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Gypripedium. 



brought home about the year 1S19. It is a very accommodating 

 plant, for whilst some keep it entirely in the stove, others grow 

 it in a greenhouse, the latter being preferable, as the blossoms 

 are produced in greater abundance, although the variegation of 

 the foliage is more brilliant where the plants are grown in a 

 warm house. The leaves are short, of a dark bluish-green above, 

 curiously mottled and blotched with grey-green, whilst the 

 under side is dull purple. The flowers are solitary, and of 

 medium size: the sepals and petals are greenish -white or pink, 

 striped with bright green ; the latter are fringed and warted with 

 purple, and the pouch is yellowish-green, veined with olive-green 

 and flushed with dull purple. It blossoms from January to March, 

 and lasts a long time in perfection. It is a native of Sylhet and 

 Nepal, and is perhaps as much valued for its handsomely-marked 

 leaves as for its dark-coloured flowers. (B. M., t. 2129.) 



Var. pardiiuim has larger foliage, which is also more distinctly 

 marbled, and the flowers are clearer and brighter in colour. 



A^ar. Victoria Marie (Hort.), closely allied to C. Cliamber- 

 lainianum, but differing from it principally in its yellowish-tinted 

 flowers and more robust habit. 



C. villosum {Lindl.). — A well-known and handsome species, 

 of robust habit and strong constitution. The leaves are leathery, 

 from I ft. to Hft. long, bright green above, paler below, and 

 spotted with purple at the base. Scapes ift. long, very hairy, 

 one-flowered : flowers large ; dorsal sepal erect, oval, folded 

 back at the base, the margin fringed with hairs, brownish- 

 purple, the upper portion green, fading to white at the margin ; 

 lower sepal smaller, pale green ; petals tongue-shaped, narrowed 

 to a stalk at the base, lin. wide in the broadest part, brownish- 

 yellow, with a purple mid-rib ; pouch large, open, brownish-yellow. 

 The flowers are very freely produced from January to March, 

 and remain fresh about a month. There are many variations 

 from the type here described, some of the forms being con- 

 siderably better than others. The varnish-like surface of the 

 whole flower gives this species a very distinct appearance. Its 

 nearest ally is C. Boxallii. It may be grown in an mter- 

 mediate-house. Moulmein, 1853. 



C. Wallisii {Rchh. /).— A synonym of Selaiifediiim caudatum 

 Wallisii. 



The South American section will be found under Seleni- 

 pedium. 



Hybrids. The following is a list of Gypripedium and Seleni- 

 pedium hybrids up to date, together with their recorded parentage 

 as far as ascertainable ; — 



