74 CYPRIPED1UM. 



Measuresianuni vernixiurn 



Amesianum Williamsianum 



Mrs. Charles Canham Winnianum. 



(2) CEnanthum Group. 



Oypripedium Harrisianum and 0. insigne or one of its varieties, the 

 parents throughout. Leaves faintly mottled. Flowers solitary, some- 

 what smaller than those of the preceding group, with a lustrous shining 

 surface, and well distinguished hy their bright and varied colours, 

 cenanthum oenanthuni 



Acis Orestes 



Electra superbum 



Galatea Thibautianum. 



Josephine Jolibois 



(3) Ashburtonise Group. 



Oypripedium insigne one parent throughout. Flowers solitary, large, 

 with the general aspect of C. insigne, especially the broad green upper 

 sepal with white margin, the veining and spotting of the green area 

 much modified by the influence of the other parent. 

 Arthurianum Ashburtonise 



Ashburtoniae superbum 



calospilum Laforcadei 



expansum Bartet's 



majus nitens 



Sallieri. 



(4) Superciliare Group. 



Oypripedium barbatum or one of its nearest affinities {Argus, Day- 

 anum, Lcmrencianum, superbiens, etc.), one parent throughout. Leaves 

 more or less distinctly tesselated. Flowers solitary, and usually medium- 

 sized ; upper sepal broad and symmetrically veined ; petals ciliate and 

 more or less warty ; staminode semilunate. 



almum javanico-superbiens 



delicatulum marmorophyllum 



Euryale orphanum 



Vervaetianum pleistochlorum 



gemmiferum superciliare 



Io Swanianum. 



(5) Orossianum Group. 



Oypripedium venustum one parent throughout. Leaves tesselated 

 above, more or less speckled with dull purple beneath. Flowers solitary 

 and usually under medium size, with the characteristic venation and 

 colour of O. venustum ; upper sepal more or less acuminate ; petals 

 sub-spathulate, fringed with blackish hairs and with a few scattered 

 blackish warts, chiefly on the basal half. 



