AND THEIR MANAGEMENT. 



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Cypripeclium. 



light green, with darker mottlings. The scape is about ift. high, 

 purphsh, hairy ; the flowers are large ; dorsal sepal short, green, 

 with a white margin, and purple and green nerves ; lower sepals 

 small ; petals narrow, pointed, deflexed, dull green on the upper 



Fig. 46. Flower of Cypripedium Curtisii 

 (nat. size). 



half, white below, veined and spotted with purple, hairy on the 

 margins ; pouch large, helmet-shaped, with acute side angles, 

 vinous purple, with blackish veins. The blossoms appear in 

 Alay and June, and last a long time. This species should be 



