CTPRIPEDIUM 



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

 upper sepal , labellum waxy > ellow spreading at aper 

 ture, St uiiiniHlt \ ( 11 »u with an orange yellow projec 

 tion Hii_ ~ ^ >i II 111 1st beautiful Cypripedium 



CTPRIPEDIUM 



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petals pale greenish yellow tipper sepal margined with white; 

 broadly ovate basAl margins finely dotted; spots largest at the 

 center petals brown veined staminode with a mucro.— Stud- 

 buanum — \uperbien.s — St/lhetense Large dark'spot, somewhat 

 confluent in lines ilong the middle of the upper sepal. 



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idish brown 

 I or spotted 



sepal spotted ^Mtli 

 manmtium Sep il 

 net> Sep lis and pi 

 flat reflexeu at tlit 

 lines into the whit 

 palum Long n ii 

 greenish abo\e m 





somewhat narrowt-r thin usu il 1 imI mir^ins wi\-v uj pel 

 margin white p issm^ to pile \ ellow spots hiidlj visible s ime 

 color as the sep il Belongs to the Emesti group of \ iiieties — 

 Maculatum An nh^imn vMivt\ '- Man i< i dluininn Joim 

 same as \lbo m irgin itum Pet ils thiekh eo\eied with spi is lu 

 regular lines — Maul i White portion of the upper sep il pre 

 dominating extendiiiu' to th tits in either side of the green 

 disk uppermost sj is m I tioiji < ttierwise the spots are 

 larger brownish iiul t \\ — U I pper sepal large deep 



green — Macfarinn I \lli It i snidei'e Sepal and pet 

 als narrower, deepei \lII « - 1/ niinn Fls pale yellow 



648. Cypripedii 



%) 



-JR(CTis.— Larger than 

 very large; nppersepal white- 

 margined: spots in irregular rovrs.— Pynaerti.— Schroederi- 

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



26. Exill, 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.Dnirt/i. Siam. B.M. 

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



27. Drilryi, 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. Tilldsum, 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. B6xalli. Hort. (C. BdxalU. 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 s^al 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. insUjne. 



