Plate 123. 



CYPRIPEDIUM H00KERJ3. 



Lady Hooker s Cypri^edkim. 



Gen. Char. Perianthium patens, Sepala lateralia connata aut distincta, labello suppo?ita. 

 Petala libera^ S£)epiu3 angustiora. Lahellum inflatum^ margine utrinque auriculato inflexo. Co- 

 Jumna nana. Stamina 3^ quorum unum 

 antherce sub stamine sterili latentes, su 

 Stylus subliber, teres^ stigmate disciformi 



Pollen pulverulento-glandulosum. 

 terreslrcs utrinque orhis, ah ^qua^ 



/ 



Folia radicalia aut caulina, coriacca aut jilicata. Ploii .> 



folitarii racemosi v. paniculatij sjpeciosi. Lindl, 



Cypripedium IZooArerce ; foliis carnoso-coriaceis oblongo-lignlatis acutis tcsscllatis, pcdumulo iini- 



floro hirtOj sepalo superiore triangulo ovato, sepalo inferioro oblongo oLuisc ncnto, "^pftii'^ 

 ligulato-obovafcis acutis limbo ciliatulis, labelli sacco cylindracco galcato, Tnaigliu! libcro medio 

 iutegerrimo retuso latere utroque minute angulato^ staminodio peltate magiio oblongo, postioe 

 intogerrlmo, antico excism-a semiovatA bidentato, columnft postice sub Blauiino.lio ("illo trilobo 

 signatft, lobo medio semiovato, lobis latcralibus teretiusculis divaricutls. Tickhcnh.JiI. 



CypRirEDiuM Hookeraa. But. Mag. t. 5G32. 



This is another of those beautiful species of Cyprijierl? 



f which 



C. venustum and insigne were the first (and long the only types known) in cultivati 

 but of which many striking new forms have of late been brought to tliis country fi 



Messrs. 1 



the islands of the East. For the present species we are indebted 

 Sons, of Clapton, who imported it from Borneo, and the specimen figured flowered m 

 the garden of W. Marshall, Esq., of Enfield. Specimens were also sent at tlir ''nme 

 time to Dr. Reichenbach, fib, who has communicated to us the specific name he has 

 piven to it, with the further note : " Flowers of Cypripedhnn h 

 f J?h alcpnopsis Schillerianum, or nearly so." It partakes also of 



C. larhatum (Bot. Mag., tab. 4234) and C. purj^urevm (Bot. Mag., tab. 'lOOl), fi 



ors (»f 



both of which it differs in the green and yellow dorsal sepal not striped wiUi p 

 nnd from the former also in wanting the bearded tubercles on the margins of the 

 sepals; the latter character and the purple lip distinguish it from C. /v.-^/"/;' ("^^ 

 Mag., tab. 2129), as do the mottled leaves and very difFercnt dorsal .opnl from f . 



^ = 3112); uhll^t the 



/; 



ot. Mag., tab. 5024) and C. imiym (Bot. Mag., tai.. on-;«^ -"•"' 

 aight, shorter, not decurved petals, and manv other cbnracter^ remove it tar r 

 Lo^ni and C. supcrhkns. It is perhaps most nearly allied to C. javanmnn, but t, 



