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British and other Hardy Orchids. 

 C. candidum {MtihL). — This is almost as small-flowered as 

 C. arietiniDn. Its stem is about ift. high, and bears several 

 erect, lanceolate, pubescent leaves, 4in. long. Flowers solitary, 

 liin. across; sepals and petals lin. long, green and brown; 

 pouch about the size of a robin's egg, laterally compressed, pure 

 white, -with a few spots of purple about the mouth. It blossoms 

 in June, requiring boggy peat and 

 plenty of moisture. It is not a 

 showy species. A native of Xorth 

 America, whence it was introduced 

 in 1S26. (B. M., t. 5S55.) 



C. guttatum {S-lV.). — An interest- 

 ing, pretty-flowered species, not often 

 met with in gardens. It is about 

 gin. high, the short stem bearing 

 two leaves, which are ovate, pointed, 

 decumbent, and downy. Scapes 6in. 

 long, hairy ; dorsal sepal broadly 

 ovate, fin. long; petals the same 

 length, but much narrower and 

 decurved : pouch the size of a 

 pigeon's egg, with a large aperture; 

 colour of the whole flower white, 

 with large blotches of rich crimson. 

 The blossoms are developed in sum- 

 mer. Collectors describe the con- 

 ditions under which this species 

 grows when wild as being " half- 

 shaded positions in woods, in soil 

 composed of half- rotten 

 usually under birch-trees, 

 grows freely like lily-of-the-valley, its 

 rhizomes being only just buried." 

 It should be grown in leaf-mould, 

 in a moist, shaded position on the 

 rockery. A native of Canada and 

 the northern parts of Europe and 

 Asia. CP. F. G., 1., t. 183.) 



C. irapeanum (Llav. and Le.\).- 

 species may be called a gigantic C. pubescens. The stems are 

 leafy slender, i ^rft. high. The leaves are ovate, pointed, stem- 

 clasping at the' base, and pale green. The flowers are sin. 

 across the sepals are ovate, 2in. long, a little smaller than the 

 petals ' both being pubescent and bright yeUow. The pouch 



leaves, 

 Here it 



Fig. 178. CvpRiPEDiuM 

 Cai.ceolus 



(much reduced), 



-This rare and beautiful 



