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C. Spicerianum. From the mother plant (U. calophyllum) the hybrid has 

 taken the petals, which are more spreading, and the upper margin of which 

 is less waved, and the dark reticulated leaf. The plant has been named in 

 honour of Mr. MacFarlane, the artist " (Dr. Kriinzlin in Gardeners' Chronicle, 

 Srd ser., 1891, a. p. 300).— Garden hybrid. 



C. MACROCHILUM, O'Brien. — A hybrid between G. longifoUum and 

 Uropedium Lindenii, which is described by Mr. O'Brien in the Gardeners' Chronicle 

 as follows : — ■" This plant has the usual bright green leaves of the Seleni- 

 pedium section of Cypripedium. The upper sepal is creamy-white, slightly 

 tinged with green, and having greenish lines thereon; the lower sepals are 

 similar to the upper. The petals, which resemble those of C. caudatvmi, have 

 purple hairs at the base ; they are greenish- white, tinged and streaked with 

 rose-colour, and deepening in hue towards the tips ; the staminode has a 

 fringe of purple hairs, and the labellum, which forms the striking feature in 

 the flower, is ivory-white, tinged in places with pale green, and the veinings 

 coloured, and between them tinged with reddish-brown. The labellum is curved 

 forward, and its unfolded lobes are white, beautifully spotted with rose." — 

 Garden hybrid. 



Fia.—Gard. Chron., Srd ser., 1891, -v. p. 3i3, f. 40. 



C. MACROPTERUM, Hclib. f. — A cross between G. Lowii and G. superhiens, 

 raised in Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons' nurseries. It is a compact and charming 

 hybrid, with persistent, variegated foliage. The scape is terminal and erect, 

 bearing two or more flowers, which, when expanded, measure some 6 inches 

 across ; dorsal sepal pale green, veined with green of a deeper hue, which 

 passes into brownish at the base; petals 3 inches long, spirally twisted, 

 yellowish cowards the base, spotted with dark purple, and passing wholly into 

 pale purple towards the tips ; lip dull brown-purple. It blooms during the 

 months of June and July, and continues several weeks in full beauty. — 

 Garden hybrid. 



¥lG.— Orchid Album, ix t. 391. 



C. " MADAME BARBY." — -The result of a cross between C. Lawrenceanum 

 and C. ionsv.m. The dorsal sepal resembles that of the first-named parent in size 

 and colour ; petals greenish, suffused with purple, having several purplish 

 spots ; lip purplish-brown, greenish at the base. — Garden hybrid. 



JlG.—L'OrchidophlU, 1892, p. 337. 



C. " MADAME CAPPE," Goiter. — A cross between G. Spicerianum and C. 

 Harrisianum Daufhierii. This is an extremely handsome variety, bearing flowers 

 larger than C. Spicerianum, and much richer in colour, the lip being bright and 

 showy; the scape is two-flowered, each flower being nearly 6 inches across ; dorsal 

 sepal large, broadly ovate, the sides reflexed, white with a patch of green at 

 the base, with lilac-mauve veins, and a broad central streak of crimson ; inferior 

 sepal oblong, pale green ; petals ligulate, obtuse, deflexed, slightly crimped on 

 the upper edge, green, with a dark central band, the superior half suffused 

 with a reddish-brown hue; pouch more compressed than in G. Spicerianum, 

 purplish-mauve, freckled with crimson-lake on the inside ; staminode creamy 

 white tinged with lilac, and green centre. Blossoms in the autumn months. 

 — Garden hybrid 



