CYPRIPEDIUM 



CYPRIPEDIUM 



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in different fls. on the same plant; petals colored like 

 upper sepal; labellum waxy yellow, spreading at aper- 

 ture; staraiuode yellow, with an orange-yellow projec- 

 tion. Gng. 7:196. The most beautiful Cypripedium. 



C. insiane runs into many forms. Following are some of 

 them: Albo-manjinatuin. Fls. yellowish; upper sepal bordered 

 all round with white; spots light colored, found only on the 

 greenish yellow disk. J-Mens. Color of fls. soft greenish yellow; 

 upper sepal half white. Anu'siitnam. Fls. rather large; upper 

 sepal brownish, with a white margin, not spotted, suffused with 

 rich brown. .1 rnoldianum. Fls. larger than in var. Maulei; up- 

 per sepal with a broad, white margin, spots confined to the green- 

 ish yellow disk. G.F.7:425. A. F. 6:115. Aureum. Upper sepal 

 pale yellow; petals and labellum brownish. Breevesianum. 

 Upper sepal oblong, upper third white, otherwise yellowish 

 green, with regular lines of brown dots ; petals reddish brown. 

 Brbwnii. Fls. green ; tipper sepal heavily blotched or spotted ; 

 petals spotted. A.F.7: 65. Corrugdtum. Labellum corrugated, 

 otherwise typical. Coulsonidnum. A very large flower, with a 

 broad upper sepal. Closely allied to var. Schroederianum (?). 

 Cowperianum. Upper sepal spotted at base, similar to that 

 of var. albo-marginatum ; petals rather longer than usual; 

 labellum large. Cutting idniim. Fls. large, greenish; upper 

 sepal broad, with violet-purple spots on the white. Dommid- 

 num. Dormanianum . Eyermanidnum. Fls. light yellow, 

 with several light brown spots at base of upper sepal. Fcer- 

 stermanni. Upper sepal with a broad white border; petals 

 distinctly veined with brown. Fuscdtum. R.B.20:25. Gracile. 

 Upper sepal narrow. Gilmorednum. Fls. rather large; upper 

 sepal spotted with brown. Guttdtum. R.H. 1851: 201. H ors- 

 manidnum. Sepals long and narrow. Illustre. Yellowish va- 

 riety; sepals and petals spotted. Kimballidnum. Upper sepal 

 flat, reflexed at the summit, yellowish green; spots running in 

 lines into the white border; petals strongly veined. Longisb- 

 pahim. Long, narrow sepals; upper sepal brownish below, 

 greenish above, not spotted. Lutwychednum. Upper sepal 

 somewhat narrower than usual, basal margins wavy; upper 

 margin white, passing to pale yellow; spots hardly visible, same 

 color as the sepal. Belongs to the Ernesti group of varieties. 

 Maculdtum. An obscure variety ? Mandevillidnum. Form 

 same as Albo-marginatum. Petals thickly covered with spots in 

 regular lines. Maulei. White portion of the upper sepal pre- 

 dominating, extending to the base on either side of the green 

 disk; uppermost spots violet-purple, otherwise the spots are 

 larger brownish and few. Maximum. Upper sepal large, deep 

 green. Mdcfarlanei. Allied to var. Sanderse. Sepal and pet- 

 als narrower; deeper yellow. Moorednum. Fls. pale yellow; 



petals pale greenish yellow; upper sepal margined with white; 

 broadly ovate ; basal margins finely dotted; spots largest at the 

 center; petals brown-veined; stamiriode with a mucro. Stud- 

 bydnum Superbiens. -Sylhetense. Large dark'spot, somewhat 

 confluent, in lines along the middle of the upper scpul. 



647. Cypripedium Rothschildianum (X %). 



spots large. Moulmeinense. Nilssoni. Nltens. Larger than 

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

 margined ; spots in irregular rows. Pynaerti. Schroederi- 

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



648. Cypripedium acaule (X 



26. Exul, 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 labellum' similar to those of C.Druryi. Siam. B.M. 

 7510. Considered by some to be a form of C. insigne. 



27. Druryi, 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 band ; labellum yellowish. May, June. 

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



28. villdsum, 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 mid vein, otherwise brownish yellow ; 

 labellum brownish yellow; staminode large, oblong, yel- 

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



Var. B6xaUi. Hort. (C. B6xalli, Reichb. f.). Upper 

 sepal spotted with blackish spots, which are more or 

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

 26:345. 



29. Sallieri, 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. 



