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CYPR1PEDIUM. 



tlieir origin further than they had been sent to England by a 

 collector named Simons. The precise station of G. Fairieanum is 

 still a mystery, while that of 0. hirsutissimum remained unknown 

 till 1868 — 69, about which time the late Mr. John Day received a 

 few plants from his nephew Captain Williamson, who had gathered 

 them on the Assam side of the Khasia Hills, whence it has since 



Cypripcdium hirsutissimum. 



been received by horticultural firms ; it flowered for the first time 

 in this country in Mr. Parker's nursery at Upper Holloway, shortly 

 after its introduction. The usual flowering season of G. hirsutissimum 

 is from March to May ; the specific name, meaning " very hairy," 

 refers to the shaggy character of the inflorescence. 



