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and white margins ; central area of upper sepal tinted with pale green, 

 the mid-vein dark purple with 2 — 3 green veins on each side of it, 

 the outside veins dark purple; petals fringed with blackish hairs and 

 with the veins of a deeper purple than the ground colour ; lip dark 

 purple, the infolded lobes warty. 



Cypripedium Tautzianum, Rchb. in Gard. Chron. XXVI. (1886), p. 681. 



Raised by Seclen at our nursery. This fine hybrid is appropriately 

 dedicated to Mr. F. G. Tautz, of Studley House, Hammersmith, the 

 possessor of one of the most complete collections of Cypripedes yet 

 brought together. 



0. tesselatum porphyreum. 



C. Goncolor X C. barbatum. 

 Scapes 2 — 3 flowered. All the floral segments of a pale buff-yellow 

 much stained with rose-purple, the purple greatly preponderating ; veins 

 of upper sepal deep vinous purple, those of the lower sepal paler, the 

 veins of the petals with numerous blackish purple spots towards the base ; 

 lip deeper in colour in front than the other segments, pale green beneath, 

 the infolded lobes spotted with purple. Staminode pale greenish yellow. 



Cypripedium tesselatum porphyreum, Rchb. in Gard. Chron. XV. (1881), p. 41. 

 Id. XX. (1883), p. 492. 



Raised by Seden at our nursery. The coloration of this beautiful 

 hybrid is unique ; the rose-purple is of a peculiarly distinct shade not 

 seen in any other Cypripede known to us. 



0. Thibautianum. 



C. Harrisianuin X C. insigne Maulei. 



Upper sepal apple-green with a broad pure white margin and with 

 blackish brown spots along the veins, those on the central veins more 

 or less confluent ; lower sepal light green with a few blackish spots 

 towards the base ; petals red-brown passing to tawny yellow at the 

 margins ; lip red-brown, paler beneath. Staminode buff-yellow. 

 Cypripedium Thibautianum, Rchb. in Gard. Chron. XXV. (1886), p. 104. 



Raised by Seden from the same cross as Cypripedium oenanthum, 

 and therefore but a variety of that hybrid, but c|uite distinct from it in 

 colour. It is dedicated to M. Thibaut, the well-known nurseryman at 

 Sceaux, near Paris. 



0. vernixium. 



C. Argus X C. villosum. 

 Leaves tesselated. Flowers large with a glossy varnished surface ; 

 upper sepal green with narrow white margin, the veins blackish and the 

 central and basilar area spotted with blackish purple ; lower sepal pale 



