

 645. Pis. larger than in the 

 type ; petals oblong spatulate, 

 green, except at extremities, 

 where they are pale mauve, 

 median portion richly dotted 

 with crimson-brown ; labellum 

 greenish brown. June and July, 

 and earlier. Borneo. 



16. Appletonianum, Rolfe 

 (C 1 . Bullenianum, var. Apple- 

 tonianum, Hort.). Lvs. less 

 tessellated than in the preced- 

 ing ; staminodium very small, 

 greenish. This form is some- 

 times considered as a sub-variety 

 of C. Bullenianum. Borneo. 



BB. Petals and sepals nearly 

 equal : fls. fleshy. 



17. cdncolor, Batem. Lvs. 

 oval-oblong, mottled, dull pur- 



645. Cypripedium pie beneath: scape short: up- 



Hookerae, var. volonte- per sepal yellow, dotted with 



anutn (X %). purple, similar to the petals; 



labeilum yellow, compressed. 



Autumn. Burma. B.M. 5513. 



18. niveum, Reichb. f. Lvs. oval-oblong to oblong, 

 short, mottled : fls. white; petals and upper sepal nearly 

 equal, finely dotted at base with purple, dots variable in 

 number and distribution. Burma. B.M. 5922. 



19. G6defroyae, Leb. Lvs. narrower than in the pre- 

 ceding: scape short: fls. whitish to pale yellow, spotted 

 with purple-magenta ; petals deflexed. Early, and as 

 late as July. Cochin China. B.M. 6876. Gn. 25, p. 396. 



Var. leucochilum, Hort. Upper sepal white, blotched 

 with deep purple; labellum white; petals like the upper 

 sepal, spots smaller. G.C. III. 15 : 815. J.H. III. 30 : 423. 

 F.R. 1:371. 



20. bellatulum, Reichb. f. Lvs. broad, rounded at 

 apices, slate-green, mottled with darker green, thickly 

 dotted beneath with brownish purple, except in var. 

 album, when the Ivs.are pale beneath: scapes very short: 

 upper sepal concave, roundish, white, spotted with 

 brown-purple; lower sepal also spotted; petals orbicu- 

 lar, tending to be concave, spotted with large, irregu- 

 lar, brown-purple spots; labellum ovate, finely dotted 

 with brown-purple. Fls. in summer; also at other 

 seasons. Shan States. G.C. III. 21:320. J.H. III. 30:513. 

 A.F.6:557; 13:77, 622; 14: 675. Gng. 7:129.- Var. album, 

 Hort. Has white fls. devoid of spots: Ivs. not brown- 

 purple beneath. 



AA. Lvs. coriaceous, ligulate, not tessellated or only 

 obscurely so. 



B. Fls. not more than 2, except in vigorous plants. 



C. Staminodium without a protuberance or horn 

 from its center. 



21. Fairieanum, Lindl. Upper sepal sub-rotund, whit- 

 ish, veined with dark carmine-purple; petals oblong, 

 deflexed, recurved at the apices, whitish, veined with 

 green and purple ; labellum brownish green, reticulated ; 

 staminodium orbicular, with a pronounced beak or tooth 

 from the lower margin, white, with green veins. Habitat 

 unknown, 1857. -The only living records of this species 

 in America are found in several splendid hybrids, such 

 as C. x Niobe, C. x vexillarium, C. x Arthurianum, C. 

 xAmes'E and C.xff. Ballantine. There are several 

 plants in English collections. There are no living plants 

 in America. The species is not vigorous enough to be 

 worth the growing. 



22. hirsutissimum, Lindl. Lvs. ligulate, uniform 

 green: scape greenish: ovary and bracts clothed with 

 shaggy hairs ; upper sepal narrow at base, broader 

 toward the summit, nearly ovate, brownish, with a green 

 margin, finely dotted at base; petals green at base, finely 

 dotted, becoming purplish; margin sinuate, undulate; 

 labellum green, finely dotted, downy and ciliate; stami- 

 node bluntly quadrate or spade-shaped, with 2 white 

 eyes. March, April and May. Java. B.M. 4990. R.H. 

 1859, pp. 182-3. Int. at same time as C. Fairieanum 

 (1857). 



23. Spicerianum, Reichb. f. Lvs. linear-oblong, dark 

 green: scape about 8 in. long: ovary subtended by a 

 spotted bract; upper sepal white, strongly reflexed so as 

 to have a narrow base and broad, incurved summit, 

 median line carmine-purple; petals short, wavy mar- 

 gined, yellowish green, with conspicuous mid-veins of 

 reddish brown; labellum green or brownish; stamino- 

 dium white-margined, otherwise pale mauve. Oct. -Dec. 

 Assam. B.M. 6490. I. H. 30:473. Gn. 48, p. 304. A.G. 

 11:159. A. F. 3:226. Gng. 1:242. F. E. 9: 329. -Habitat 

 unknown when first plants were introduced. Many 

 varieties. 



cc. Staminodium provided with a protuberance or horn. 



24. Charles wortMi, Rolfe. Lvs. ligulate, obscurely 

 tessellated, heavily spotted beneath throughout or only 

 at the base : scapes short, spotted like the Ivs. : ovary 

 spotted, subtended by a small, spotted 



bract; upper sepal orbicular, white, 

 mottled and suffused with pale carmine, 

 purple rose, brownish at base or clear; 

 petals short, rarely wavy margined, 

 yellowish or brownish, veined with 

 brown; labellum similar in color to the 

 petals (variable), spread- 

 in at the aerture 



ng 

 small 



aperture, 

 in comparison 

 with the upper sepal ; 

 staminode shiny, pure 

 white, with an orange- 

 yellow tipped process. 

 Autumn. E. Indies. B.M. 

 7416. R.B. 20:241. Gn. 

 47:1009 and p. 425. A.F. 

 13: 430. -A very varia- 

 ble and beautiful spe- 

 cies, which should give 

 rise to interesting hy- 

 brids. 



25. insigne.Wall. Lvs. 

 linear-ligulate, uniform 

 green, usually finely 

 spotted at the base : scape reddish 

 brown, about 1 ft. high : upper sepal 

 oval, arching at the summit, mainly 

 green, upper margin white, surface 

 covered with brownish spots ; petals 

 pale greenish brown, veined with 

 deeper brown ; labellum also brown- 

 ish; staminodium longer than broad, 

 rough and pubescent, with a yellow 

 projection. Autumn. India. 'B. M. 

 3412. G. C. III. 18: 763. A. F. 7: 633. 

 F. E. 9:327. Gng. 1:243. A.G. 16:73; 

 19:825. 



Var. Chantinii, Hort. Habit as in 

 type : dorsal sepal larger with larger 

 spots, broad toward the summit, 

 mainly green, heavily spotted with 

 brown, except on the upper portion, 

 where it is white, with several pale 

 mauve spots ; labellum colored like 

 the spots, deep polished brown. R. H. var. Sanderae. 

 1878:130. (X %.) 



Var. ISrnestii, Hort., is a yellow form with faint spots 

 on the upper sepal, which lack the characteristic brown 

 and are called "false spots." 



Var. Sanderae, Hort. Fig. 646. Foliage pale to the 

 base : scape very pale green : upper sepal white above, 

 otherwise primrose-yellow, with minute reddish brown 

 dots, which vary in number from season to season, and 



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