CYPRIPEDIUM MELANOPHTHALMUM. 



[Plate 109.] 



Garden Uyhrid. 



Epiphy 

 a j)alc dull 



Acaulescent. L 



distichous, 



obi 



to 



acuto, 



f 



green colour, chequered with coarse cloDirate reticulations of a 





( 



1;irlcor 



g 



Scape (peduncle) greenish 



d 



•vn 



purj 



.•iviiiLT iH'.'ir llio 



short acuminate hniry brin't, which is strongly 



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d 



o ■■ ■••prx a 



Flowers nicilium-sizcd. of a 



rather showy character, solitary ; dorsal sepal broad ovate-acuTmnjite, nn 

 a half long, white flushed with purple towards the bcu-^e, ( 



of which 



null 



1 



.•md 



veins, 



th(! two pail 



on e 



acl 



iiictiv mnrlvcil with grctii 



1 



short, while the rest become gradually shorter as the} 



lateral ones narrow ovate, whitisli with 



s-iccn 



vt'Uis ; 



side the central one arc alternately long nnd 



approach till' e<lg<' ; uiiil«'«l 

 petals glossy, lineal oblong, 

 dull purple on the upper side towards the base, and marked with a mtIos of blnrk 

 warty hairy dots on the upper edge, the apical portion bright r<'<l<lish purplu "i- 

 wine-red, the lower half somewhat greener, both mnrgiiis ciliate ; lip bold, an inch 

 and three-quarters long, with a somewhat compressed pouch an inch louuf, of a dull 

 reddish purple suffused with green— the green colour most a])pareut towaj<ls the tip 

 and back— and distinctly marked with darker purple reticulations, the sides vcined,_pale 

 yellowish spotted with crimson warts within, their upper angle<' pr« Minced into aurifko. 



Staminode very prominent, hexa 



emargma 



in front with a small tooth inside, 



1 with ereen in the centre, pale purplish green 



shortly dc 



Cypr 



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at the 



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MELANOPHTHALMUii, Rcklicnhach fd., Gardi 



a 



N.S., 



This is one of the numerous hybrid Lady's Slii)pcrs that have been rni<:ed by 



R. AVarner, Esq., Broomfield, Chelmsford. 



every small growth bringing its quota 



small 



All these are of free-blooming rharact. r, 



of the sevornl forms 



of flowers. 



The foliage 



is difrerently variegated, while the flouv-rs of all the kinds arc of 

 which is an excellent quality in any plant. 



long «luiation, 



It will be seen from our illuRtmtion 



that Cypripedium melanopJifhnhnum is a pretty plant, and one 

 cultivation, since it jn-oduces flowers which are 



well 



Wul 



thy of 



long; w 



stems being firm and 



the adornment of living rooms. 



they carry w^ell without injury by tyin 



valuable for cuttin;^ i-uqiosos, tln^ 

 hich mak-'s it useful for vases an<l other decorations fur 



The plants arc grand for exhibition iuir|K.^,-s, a,s 



or p 



ach fluwcr-stcm to a small etiek. 



The 



Cijpripedla are o 



f eas) 



cultivation. They mav, moreover, be frcxly 



hybridized, and arc more readily produced from seed than many oth^r subject^^, as 

 m'ay be seen from the number which have been brought bef.ru the publie, by thoF=e 

 who make it their study to raise thorn in this way. Some pei^un., ar^ more 



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