CYPRIPEDIUM 



with a fissure In front; staminodium spatuliform. May 

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

 and Minn. G.W.P. 11. A.Q. 13:514; 14:405. Gng. 

 4:263. A.P. 11:1049. 



BB. Foliage of two Irs. above the ground. 



41. Megans, Reichb. f. Plant about 4 in. high: Ivs. 

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

 pal narrowly ovate, veined with reddish brown; petals 

 lanceolate, similarin color to the sepals; labellum brown- 

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

 Probably not in cultivation in this country. 



42. Jap5nicain, 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 ivs. on the stem. 

 c. Lower sepal divided. 



43. arietinum, E. Brown. Plant about 6 in. high, slen- 

 der: lvs. lanceolate: fls. small, terminal, solitary ; 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 the 

 aperture ; staminodium nearly round. May. Maine to 

 N. Y., Mich, and Minn., and northward. B.M. 1569. 

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

 in shape, resembling a ram's head. 



44. HimalMcum, Kolfu. Plant 8-12 in. high: lvs. 3, 

 elliptic-oblong: u| p i . i.il ,.vnte, brownish, with 

 deeper colored vri r.iw, oblong, paler than 

 the upper sepal ; !■ : r^- brown, many-nerved; 

 staminode heart-ill - . .1,. lUiotan. — Probably not 

 cultivated in this c..iuiu>. 



45. Thib^ticum, King. Lvs. 3, close together on the 

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

 pressed, br<jwii purple; petals pale brown; staminode 

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

 ably not in cultivation. 



CYPRlPEniUM 



437 



Lower sepal little < 



It all di 



ded. 



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

 minal, solitary; sepals broucb.-r than the ])etals, ovate- 

 lanceolate; petals spreadin:-' like- tin- srpals, greenish ; 

 labellum white, striped iusidr wiili puiplr; staminodium 

 lanceolate. May and June. N. V.. l\nu., Minn., Mo. 

 and Ky. 



47. pubfiscens, 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. 911, 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; staminoditun 

 triangular. Yorkshire and other northern counties of 

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



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

 than In O. pubescens; labellum 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. spectibile, Swartz. Fig. 650. Plants stout: 

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

 oblong, white ; labellum white or pale pink-purple ; 

 staminodium oval-cordate. June. Maine, western New 

 Eng. to Minn, and Mo., mountains of N. Car. R.H 

 1868:410. Gn. 53, p. 77. R.B. 20, p. 198. A.F. 11:1048 

 Gng. 4:262, 327. 



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

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

 sepal smaller ; petals ovate-lanceolate ; labellum 

 tracted at the aperture. Moist, shady places, northern 

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



52. Califdmicum, 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.P. 1:281. 



53. montinum, 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. Cypripedii 



spectabile. Natural i 



grant. Grows in climips. Handsome. 



54. Irapeanum, Have et Lex. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate: 

 fls. large, sevt ral. >.-]iaN ami petals about equal ; label- 

 lum very lari;r. mtuli in Mated, suggesting the inflated 

 petal of a t'al. . ulari.i, M \.— This species has not as 

 yet been stHa-rvsfully -■ulnxated. 



Supplementary list, rninprisini; hybrid Cypripediums (for 

 catalogues of hybrids, see UC. III. 17; ItO and A.G. 16: 118): 

 Acis = Lawreneeamim X insi:,'ne. var. M&nlei.— Adra8tu8 = 

 Leeanujn X villosxun, v.ar. Boxallii. — .l?cid^s = insig^leXhi^- 

 sutissim^un.— jl ^^rc rf HoUinfrt'iii = fi\iol!ireX Philippinense.— 

 AUanianum= Spicerianuin X Curtisii.— A?7ft«m = barbatumX 

 li&wrencesLnMm. ~~ Amandum= insigne X venustum. — 4mm- 

 a»rem = villosum X venitstum (see Measuresianum).— Apicu- 

 ia(um = barbatiimXvillQsum, var. Boxallii.— 4r(«ni8 = Day- 

 anumXSwanianum, — ^rtAuriaiium = insigne XFairieanom. 



