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CASSELL'S POPULAE GAKDENDSTG. 



spotted with crimson at the hase ; lip round and full, 

 contracted at the mouth, white behind, rich rosy- 

 crimson in front. Peruvian House. Autumn months. 

 It grows at an elevation of 4,000 feet in Ocana, 

 New Grenada. 



G. Sehlimii, var. albiflorum. — This very elegant 

 variety is an exact counterpart of the species, saving 

 its flowers, which are pure snow-white, except the 

 mouth of the lahellum, which is ornamented with 



C. pardimm.— When not in flower, this plant has 

 much the appearance of C. wnmtum. The leaves 

 are some six inches long, and about two inches 

 broad, dark green, tesselated with yellowish-green 

 above, stained with purple towards the base beneath ; 

 scape erect, longer than the leaves, two to three- 

 flowered, seldom one-flowered; dorsal sepal laxge, 

 ovate-acuminate, pure white, streau. ^ with bright 

 green from base to apex, every second slripe reach- 



Cypripedium Spiceriaituh. 



crimson rays. Peruvian House. Autumn. New 

 Grenada. 



C. politum. — This is another hybrid raised through 

 the skill of Mr. "Warner, of Bloomfield, Chelmsford. 

 Leaves rather large, with numerous dark green 

 transverse marks; flowers equal to that of a good 

 C. argits ; sepals triangular, white, with a reddish 

 wash ; nerves green, Indian purple spot at the base ; 

 pair sepals well connate, surpassing in length the 

 lip for a little space ; lip's face blunt, copper- 

 coloured, with green nerves in front, greenish on 

 sides; petals broad, ciliate, totally reddish at top, 

 the remaining part half white and half light brown ; 

 the first part towards the odd sepal, with numerous 

 Indian purple blotches ; the other one with similar 

 blotches and gi-een nerves. January and February. 

 Garden hybrid. 



ing only half the length; lower connate sepals 

 smaller, but same colour ; petals long and broad, 

 standing at right angles, tapering to a point at the 

 base ; yellowish-gTeen, dotted with purplish-black, 

 and bearing several small, ciliated, dark brown warta 

 on the edges; the ends bronzy-red, shaded with 

 purple, and fringed all round with short dark hairs ; 

 lip saccate, yellowish, tinged with rose, and netted , 

 with green veins. April and May. Moulmein. 



C Sedenii. — This is a beautiful hybrid, obtained 

 between C. Sehlimii and C. longifolium. The latter 

 species, if not identical, is a very near relative of 

 C. Soezlii. It is a very handsome form, and almost 

 a perpetual bloomer. Leaves a, foot or more long, 

 ligulate-acuminate, and bright dark green; sepals 

 and petals greenish- white, shaded with crimson, 

 with a few darker streaks ; lip large, and much in- 



