CYPRIPEDIDM. 



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Native of Sarawak, in Borneo, where it occurs on limestone hills 

 at 1,000 — 1,500 feet elevation, growing generally on rocks where 

 there is but a slight accumulation of vegetable soil, and in the 



Cypripedium Stonei. 



shade of the forest that covers the hills. It was first discovered by- 

 Sir Hugh Low, who sent plants to Messrs. Low and Oo/s Clapton 

 Nursery in 1860. It flowered for the first time in this country in 



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