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the climate of these islands is similar to that of the other small 

 islands of the same region that are situate within the equatorial zone. 



Not long after the first introduction of Gypripediitm nweum by us, 

 it was received by Mr. William Bull, from the Tambilan Islands,* 

 a small group about midway between Singapore and Sarawak, whence 

 it has since been again occasionally imported. 



The specific name nweum, " snowy," refers to the pure white of 

 the flowers ; these are found to vary considerably in size and form, 

 especially the petals, which in the Tambilan form are longer and 

 narrower than in the Langkawi form. 



Cultural Note, — The cultural requirements of Oypripedium niveum are 

 precisely the same as those of C. concolor. 



0. Parishii. 



Leaves oblong-ligulate, 9 — 15 inches long and 1J — 2^ inches broad, 

 equitant at base, two-lobed or bifid at the apex, leathery, very smooth, 

 bright glossy green. Scapes stoutish, sub-erect, pale grpen, downy, 4 — 7 

 flowered. Bracts ovate, acute, inflated, sheathing the ovaries to more than 

 one-half their length Flowers 3 inches across vertically ; upper sepal 

 elliptic-oblong, acute, keeled at the back, the upper half bent forwards, the 

 lateral margins revolute at the base, pale yellow with green veins ; lower 

 sepal similar but smaller, and with two keels ; petals linear, twisted, 4 — 5 

 inches long, first spreading then quite pendulous, the basal half with 

 undulate margins, green, with a few scattered blackish spots, the distal 

 half blackish purple with a pale margin ; lip calceiform, the infolded 

 lobes narrow and smooth, deep green, often stained with brown-purple. 

 Staminode obovate-oblong, with a sinus in the broader front edge and a 

 prominent tooth at the base, pale yellow mottled with green on the disc. 

 Cypripedium Parishii, Rchb. in Flora, June, 1869. Gard. Chron. 1869, p. 814, with 



icon. xyl. and p. 1158. Bot. Mag. t. 5791. Williams' Orch. Alb. II. t. 86. Illus. hort. 



XXII. t. 214 (1875). Selenipediurn Parishii, Rev. hort. 1885, p. 132. 



The merit of the first discovery of this remarkable species is due 

 to the Rev. C. Parish, who informs us that he detected it in the 

 Moulmein district, in 1859, on trees growing in the decayed fibrous 

 roots of Drynaria quercifolia, a very common fern in that region ; 

 behind the sessile fronds of this fern there is generally a thick 

 mass of roots in various stages of decay which furnish the " nest " 

 the plant seems to love ; it has never been observed by its dis- 

 coverer growing in any other places than on trees. It was 

 rediscovered by him in 1866, when he brought some plants to his 

 garden, one of which flowered in the following year; he made a 



* Bot. Mag. sub. t. 5922. 



