CYPRIPEDIUM ELLIOTTIANUM. 
[Puate 397.] 
Native of the Philippine Islands. 
Terrestrial. Leaves distichous, ligulate obtuse, from a foot to fifteen 
inches long, bright green on the upper side, paler beneath. Scape erect, 
furnished with numerous large bracts, which are white tinged with green, and 
streaked with lines of deep chocolate, bearing towards the apex from two to 
five large and showy flowers. Dorsal sepal large, ovate-acuminate, ivory-white, 
suffused with yellow, profusely streaked with broad lines of deep brownish purple, 
lower sepal smaller, but similar in colour and markings; petals long, ciliolate on 
the edges, gradually tapering to a point, white, flushed with yellow at the base, 
and spotted with brownish purple, and this colour is continued in lines throughout 
the entire length; Jip large, projecting forward, contracted at the base, ivory-white, 
suffused with brownish purple, and veined with a deeper shade of the same _ hue. 
Staminode large, beak-like, incurved, furnished with numerous short hairs near the 
apex. 
CypRIPEDIUM ExLiotr1anum, Reichenbach fil., Gardeners’ Chronicle, N.s. 1888, iv., 
o 5Sz. Veitch’s Manual of Orchidaceous Plants, iv., p. 28. Lindenia, 
iv, .t: 186: 
.This fine species of Cypripedium is one introduced recently by Mr. Sander, 
of St. Albans, during the past few years we have had many fine Cypripediums 
sent from their native homes, amongst which may be named C. bellatulum, C. 
Curtisii, C. Godefroye, C. Rothschildianum, C. Sanderianum, and many others, 
the majority of these have been taken advantage of by growers at home for 
hybridising purposes. The plant we here figure is most distinct and beautiful, and 
we are indebted to the kindness of Captain Shaw, White Hall, Buxton, who sent it 
to us for the purpose of illustration in the AtBuM. Captain Shaw’s collection is a 
very fine one, we have known it for many years, and always find something 
in it to instruct and interest whenever it is visited; the proprietor has 
studied Orchids for many years, knows their needs, and is continually on the 
alert for good things. 
Cypripedium Elliottianum is a very fine species, which a glance at our plate 
will certainly verify; it has dark green shining leaves, which are a foot or more 
long, and an inch broad, and persistent. The scape is terminal, a foot or more 
high, and bears from two to five flowers, we are told, but at present we | 
flowers, we believe, are the most that it has produced under cultivation. We are 
assured by its introducer, however, that the collector saw plants which had, in © 
betes 
