CYPKIPEDIDM. 



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whitish with pale brownish red veins; petals sub-pendulous, 4 — 5 inches 

 long, pale rose-pink with white margins, yellowish green at the base 

 and along the median vein to about half the length: lip light yellow- 

 green, the infolded lobes paler and spotted with rose-pink and green. 

 Staminode fringed with blackish hairs at the back. 



Cypripediuni conchiferum, Rclib. in Gard. Chron. XV. (1881), p. 330. 

 Eaised by Mr. J. C. Bowring, of Forest Farm, near Windsor. 



Cypripedium cardinale. 



C. Dominianum. 



C. caritinum X C. caudatum. 



Upper sepal white with pale buff-yellow veins ; lower sepal similar 



with paler veins; petals pendulous, 7 — 8 or more inches long, pale 



yellow with green veins at the base, the remainder dull rose-pink ; lip 



yellowish green with brown venation, the infolded lobes pale yellow 



