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CYPRIPEDIUM. 



var.— candidulum. 



C. Jongifolhim X G. Sehlimii albiflorum. 



Sepals and petals ivory-white, the former with pale yellow-green veins, 

 the latter with a faint flush of pale rose towards the tip ; lip pale rose, 

 the infolded lobes ivory-white spotted with dark rose. 



C. Sedenii candidulum, Echb. in Gard. Chron. XXII. (1884), p. 489. 



Cypripedium Sedenii. 



var. — porphyreum . 



G. longifolium Hartwegii {Roezlii) x G. Sehlimii. 



Plant more robust with longer leaves than the typical Cypripedium 

 Sedenii. Flowers somewhat larger and deeper coloured, but not other- 

 wise distinguishable from the type. 



C. Sedenii porphyreum, supra. C. porphyreum, Rchb. in Gard, Chron. IX. (1878), 

 p. 366. 



The typical Cypripedium Sedenii and the varieties candidulum and 

 porphyreum were raised by Seden at our nursery ; of the origin of the 

 variety dlbaneme we rind no trace beyond what is indicated by the 

 name. The merits of C. Sedenii as a horticultural plant are too well 



