its dwarf habit, the leaves seldom exceeding four or five inches in length, and 
measuring considerably less than an inch in breadth, the ground colour on the 
upper side being pale green tesselated with darker markings, while beneath they 
are soft pale green; the erect scape is hirsute, and of a deep purplish brown. 
The flower is of good size and charmingly coloured and reticulated, the dorsal sepal 
being broadly ovate, white, tinged with soft light green at the base, suffused 
with bright light purple, and veined with rich vinous purple; the upper part and 
the margins of the sepal are bordered with pure white, the lower sepal white tinged 
with pale green; petals deflexed and recurved something in the manner of its last- 
named parent, bright pale green, becoming whiter and suffused with light purple 
at the tips; the saccate lip is soft reddish brown. 
Cypripedium vewxillarium is an evergreen plant of exceptional beauty; it 
enjoys the temperature of the Cattleya house in the summer-time, but the 
East Indian house in winter suits it best, and a moist atmosphere all the 
year round. It should be potted in well-drained pots, and in a mixture of fibrous 
peat, from which the greater portion of the fine soil has been beaten, a little 
light turfy loam treated in the same manner as the peat, some chopped sphagnum 
moss, a small portion of sharp sand, and a few nodules of charcoal broken up 
fine. It requires a liberal supply of water to its roots during the summer 
months, and during the winter less must be given, but at no time must the 
roots be allowed to suffer for want of water. | 
