CYPRIPEDIUM 



CYPRIPEDIUM 



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in different fls. on the same plant; petals colored like 

 tipper sepal; labellum waxy yellow, spreading at aper- 

 ture; staminode yellow, with an orange-yellow projec- 

 tion. Gng. 7:196.— The most beautiful Cypripedium. 



O. insigne runs into many forms. Following are some of 

 them: Albo-margindtum, Fls. yellowish; upper sepal bordered 

 all round with white; spots light colored, found only on the 

 greenish yeUo^v disk.— Albens. Color of fls. soft greenish yellow; 

 xipper sepal half white.— A me^d/mm. Fls. rather large; upper 

 sepal brownish, with a white margin, not spotted, suffused with 

 rifh hroyvn.—Arnoldidnum. Fls. larger than in var. Maulei; up- 

 per sepal with a broad, white margin, spots confined to the green- 

 ish yellow disk. G.F.7;425. A.F. 6:11.3. — Awreum. Upper sepal 

 -pale yellow; petals and labellum brownish.— ^rccvesidnum. 

 Upper sepal oblong, upper third white, otherwise yellowish 

 green, with regular lines of brown dots; petals reddish brown. 

 — Brbwnii. Fls. green; upper sepal heavily blotched or spotted; 

 petals spotted. A.F.I : Go.— Gorrugdtum. Labellum corrugated, 

 otherwise tyi>ica.l.—Goulsonidnum. A very large flower, with a 

 broad upper sepal. Closely allied to var, Schroederianum (?). 

 — Oowperidnum. Upper sepal spotted at base, similar to that 

 ■of var. albo -marginatum ; petals rather longer than usual; 

 labellum \a.Tge.— CutUngidnum. Fls. large, greenish; upper 

 sepal broad, with violet-purple spots on the white.— Domtnid- 

 num.— Dormanidnum.— Eyermaiiidnum. Fls. light yellow, 

 with several light [brown spots at base of upper sepal.— J'cer- 

 sterTnanni. Upper sepal with a broad white border; petals 

 distinctly veined with ^ixavux.-Fuscdturn. R.B.20:25.— Grdciie. 

 Upper sepal narrow.— Gilmorednum. Fls. rather large; upper 

 sepal spotted with hrovm.— Guttdtum. R.H. 1851: 201.— Hors- 

 inanidnum. Sepals long and narrow.— J/iws(re. Yellowish va- 

 riety; sepals and petals spotted.— ^im&aiKdnum. Upper sepal 

 flat, reflexed at the summit, yellowish green; spots running in 

 lines into the white border; petals strongly veined.— ion£fis^- 

 palum. Long, narrow sepals; upper sepal brownisb below, 

 greenish above, not spotted, — LutwychednuTn. Upper sepal 

 somewhat narrower than usual, basal margins wavy; upper 

 margin white, passing to pale yellow ; spots hardly visible, same 

 color as the sepal. Belongs to the Emesti group of varieties.— 

 Maculdtum. An obscure Ys.r\(iiy 'i—Mandevillidnum. Form 

 same as Albo-marginatum. Petals. thickly covered with spots in 

 regular lines.— Jl/aTiZei. Wliite portion of the upper sepal pre- 

 ■dominating, extending to the base on either side of the green 

 disk; uppermost spots violet-purple, otherwise the spots are 

 larger brownish and f evf .— Maximum. Upper sepal large, deep 

 sreen.— Mdcfarlanei. Allied to var. Sanderee. Sepal and pet- 

 als narrower, deeper yeUovr.— Moorednum. Fls. pale yellow; 



petals pale greenish yellow ; upper sepal margined with white ; 

 broadly ovate ; basal margins finely dotted; spots largest at the 

 center; petals brown-veined; staminode with a mucro.— Siud- 

 bydnwm.— Superbiens. — Sylhetense. Large dark'spot, somewhat 

 confluent, in Unes along the middle of the upper sepal. 



647. Cypripedium Rothschildianum"CX M)- 



spots laxge.-Moulmeininse.— Nilssoni.-Ifttens.-ljB.rgeT than 

 the type, stronger in growth : fls. very large ; upper sepal white- 

 margined; spots in irregular rows. — Pynaerti. — Schroederi- 

 anum. Fls. extremely large; upper sepal nearly orbicular, or 



648. Cypripedium acaule {X%). 



26. Extil, Rolfe. Lvs. narrower and more rigid than in 

 the preceding species : upper sepal greenish yellow at 

 the base, spotted with brown, upper part white ; petals 

 and labellum' similar to those of C.Dniryi. Siam. B.M. 

 7510. — Considered by some to be a form of C. insigne. 



27. Driliryi, Beddome. Lvs. ligulate, uniform green: 

 scape about 1 ft. high : ovary subtended by a small 

 bract ; upper sepal arching at the summit, yellowish 

 with a dark median band; petals ligulate, yellow, with 

 a dark median band ; labellum yellowish. May, June. 

 India. I.H. 24:265. A.F. 6:555. 



28. villdBnm, Lindl. Lvs. linear-ligulate, uniform 

 green spotted with brown-purple at the base : scapes co- 

 piously long-hairy : ovary subtended by a bract nearly 

 as long as itself : upper sepal narrow at the base, 

 broader above, brownish at the base, otherwise greenish 

 yellow, finely margined with white ; petals spatulate, 

 broad at apices, wavy-margined, oblique, with a con- 

 spicuous brown midvein, otherwise brownish yellow ; 

 labellum brownish yellow; staminode large, oblong, yel- 

 lowish. Jan., Feb. India. LH. 4:126. A.F. 6:555. 



Var. B6xalli. Hort. (C JBdxalU, Eeichb. f.). Upper 

 sepal spotted with blackish spots, which are more or 

 less confluent along the median line. Burma. I.H. 

 26:345. 



29. Sdllieri, Godef. Petals somewhat resembling 

 those of the above; upper sepal large, broad at and to- 

 ward the summit, yellowish green, spotted with brown, 

 and provided with a broad white border round the up- 

 per half. Supposed natural hybrid between C. villosum 

 and C. insigne. 



