Plate 141 



CYPRIPEDIUM STONEI. 



Mr. Stone^s C^pripedium. 



Gen. Char. {Vide siipra^ Plate 101.) 



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Cypeipedium Stonei; acaulis^ foliis binis pedalibus oblongis coriaceis obtusis brevi-mucroiiatis 

 scapo elongate atro-purpiireo folia subasquante snbtrifloro^ bracteis lanceolatis conduplicafi^-^ 

 acummatis, sepalis duobus (lateralibus in nnum connatis) aniplis late ovatis acuminatis^ petalis 

 5-uncialibus pendentibns linearibus acuminatis basi ciliatisj labcllo unguiculato^ inigue nmr- 



ginibus iutroflexis apice ample cucullato calceolariformi, ovario sesquiunciali oblongo 6-augu- 

 Ian nniloculari^ stamine sterili ovato carnoso obtusissimo, stigmate aniplissimo oboyato bilob<» 

 margine supra dense fimbriate. 



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Cypeipedium Stonei. Rort. Lotv. 



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This superb species of Cypri^pedium was received in October, 1SG2, from the coi- 

 tion of J, Day, Esq., of Tottenham. It had been imported from near Sarawak, Borneo, 

 by Messrs. Hugh Low and Son, of Clapton Nursery, at whose desire it was named 

 after Mr. Day*s' able gardener, Mr. Stone. Nothing like this had been previousl)- 



ed from the Old World, but 



be followed by another Oriental 



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of the same type (the C. Icevigatiim of our Plate 101), in which the long-tailed petals 

 are still more strikingly developed. In this respect, however, both the above species 

 are left far in the rear by the Peruvian C. caudafum, whose petals measure full) half 

 a yard in length ! 



C. Stonei is scarcely distinguishable in habit either from €. Lowii or C. Imvhjafiiu,, 

 but it grows much more slowly than either. Dr. Lindley spoke of it in the 'Gar- 

 deners' Chronicle ' (1862) as "the gayest of all the Ci/pri^edia;' a complimrnt that it 

 well deserves. It flowers at different seasons. 



Descr. Stemless. ^oofs large, vermicular, fleshy. Z^«i;^5 with a few sheathing sliort 

 scales at the base, ten to twelve inches long, two arising from the same root, oblong, 

 coriaceo-carnose, dark green, subcanaliculate, very obtuse, with a short mucro. Scr^pr' 

 radical, arising from between the two leaves, with a large conduplicate sheatliing hnn-^ 



at the base, a foot long, terete, dark purple, terminating in our specimen in three large, 

 very handsome, bracteated, pedicelled ^oim's. Bracts resembling that at the base <>f 

 tlie scape, but smaller. Pedicels shorter than the bract, supporting an elongated, six- 



