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down and prolonged laterally to near the base, the spots on the white 



area being of a beautiful mauve purple ; the lower sepal longer, more 



acute, and often with a whitish tip : the petals and lip with a more 



glossy surface, the former with deep amber veins, and the latter bright 



chestnut-brown, the pouch of the lip broader at the aperture. 



C. insigne Chantinii, Rafarin in Rev. hort. 1866, p. 249. Id. 1878, p. 136, icon, 

 xyl. Godefroy's Orchidophile, 1885, p. 36. C. insigne punctatum violacenm, 

 Hort. Henderson, 1869, fide The Gardener, 1882, p. 58. The Garden, XXI. (1882), 

 p. 444, t. 342. Gard. Chron. XV11I. (1882), p. 717, icon xyl. Williams' Orch. 

 Alb. VI. t. 278. C. insigne Veitchianum, Van Hontte's Fl. des Serres, XXI. 

 p. 72 (1875). 



var. — Maulei. 



Compared with the preceding variety the flowers are somewhat larger ; 



the dorsal sepal more arching, with the lateral margins revolute towards 



the base, and with the broad white margin confined to the apical half ; 



the petals somewhat more undulated, and paler in colour ; the sac of the 



lip narrower and longer, and of a lighter colour. 



C. insigne Maulei, Moore in Fl. Mag. 1861, t. 57. Van Houtte's Fl. des Serres, 

 XV. t. 1564. The Garden, XXI. (1882), p. 444, t. 342. Gard. Chron. XVIII. 

 (1882), p. 716, icon. xyl. 



var. — Sanderse. 



Flowers of a delicate primrose-yellow with the exception of the 

 broad white apical margin which is here very pure, and the buff- 

 yellow staminode which is paler than in the type. There are a few 

 brown dots on the central veins of the upper sepal ; in the petals 

 and lip the venation is almost obliterated. 

 C. insigne Sanderse, Hort. Sander. 



SUb-vars. — albo-marginatum (Williams' Orch. Alb. V. t. 232); aspersum;* 

 aureum (Fl. and Pomol. 1882, p. 75); Cambridge Lodge; fuscatum; 

 Mr. Kimball's;* Mr. Tautz's ; nob He ; Mr. Moure's; maculatum ; maxi- 

 mum ; pulcherrimum ; rubro-macidatum ;* Studley House, etc. etc. 



Cypripedium insigne was discovered by Dr. Wallich in the Sylhefc 

 district of north-east India, some time during the second decade of 

 the present century, and was sent by him to England about the 

 year 1819 — 20; it flowered for the first time in this country in the 

 Liverpool Botanic Garden in the autumn of 1820 ; it was subsequently 

 discovered by Griffith and other botanical explorers on the Khasia 

 Hills. G. insigne was the second species of coriaceous Cypripedium 

 introduced into European gardens, it having been preceded, by a 

 few months only, tfy G. venustum, and it is a curious fact in the 

 horticultural history of the genus that these two remained the only 



* Those marked * are known to us only from drawings kindly sent for our inspection by 

 Mr. W. S. Kimball, of Rochester, U.S. A, who possesses one of the most complete collections 

 of Cypripedium insigne variations known. A full page woodcut of these in full bloom is given 

 in the Gardeners' Chronicle for May 5th, 1888. 



