332 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [APRIL 
inspection; winged column exactly the color of sepals and petals, diameter 
6.5 mm., apex truncate; lip 19 mm. long, 9.5 mm. broad near base, 
the basal half profusely streaked with dark crimson on a white ground 
within, the crimson occupying more than half the surface; at the end 
of the opening of the lip above is a lemon yellow patch with three rows 
of yellow hairs, and near the distal end of each row is a bunch of shorter, 
dark red, claviform hairs; the apical expansion of the lip is about 9 mm. 
long and 7 mm. wide (longer than in Brirron’s figure), the apex 
briefly pointed, not widened or emarginate, as 
BrItTOon’s figure shows; apical part of lip whitish, 
flushed with pink distally, but without dark 
spots except the three patches of claviform 
glands on the yellow area; beneath, the lip or 
sac ends in two hornlike processes, 2.5-3 mm. 
long, which do not extend beyond the apical 
extension above; these horns (which contain nectar) and the region 
about their base are pale yellowish. 
CYPRIPEDIUM VEGANUM Cockerell and Barker.—I have grown this 
successfully in my garden at Boulder, the plants coming from the Upper 
ecos. On May 24, 1914, I saw a female bee Osmia armaticeps Cresson 
enter the flower through the upper aperture of the lip, and eventually 
emerge at the side behind, following the route indicated by H. MULLER.’ 
It forced its way out with considerable difficulty, the passage being al- 
most too narrow for it. Smaller bees are able to crawl out by the way 
they came in, and consequently are not-agents in pollination. 
Antholithes pediloides, n. sp. (fossil).—Lip(?) apparently saccate, as 
preserved coffee-brown, much darker than the shale, a little over 12 mm. 
long; no venation visible (fig. 1). 
This object, which I have repeatedly studied, has all the appearance 
of being the lip of a Cypripedium, showing a strong callus around the 
lateral sinuses, and even, by a dark shade, some indication of the margin 
of the sterile stamen. Comparison with living Cypripedium flowers 
appeared to confirm the identification. On the other hand, it appears 
very unlikely that a Cypripedium lip would be separated from the rect 
of the flower and preserved in this manner. I think we can say with 
certainty that the object is neither a fruit nor a leaf; the apparent lateral 
sinuses are not due to any accidental tearing or breaking. There Te 
mains, however, a feature which I cannot at present explain. Irregu- 
Fic. 1.—Antholithes 
pediloides, n. sp. 
* KnuTH, Bliitenbiologie 2:459. 1899. 
