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PL. DLXIII. 
CYPRIPEDIUM INSIGNE wax. VARIETATES NOVAE, 
1. FUSCUM. 2. PICTURATUM. 3. IMMACULATUM. 
CYPRIPEDIUM. Vide Lindenia, I, p: 7: 
Cypripedium insigne. Vide Lindenia, IX, p-. 63. 
ep he fresh plate which we herewith devote to Cypripedium insigne will 
enable one to appreciate at a glance the extent of the variations of 
this remarkable species, and to compare the merits of the various 
forms. 
The three varieties pourtrayed by our artist were exhibited at a Meeting 
of the ORCHIDEENNE on January ro last, by Messrs. Lucien LinpEN & Co. of 
Moortebeek in a beautiful group which contained not less than thirty distinct 
and superior varieties, a collection such as could not fail to create a sensation. 
From them we have chosen to be painted three of the most characteristic 
varieties, the description of which is herewith appended : — 
Var. fuscum. This is a remarkably large flower ; the upper sepal is folded 
backwards at the base, broadly spreading upwards, and very wavy at the top, 
while the petals are very long and broad. 
The colour of this variety is very striking and uncommon. The whole 
flower is bright yellow with a tinge of green on the upper and lower sepal, and of 
brown on the lip; the petals are delicately striped with brown, and washed with 
the same colour at the edges, while the upper sepal has a great number of large 
purple-brown blotches arranged in longitudinal lines. On the whole this variety 
may be compared to an extremely large Chantinii varnished with a wash of 
bright yellow. 
The variety picturatum presents a very dark and spotted appearance. The 
upper sepal, which has a white base slightly shaded with clear yellowish green 
is covered with a mass of large contiguous blackish purple-brown blotches, 
somewhat after the fashion of certain hybrids from C. villosum Boxallii. The 
petals present a similar appearance — one very rarely seen on these organs; 
_ they are large and broad, the whole of the clear yellow surface being dotted 
with large brownish-red blotches. The lip is light brown and the staminode 
yellow. 
The variety ¢mmaculatum is on the whole very pale. The white upper sepal 
has a greenish yellow area at the base extending upwards a little beyond 
the centre, and traversed by some very delicate brown lines. The petals are 
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