76 CYPEIPEDIUM. 



B. — Selenipedium Hybrids. 



(1) Sedenii Group. 



Cypripedium Schlimii participates in the parentage throughout, in most 

 cases directly, in others through C. Sedenii. Leaves strap-shaped, and 

 of a uniform grass-green. Flowers generally medium-sized and of various 

 shades of rose-pink suffused with white ; upper sepal longer than 

 broad ; lower sepal concave, larger than the upper one ; petals bearded 

 at the base, more or less twisted, sometimes elongated and pendulous, 

 albo-purpureum Sckroederae 



Ainsworthii Sedenii 



calurum albanense 



cardinale candidulum 



leucorhodum porphyreurn 



Saundersianum stenophyllum. 



(2) Dominianum Group. 



Cypripedium caudatum one parent throughout, with (at present) one 

 exception, in which it is replaced by C. caricinum. Leaves strap-shaped, 

 of a uniform bright green. Sepals elongated, the upper one undulate, 

 acuminate, the lower one larger and concave ; petals still more elongated, 

 taking the form of pendulous ribbon-like tails. 



conchiferum grande 



Dominianum nitidissimum. 



For convenience of reference, the descriptions of the 

 hybrids in each division are given in alphabetical order. 



Eucypripedium Hybrids. 

 Cypripedium almum. 



C. barbatum x C. Laivre?ieea?ium, or vice versa. 

 Upper sepal white with a vinous stain near each lateral margin, the 

 central veins alternately longer and shorter, deep green, the side veins 

 broader, deep purple ; lower sepal white, with 2 — 3 purple streaks ; petals 

 deep greenish brown, tinted with purple at the apex, and with numerous 

 small black warts at each margin ; lip deep bronzy purplish brown, the 

 infolded lobes pale green, spotted with dull purple. 



Cypripedium alnium, Rchb. in Gard. Chron. I. s. 3 (1887), p. 512. C. Cook- 

 souianum, Hort. 



Raised by Mr. Norman C. Cookson, of Oaklands, Wylam-on-Tyne. 



0. Aphrodite. 



C. niveum x C. Lawrenceanum. 

 Plant dwarf and compact. Leaves oval-oblong, 3 inches long, and 

 l\ inches broad, uniformly tesselated with light and dark green. Flowers 



