Plate 149. 



CYPRIPEDIUM HIRSUTISSIMUM 



Shaggy Lady s-slipper . 



Gen. Char. {Vide supra, Plate 101.) 



Cyprivebitj-h UrsuUssimum ; acaule, foliis distichis elongatis loratis acutis costatis enorviif' basi 

 carinatis canaliculatis equitantibus unicoloribus, floribus hirsutis, scapo bractoa sopftbsque 



am 



ungue profande sinuato-lobato, sepalis lateralibns in unnm ovatum coadunatis labollo brevi- 

 oribusj stamine sterili obtuse quadrate angulis obtusis. 



Cypripedium hirsutissimum. Lindl. mss. 



This is an extremely handsome species of tlie stemless group of Cypripcdia, allied 

 to C. hmgne, villosum, HooJcerce, and harhatum; nevertheless abundantly distinct from 

 them all It is said to be a native of Java, and may tlierefore be associated 



th C. LowiL C. StoneL and C. Icevigoi 



of which come from tlie East 



Archipelago, and therefore require a greater degree of heat than C. insignc 



Ther 



o 



of them 



other kinds from the higher parts of Central India. 



nearly twenty intra-tropical species of this remarkable g 



deserving a place even in the most recherche collections, and as they are very easily 



managed, a young Orchid-grower could scarcely select a better family to^ trv' his 



"prentice hand" upon. When the writer of these lines entered the lists (m iSol) 



only two species {C. insigne and C. venustum) were known, and this latter wa^ the first 



Orchid he ever bloomed. 



Descr. Stemless. Leaves often a foot and more long, linear-oblong or hgulatc, 

 acute or bifid at the point, distichous, carinated, channelled and equitant at the base, 

 costate, but not conspicuously striated, of a uniform green colour, and quite glabrous. 

 ^cape about equal in length to the leaves, terete, green, tinged with dark purple vi Ion. 

 or rather shaggy, as are the hractea, ovary, and whole back of the fovn, mth long, 

 spreading hairs, suggesting Dr. Lindley's specific name. Bra^^t broad-orate, «^^^tlnng, 

 single-flowered. Pedicel short, almost included within the sheath. Sepah- all ciliated ; 

 ■'ifperior one broad, rhomboidal-cordate, the margins at length reflexed, dark pui-phsh- 

 gieen, striated, quite green at the margin. Lateral sepals green, united into one, ol 



