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CYPRIPEDIUM (HYBRIDUM) ASHBURTONIZ cao. ¢ 
VAR. LAUCHEANUM. Saneer. 
The original C. Ashburtoniz is a hybrid raised from Cypripedium barbatum, crossed with the pollen of C. insigne, and quite intermediate in character, 
The leaves are longer and narrower than in C. barbatum, also less distinctly tessellated. The dorsal sepal is about intermediate in shape, with a white margin 
and some brown spots as in C. insigne, with longitudinal purple veins as in C. barbatum, The petals approach those of the last named species, The lip is 
fairly intermediate in shape, though rather nearer to C. insigne than to the other parent. The staminode is much longer than in C. barbatum, and has the 
apical teeth much nearer together, but it is hairy as in C. insigne, and with an approach to that of the same species in shape. These characters, however, are 
not constant, and different individuals present different combinations of the characters of the two parents, though all bear an unmistakeable resemblance to 
each other, and their parentage is sufficiently obvious on careful examination. 
CYPRIPEDIUM (hybridum) ASHBURTONIA&, Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron., 1871, p. 1647, fig. 348 ; Regel Gartenflora, XXVIIL., p. 163, t. 976 ; Ill. Hort., 
XXXV,, p. 71, t.61 ; Veitch Man, Orch. Pl, pt. 4, p. 78. 
C. (hybridum) osscuruM, Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron,, Jan. 1, 1887, p. 8. 
VAR. EXPANSUM, Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron., Nov. 1, 1884, p. 552. 
VAR. MAJUS, Veitch Man. Orch. Pl., pt. 4, p. 79. 
VAR. SUPERBUM, Will. Orchid Album, IX,, t. 400. 
VaR. LAUCHEANUM, Sander. A dark variety, with the dorsal sepal more distinctly striped with purple than usual, and the petals coppery-purple, 
which may be traced to the preponderating influence of C. barbatum. 
Our analytical drawings represent the lip and column, the latter seen from front and side, 
CyprIPEDIUM ASHBURTONL& was originally raised in the collection of the Right Hon. Lady Ashburton, at Melchet Court, 
near Romsey, by Mr. Cross, from Cypripedium barbatum fertilised with the pollen of C. insigne, and was described and 
figured in the Gardeners’ Chronicle for 1871. The variety expansum originated in the same collection, and probably 
from the same cross. It is chiefly distinguished by the larger dorsal sepal, with larger, darker spots, and a broader, 
white apical margin. The variety majus, which was raised by the late Dr, Narris, of Lamberhurst, Kent, is more robust 
in habit, and has larger flowers. The variety superbum originated with Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son, and is a large 
and well-coloured form, quite intermediate in character. The same two species have also been crossed in several other 
collections. The variety Laucheanum, the subject of the present plate, was raised by Mr. Maynard, in the collection of 
Messrs. F. Sander & Co., of St. Albans, from C. barbatum Warneri crossed with the pollen of C. insigne var. amcenum. 
It is chiefly characterised by the coppery tint of the flower, due toa preponderance of the influence of the barbatum parent- 
age, which is specially marked in the stripes of the dorsal sepal, and the colour of the petals. The spots on the dorsal 
sepal and the small tubercle of the staminode are clearly derived from the other parent. It is named after Herr W. 
Lauche, Director of the Gardens to the Fiirst Lichtenstein, of Eisgrub, Austria. R. A. Rolfe. 
Our plate was taken from a plant which flowered in our establishment. 
