CYPRIPEDIUM. 



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This Cypripede was introduced in the spring of the present year 

 (1888) by Messrs. Low and Co., of Clapton, who have given no 

 indication of its origin. The flowers conform, with the exception of 

 their larger size and bolder spotting, generally to those of Cypri- 

 pedium Godefroyce,* but the leaves differ very considerably in form, 

 colour and size from those of G. Godefroyce, some of them being 

 fully three times as large, thus affording undoubted evidence of a 

 geographical station with an environment very different from that 



Cypripedium bellatulum. 



in which the typical G. Godefroyce occurs. In the absence of 

 information respecting its origin, and till further experience of its 

 behaviour under cultivation shall have been obtained, we have pro- 

 visionally described it as a distinct form, although from a botanical 

 point of view we are at present unable to recognise its claim to 

 specific rank. 



0. callosum. 



Leaves oval-oblong, acute, 6 — 9 inches long, variable in colour, usually 

 bright green, with blackish green hieroglyphic markings and tesselations 



* The flowers are remarkably variable as regards colour, the ground colour varying from pale 

 yellow to ivory-white, sometimes tinged with pale purple, while the back of the segments are 

 more or less blotched and stained with vinous purple ; the spotting is also very variable, the 

 spots being sometimes large and scattered, sometimes small and dense, with many intermediate 

 states. 



