CYPRIPEDIUM MEASURE SI ANUM 



[Plate 304.J 



Garden Hybrid. 



Terrestrial. Stemless. Leaves two-ranked (disticlious), ligulate acute, from six 

 to eight inches in length, and upwards of an inch in breadth, plain, deep green 

 on the upper side, pale green beneath, marbled with dull purple. Peduncle one- 

 flowered, purple, pubescent, bearing a large ovate- acute bract, which envelopes the 



ovary, and is pale green, mottled with purple. Flowers about five inches in 



diameter ; dorsal sepal ovate-lanceolate, yellow, veined with greenish yellow, and 

 bordered with white ; lateral sepal ovate, slightly paler in colour ; petals spathulate, 

 slightly undulate, unequal-sided, light brownish purple, passing into bright orange 

 with age, suffused on the upper part with purple, and having the appearance of 

 being freshly varnished ; lip large and bold, oblong- ovate, obtuse, dull orange, 

 prominently veined with purplish brown. Staminode somewhat obcordate, papillose, 

 notched above and below^, with a small j)oiiit in the lower sinus. 



Cypeipedium Measuresianum, Williams* Neiv Plant Catalogue, 1887, p. 18., 

 with fig. 



This distinct and splendid new hybrid Cypripedium is a cross betw^een C. villosum 

 and (7. venustum, partaking of both parents in a well-marked form. This- great 

 novelty, which is handsome in foliage as well as in flower, thrives well in a cool 

 house, thereby making it a great acquisition. Cultivated in this way the blossoms 

 are of long duration, and become a brighter yellow colour than if grown in a 

 warm house ; moreover the longer the flowers are in bloom the brighter and more 

 showy in colour do they become. This is quite a novel feature, for, as a general 

 rule, the longer they are in bloom the less brilliant are the colours. Our artist 



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took his drawing from a fine grown plant in the well-known collection of E. II. 

 Measures, Esq., who had, until recently, the entire stock of this beautiful species. 

 The hybrid Cypripediums are great favourites of Mr. Measures, and he has some 

 of the best specimens in the country, which are well cultivated by Mr. Fraser, 

 the gardener. 



Cypripedium Measuresianum is a distinct and handsome hybrid, named in 

 honour of E. H. Measures, Esq., and is of compact growth, with foliage about 

 six to eight inches in length, of a shining dark green colour, the under-side being 

 marked with purple. The flower scape is purple and hairy, as in O. venustum; 

 dorsal sepal ovate lanceolate, yellow margined with white, and veined with yellowish 

 green ; petals similar in shape to C. villosum, of a light brown-purple, changing 

 to bright orange, suffused on the upper half with purple, and possessing the same 

 varnished appearance, which is such a marked feature in that species; lip large, 



