CYPRIPEDIUM EURYANDRUM. 



[Plate 301.1 



Garden Hyhricl. 



Terrestr 



Acaulesccnt 



L 



distichous, b 



tlie apex, 'channelled, rich g 



ligulate, 



lly acute at 



faintly tesselated with deep green, from nine to 



twelve inches long, and one and a half . to two inches broad. Scape stout, erect^ 

 reddish purple in colour, pubescent, two to three flowered. Bracts 



about a third the length of the 



ovary 



d 



bi 



sepal broadly ovate, convex, about two inches across, white suffused 



? ovate acute, 

 streaked with purple ; dorsal 



ith 



and 



-ked with 



the dorsal 



and crimson-purple ; the connate lateral sepcds simil 



crimson 



to 



sepa 



green 

 but paler and much smaller; petals ligulate, about four inche 



in length, and nearly half an inch in bi 



yellow, 



green 



more or less regularlj 



purplish black hairs ; 

 with 



aked with crimson-pu 



whitish at the base, passing into 



veins 



) 



and he 



ged in lines, and 



the 



potted with pur 



lip large and 



margins 



with 



long 



crimson 



fringed on 

 bold, oblong-obtuse, the pouch brown suffused 

 Staminode papillose, yellowish green bordered w^ith white. 



Cyph: 

 iv., p. 77 



iUE 



Reich en hach JiL, Garden e rs' Ch 



fi 



Veitch, Catalogue^ 1880, p. 10, with figure; Gai 



mcley new series, 

 xix., p, 636, with 



gure ; 



M 



des Sei 



t. 



2278 



2279 



W 



Orchid-Groivei 



Manual 



6 ed 



p. 244, with fi 



\..j 



Floral Maga 



new series, 1875, t. 187 (new hyb 



The hyb 



Cypripediums h 



now come so much into fa"v 



that 



we are 



pleased to be able to brin^ before our readers correct portraits of some of th 



most beautiful of these w^onderful 



which are for the most 



1 



P 



the result 



of the 



bridiser^s skill 



this country. 



What can be 



a more delightful occupation 



for amateurs and gardeners than to aim at doing something for the pleasure and 



eni 



of others who 



ght 



improT 



somew 



difficult matter to accomplish 



nature's 

 many in 



'k 



Althou2;h this is a 



has be 



done 



It 



is astonishing what can be effected through study, and there is yet a wide field 



open 



for tho 



ho 



are 



pursum 



course, now such numerous forms are at their 



disposal. The Messrs. J. Veitch and Soi 



ect. CypHpediu m 



of Chelsea, and othei 



'S 



h 



to accomplish this c 

 Messrs. Veitch's, and i 

 two well-known species 



euryand 

 the result of a cross betwi 



a distinct 



(7. Stonei 



done much 

 brid of the 



C. harhatiim 



Th 



offspring partakes of both parents, and 



one of the 



best hybrids w^e have yet figured 



it is robust 



growth, and no doubt is a fi 



bloomer, judging by the plant our drawing was taken from, which was grown in 

 the Victoria and Paradise Nurseries. 



Cypriped 



euryand) 



IS a 



of leathery texture, and vig 



plant 



habit 



ith beautiful bright 



shining 



gre 



foliag 



The fl 



scape is produced 



hea 



E 



