cypRiPEDiuM. 293 



C. PORPHYROCHLAMYS, Rchh.f.—Thh lovely hybrid is the result of a cross 

 Ijetwcen C. barbatuni Wamerianum and C. hirsutissimum. The leaves are dis- 

 tichous, aucipitous at the base, obloug lanceolate, from 4 to 6 inches long, pale 

 green, faintly tessellated with darker ^reen; peduncle erect, one-flowered; bract 

 boat-shaped, about equal in length to the ovary, slightly hairy; flowers large and 

 showy ; dorsal sepal roundish ovate, the central part deep rich purplish-crimson, 

 with darker veins, margin white, with a heavy border of white on the apex, and 

 at the base a semi-lunate patch of pale-green ; inferior sepal very much smaller, 

 greenish-white, with darker veins ; petals ligulate, much deflexed, undulate at 

 the margins, and ciliolate, yellowish-green at the base, much freckled with dark 

 dots, the apical portion pure rich violet-purple; the pouch-like lip oblong- 

 obtuse, brownish-purple with darker veins on the upper side, but paler beneath, 

 passing into green ; staminode purple, paler at the edges. It was raised in the 

 nurseries of Messrs J. Veitch & Sons. — Garden hyhrid. 



Fig. — Orchid Album, ix. t. 426 ; Orehhl Review, i. p. 105, f. 7. 



C. PORPHYROSPILUM. — See C. pycnopteiitjm pokphyrospilum. 



C. PRAESTANS, Bclib. f. — This species has undoubtedly an affinity fo 

 O. glanduliferum of Blume. " The leaves have all the strong texture and the 

 varnish of those of C. lacvi-gaium and G. Roehelinii ; the peduncle is very strong;, 

 covered with short dark hairs ; the inflorescence is five-flowered ; the spatha- 

 ceous bracts are nearly equal to the stalked ovary; the flowers surpass all those 

 of the above-named species, and are nearly as large as those of C. grande / both 

 sepals are nearly equal, though, curiously enough, the connate one is rather 

 broader; the three median nerves are keeled outside; petals liuear-ligulate,, 

 very much undulated at the base, as in a fine Gloriosa, tapering at the end,, 

 surpassing the lip by one-third ; the Up has a very long channelled stalk, and 

 has the uncommonly elegant shape of that of C. Stmwi itself; the staminode is 

 like that of O. Roebelinn, exceedingly gibbous at the base, abruptly acuminate- 

 at the top, villous on the sides " (P^eichenbach, in Gardeners' Chronicle, x.s.,. 

 1886, xxvi. p. 776). — New Guinea. 



Fig. — Liadcnia, iii. t. 102 ; Juurn. of Hort., 1887, xv. p. 179, f. 21 ; Gard. C\rim.f 

 3rdser., 1887, ii. p. 813, f. 155. 



C. PRAESTANS KIMBALLIANUM, Linden et Rodigas. — This variety is named 

 after W. S. Kimball, Esq., of Rochester, N.Y.ja munificent patron of Horticulture, 

 and who has the finest collection of Cypripediums in the United States. It is 

 said to be much superior to the type, and the lip similar in colour and form to 

 C. Stonei, whereas in C. praestans the lip is yellow; the petals are broader and 

 better coloured than in C. praestans, and the dorsal sepal is more distinctly 

 marked. 



Fia.—Lindenia, vi. t. 249. 



C. PRYORIANUM, Sort. Sander. — The result of a cross between C. Lallmm- 

 ianum and C. Harrisianum, obtained and exhibited by Messrs. F. Sander & Co. It 

 produces fine massive flowers ; the upper sepal is almost black at the base, passing 

 into crimson and margined with white ; petals broad, greenish-yellow tinted with 

 red; lip greenish-yellow shaded with purple. This plant was exhibited before 

 The Royal Horticultural Society in the autumn of 1893. — Garden hybrid. 



