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SELEXIPEDIUM 



SELENIPEDIUM 



■white, slightly streaked with green; petals broad, ovate- 

 oblong, undulate, white tinged with rose-purple near 



the base; labellum intense purple; staminodium white. 

 Garden hybrid between .S. Scch'iii ;ind ;S'. Srhlliiiii. Gn. 

 27:495. 



6. Ainsworthii, Reichb. f. {Cypripediutn Ainsicorthii, 

 Reichb. f. |. Lvs. ligulate, acuminate, P^ ft. long: 

 scape shorter, pubescent, few-fld. : upper sepal oblong, 

 acutish, undulate, whitish or yellowish green with a 

 pale purple border; lower sepal very broad and con- 



2307. 

 Selenipedium Sedeni. 



care with a reflexfd margin, shorter than the lip; petal 

 broad, purjilc. with a green niidvein and a pale area near 

 the base; side lolics of the lip yellow, with numerous 

 spots. A garden hybrid between .V. Sedeni and ,S'. 



7. vittatum, Rididib. f. 

 Veil.). Lvs. 1 ft. long, lin.-ai 

 with yellow: stems fe\v-Hd 

 sepal oblong, suhjaeute, .green 



(f'upnpedium vittAtum, 

 ■ liL:nlate, acute, margined 

 .. l--bS in. high; dorsal 

 isb striped with red; lower 

 sepal about twice as broad as the upper, green ; petals 

 linear, pendent, undulate, ivddish brown, .striped with 

 green and green toward tlie base, longer than the sepal ; 

 lahellura shorterthanthesepals, lirown, greenish spotted 

 with reddish brown inside. Brazil. I.H. 23:238. 



. 2308. Lvs. tufted, fi-.S 

 liuate, with golden niar- 

 : dorsal sepal oblong 

 ns; hiwel' sepal ..)vat( 

 tals hiuger than tie 



olfe 



Fi- 



8. Sargentianum, R 

 in. long, oldongdan'-eolatc, aiT 

 gins: seape in. high, 2-3-tl 

 acute, pale yellow with n-d v 

 subacute, shorter than tlo lip; 

 sepals, strap-shaped, slightly twisteil, 

 pale yellow streaked wilb red and with 

 gins; labellum yellow, with ]ialered vt^ 

 lobes speckleil wiili red. lirazil. B M 

 15:781. A.G. 21:423. 



dniate, eiliab- 

 lidd red mar 

 ;. dellexed side 

 l-li;. ({.(.'. Ill 



9. LindleyElnum, Reichb. f. & Warsc. (Cypripedium 

 Ziiidlei/anHiit , ycbonib.). Lvs. 15-20 in. long, leathery, 

 deep green, with yellow margins: scape many-fid., pu- 

 bescent, 2-4 ft. high : upper sepal ovate-oblong, undu- 

 late, light green with brownish veins; petals 2 in. long, 

 detiexed, green with brown veins, ciliate; labellum 

 olive-green, with brown veins and much spotted on the 

 side lobes. Guiana. 



10. longifdlium, Reichb. f. (,S'. Ea-slil. Reichb. f. ,S. 

 Ht'ntwegii , Reichb. f. Cifpfipedluin luiiyifdlitiin, Warsc. 

 and Reichb. f. 0. -Ra'zlii, Regel. G. Rdrhoegii, 

 Reichb. f. }. Lvs. tufted, 8-12 in. long, narrowdy strap- 

 shaped, tapering to a point and strongly keeled : scape 

 2 ft. high, purplish, sparingly pubescent: tis. large; 

 upper sepals ovate-lanceolate, pale yellowish green, 

 faintly streaked with purple; lower sepals ovate-obtuse, 

 shorter than the lip; petals 33-2 in. long, spreading, nar- 

 rowly lanceolate, twisted, pale yellow with rose-colored 

 margins and with a white line on the edge; labellum 

 2 in. long, green shaded with dull purple or brown in 

 front, side lobes yellow, sptitted with pale purple. 

 Costa Rica. B.M."5970 and 0217. I.H. 20:138. R.H. 

 1873, p. 410; 1893, pp. 18, 19. F.M. 1874:119. F. 

 1871:120. — .y. Eij^zlli, sometimes considered as a dis- 

 tinct species, is of more robust habit, having lvs. 2 ft. 

 long and green scapes. Var. magnifldrura, Hort. 

 (Cypripedium rtiagnifldrum, Hort.), has the petals 

 margined with white. A.F. 7:707. The foUowingvarie- 

 ties also are distingtiished in cultivation: graudiflorum, 

 latif61ium, and rdseum. 



11. ilbo - purpureum, Reichb. f. (Cypripedium alio- 

 purpi(reum, Reichb. f.). Lvs. long, strap-shaped and 

 recurved: tis. larger than those of S. Sedeni; sepals 

 oblong-acute, subequal, whitish, with a purplish tinge 

 on the margins; petals o-ii in. long, linear, hanging 

 downward and twisted, purplish ; labellum purplish on 

 the borders, the indexed lateral lobes nearly closing the 

 mouth, white, with dark purple spots. Garden hybrid 

 between .S'. Schfimii and Doiu iitianutn . Gn. 21, p. 332. 

 — A var. sup^rbum has been advertised. 



12. calumm, Nichols. [Cypripedium crtho-Hw?, Reichh. 

 f.). Lvs. numerous, tufted, long acute, channeled: 

 scape much taller than the lvs., brownish red, branch- 

 ing: fls. large, about 5 in. across the petals; dorsal se- 

 pals oblong-ovate, pale green, with longitudinal pur- 

 plish ribs, flushed wuth red on the outside; lower sepal 

 broadly ovate and much 

 smaller: petals lanceolate^ 

 undulate, pale green in 

 the center and at the base, 

 margins rose-red ; label- 

 lum oblong, rose - red 

 tinted with brown in front; 

 side lobes deeply intiexed, 

 cream w^hite, with irregu- 

 lar spots of purple. Gar- "• 

 den hybrid between ^'. 

 iongifoJium and .S'. Sedeni. 

 F. '1884: 145. - There are 

 several horticultural 

 forms, one know^n as 

 Kougierii. 



13. SchrSederae, Hort. 

 ( Cuprl pi'd i If m Sell rtpderfe , 

 Hort. Veitch, ex-Reichb. 

 f.). Plant of the habit of 

 S. .S'cf7^;(/, with fls. reseni- 

 Ijling those of S. albo-ptir- 

 puiruDi but larger: upper 

 sepals nearly ochre -col- 

 ored, with purple veins; 

 lower se|ials very broad, 

 ochre-colored, with purple 

 veins; petals long-lanceo- 

 late, tmduhite, pendent, 4 ' 

 in. long, greenish wdiite in t 

 around the margin; labellum 

 lobes yellow, wilb brown blotc 

 (ween <S'. cuudaUiiu and >'. .S'ci?,//;. 



14. caudatum, Keichb. f. n'l/pi-ipidluin cauduluni 

 Ijiiiill. Ciipripi'diuiii J.hnJ, ni. Van lloutte. Cui"''!"' 

 dium irin'.<ccic/c,fl()H»)/i, Reichb. f.). Lvs. strai 



Sargentianum. 



crimson-purple 

 utside, indexed 

 (-iarden hybrid be- 



shapcd, 



