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var . — expansum. 



Upper sepal broader and nearly flat, the spots on the veins larger and 

 deeper in colour, the white apical margin prolonged more than half-way- 

 down each side. 



C. Ashburtonise expansum, Rchb. in Gard. Chron. XXII. (1884), p. 552. 



var.— majus. 



Plant more robust with broader leaves. Flowers much larger, the upper 

 sepal with a faint flush of vinous purple below the white apical border. 

 C. Ashburtonise majus, supra. 



Sllb-vars. (distinguished by colour only). — calospilum, white, border 

 of upper sepal prolonged to the base on each side, the spots on the 

 veins more sharply defined and of a deeper colour; superbum, white 

 border of upper sepal broader and the spots within it of a bright 

 mauve-purple like those of 0. insigne Chantinii. 



The original Cypripedium Ashburtonice and its variety expansum were 

 raised by the late Mr. Cross, gardener to Louisa Lady Ashburton, at 

 Melchet Court, near Romsey. The variety majus was obtained from a 

 separate cross by the late Dr. Harris of Lamberhurst, Kent, who is 

 supposed to have used C. barbatum Crossii for one parent. The two 

 sub-varieties are handsome and distinct ; the first named was raised by 

 Mr. Fraser, of Derncleugh, near Aberdeen, from the same cross as the 

 original C. Ashburtonice. In all the forms the influence of the pollen 

 parent is manifest, especially in the upper sepal, lip and staminode. 



0. auroreum. 



C. Lawrenceanum x C. venustum. 



Upper sepal white, sometimes with a rose-purple stain near each lateral 

 margin, veins close set, alternately longer and shorter, the middle ones 

 green, the outside ones purple ; lower sepal white with pale green veins; 

 petals with 3 — 5 hairy warts at each margin and some smaller ones on 

 the mid-vein, basal portion pale green, apical portion dull red-purple ; lip 

 greenish brown, the infolded lobes buff-yellow spotted with rose. 

 Staminode with deep green central reticulations. 



Cypripedium auroreum, Rchb. in Gard. Chron. I. s. 3 (1887), p. 179. 



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



0. calanthum. 



C. barbatum Crossii x C. Loioii. 



Upper sepal greenish brown bordered with white, veins brown ; lower 

 sepal pale green; basilar portion of petals pale green with some blackish 



