-and we think it will be scarcely possible to obtain more splendid results. The 
AS 
PEE. .CCCEXT. 
CYPRIPEDIUM x MEMORIA MOENSII t. tinp. 
Mr J. MOENS’ CYPRIPEDIUM. 
CYPRIPEDIUM. Vide Lindenia, Engl. ed., vol. I, p. 13. 
Cypripedium >X memoria Moensii. Novum hybridum a defuncto J. MoEns productum, et ejusdem memoriae 
dicatum. 
purple Leeanum. Such is the summary which one might give in order 
to convey an idea of the particular character and beauty of this new 
A hybrid, and which would enable one to picture it to themselves suffi- 
ciently well in the imagination. 
The group of hybrids derived from C. Sficerianum is at the present time 
one of the largest which exists in the genus. Their beauty has encouraged a 
large number of hybridists to follow this particular line of experiment, and 
quite recently many forms have appeared which are remarkable for the size of 
the dorsal sepal, for their beauty of form, their pure white colour spotted 
with green, and their clear or dark violet, or even rose, tint. 
C. X memoria Moensii marks the extreme of these successive improvements, 
dorsal sepal is of the form so characteristic of the hybrids of this section, 
broadly orbicular, with the margins slightly reflexed at the base, while the apex 
is well expanded, but it is distinguished from all of them by the splendour 
of its charming purple colour, hitherto unknown among Cypripediums, and 
quite unique. There remains at the extreme apex a light trace of white. 
The petals are long, well expanded, slightly inclined inwards at their extre- 
mities, and very broad. As is often the case, they are divided throughout their 
length by a median line of dark brown; the upper half of each is of a bright 
shining brown, the lower one of a lighter colour. 
The staminode, whose colour is violet-rose with a bright violet border, is 
much like that of C. Spicerianum. Lastly, the point of insertion of the petals and 
the upper sepal forms a very narrow area of clear green, covered with very 
small black spots. The bright brown lip is very large, and nearly square. 
We have dedicated this magnificent hybrid to the lamented J. Mogens, of 
Lede, in whose collection it made its appearance, unfortunately when its raiser 
was no longer able to enjoy the contemplation of it. This distinguished amateur, 
whose loss for some months we have had to mourn, was an excellent connoisseur, 
as might readily be inferred from the beautiful plants from his collection which 
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