Ib'OZ SELENIPEDIUM 



white, slightly streaked with green; petals broad, ovate- 

 oblong, undulate, white tinged with rose-purple near 

 the base; labellum intense purple; staminodium white. 

 Garden hybrid between iS. iSedeni and S. Schlimil. Gn. 

 27:495. 



6. AinswoTthii, Reichb. f. (Cypripidium Ahtsworthii, 

 Reichb. f.). Lvs. ligulate, acuminate, VA ft. long: 

 scape shorter, pubescent, few-fld. : upper sepal oblong, 

 acutish, undulate, whitish or yellowish green with a 

 pale purple border; lower sepal very liroad and con- 



23J7 

 Selenipedium Sedeni. 



•cave with a reflexed margin, shorter than the Up ; petal 

 broad, purple, with a green midvein and a pale area near 

 the base; side lobes of the lip yellow, with numerous 

 spots. A garden hybrid between S. Sedeni and S. 

 JScezUi. 



7. vittAtum, Reichb. f. {Cypripidium, viit&tum. 

 Veil.). Lvs. 1 ft. long, linear-ligulate, acute, margined 

 with yellow: stems few-fld., 12-18 in. high; dorsal 

 sepal oblong, subacute, greenish striped with red; lower 

 sepal about twice as broad as the upper, green; petals 

 linear, pendent, undulate, reddish brown, striped with 

 green and green toward the base, longer than the sepal; 

 labellum shorter than the sepals, brown, greenish spotted 

 with reddish brown inside. Brazil. I.H. 23:238. 



8. Sargentianum, Rolfe. Fig. 2308. Lvs. tufted, 6-8 

 in. long, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, with golden mar- 

 gins: scape 6 in. high, 2-3-fld. : dorsal sepal oblong, 

 acute, pale yellow with red veins; lower sepal ovate, 

 subacute, shorter than the lip; petals longer than the 

 sepals, strap-shaped, slightly twisted, undulate, ciliate, 

 pale yellow streaked with red and with bright red mar-'- 

 gins; labellum vellow, with pale red veins, deflexed side 

 lobes speckled with red. Brazil. B.M. 7446. G.C. III. 

 15:781. A.G. 21:423, 



SELENIPEDIUM 



9. Lindleyanum, Reiclib. f. & Wjirsc. {Cypripedium 

 Lindleyiiiium, Scbomb.). Lvs. 15-20 in. long, leathery, 

 deep green, with yellow margins: scape many-fld., pu- 

 bescent, 2-4 ft. high; upper sepal ovate-oblong, undu- 

 late, light green with brownish veins; petals 2 in. long, 

 deflexed, green with brown veins, ciliate; labellum 

 olive-green, with brown veins and much spotted on the 

 side lobes. Guiana. 



10. longifolium, Reichb. f. {S. Ifa'sUi, Reichb. f. S. 

 n<irliny;i. Rt-ichb. f. C ijpri ind! il m hnii/ifali,, in. V:ursc. 



II„ 



2 ft. liigh, purplish, sparingly pubescent: lis. large; 

 upper sepals ovate-lanceolate, pale yellowish green, 

 faintly streaked with purple; lower sepals ovate-obtuse, 

 shorter than the lip; petals 3K in. long, spreading, nar- 

 rowly lanceolate, twisted, pale yellow with rose-colored 

 margins and with a white line on the edge; labellum 

 2 in. long, green shaded with dull purple or brown in 

 front, side lobes yellow, spotted with pale purple. 

 Costa Rica. B.M. 5970 and 6217. I.H. 20:138. R.H. 

 1873, p. 416; 1893, pp. 18, 19. P.M. 1874:119. F. 

 1871:120. — .S'. Ecczlii, sometimes considered as a dis- 

 tinct species, is of more robust habit, having lvs. 2 ft. 

 long and green scapes. Var. magnifl6rujn, Hort. 

 (Cypriprdium magnifldrum, Hort.), has the petals 

 margined with white. A. F. 7:707. The following varie- 

 ties also are distinguished in cultivation: giandiflbrum, 

 latifdlitun, and rdsetun. 



11. Albo - purptireum, Reichb. f. (Cyprrpnliion nlbo- 

 pio-ytweum, Reichb. f.). Lvs. lon^:. strai.-hainil and 

 recurved: fls. larger than those of >'. .s. ./././ . M-|.als 

 oblong-acute, subeqnal, whitish, witli a )iin|.IK!i fiiige 

 on the margins; petals :,-{) in. li.n-. Iimai-. liaim-ing 

 downward and twisti'd. imrpli-ti : I.iImII-iih i.nii.li-li on 

 the borders, the iiilliM, I 1,1. j the 

 mouth, white, with dark | i, , , i , i,rid 



between iS. Schlimii and /'- ,,-',,., Cn. l' I , j.. :;::2. 



—A var. Bup6rbum has been advertised. 



12. calilrum, Nichols. (Cypripidium ca?«n(m, Reichb. 

 f.). Lvs. numerous, tufted, long acute, channeled: 

 scape much taller than the lvs., brownish red, branch- 

 ing: fls. large, about 5 in. across the petals; dorsal se- 

 pals oblong-ovate, pale green, with longitudinal pur- 

 plish ribs, flushed with red on the outside; lower sepal 

 broadly ovate and much 



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