CYPRIPEDIUM. 



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aowcrs; it thrives best when grown in the cool house.— Ijidia : Nepal 

 Sylhet, Khasya. ' 



:0 ¥ia.—LinfI.CoU.J}ot.,t.S2; Ludd.Sot. Cab., t. 1321 ; ITookei- E.r Fl t S-t • 7?o^ 

 .y»//,t 3il2; Maund.Bjt.M.t.r,\i; Florist and Pw., 1870, p 280, with fig- OrcMdAlhim 



CYPRIPEDIUM INSIGNE. 



C. INSIGNE ALBO-MARGINATUM, JTbW.-This is a very peculiar and 

 beautiful variety, having flowers of a yellowish sh£i,de. The dorsal sepal, which 

 is entirely, margined with white, is quite devoid of the spotting usually 

 found in the type. — India. 



JlQ,.— Orchid Allium, v. t. 232. 



C. INSIGNE CHANTINII. — See 0. I^fSIGNE ptjnotattjm violaceum. 



, C. INSIGNE CLARKEI, ITort— This variety was shown by W. C. Clarke, Esq., 

 of Sefton Park, Liverpool, under the name of C Olarkei. The flowers resemble 

 those of the variety punctatum violaceum, but differ in having smaller spots. 

 Syjt. — C. Clarliei. 



C. INSIGNE EXUU.— See C. exul. 



C. INSIGNE FORSTERMANNI, iTori.BeZg'.— A variety with a pubescent dorsal 

 sepal, ornamented with brown hieroglyphic markings and with a wide white 

 border ; the upper spots are found in the white part and are of a violet colour ; 

 the petals are of a waxy yellow at the base, netted with olive-brown, greenish 

 at the edges ; pouch brown, very sliining. This variety is in the flne collection 

 of M. Jules Hye, of Ghent, where it flowered for the first time in 1887. 



