THE ORCHID REVIEW. 17 
in the collection of Mr. Herbert Spicer, of The Woodlands, near Godalming, 
but nothing was known of its origin except that it came ina mixed collection 
of Orchids from India. Part of the plants were disposed of to Messrs. James 
Veitch and Sons, of Chelsea, and in the following year it was described. 
Soon afterwards it was discovered in Assam by the collectors of Messrs. 
Hugh Low and Co., and Messrs. Sander, and it soon became well known in 
collections. On account of its good qualities, and particularly its pure white 
dorsal sepal, it was quickly taken in hand by hybridists, and now it has been 
crossed with over twenty distinct species, besides numerous hybrids, and among 
its offspring may benumbered such sterling plants as P. X Leeanum,P x Niobe, 
P X Buchanianum, and others. The species is too well known to require 
description, but besides the reflexed character of the dorsal sepal, we may 
allude to the undulate petals, and the folds of the purple staminode, all of 
Fig. 3. CYPRIPEDIUM FRED. HArRpDy. 
which are well shown in the two uppermost flowers in our figure. The leaves 
and dwarf habit are also shown. 
PAPHIOPEDIUM CHARLESWORTHII, or Cypripedium Charlesworthii (Fig. 
2), needs no description here, as the original coloured plate and description 
appeared in these pages (I., pp. 303, 355, with Frontispiece), and also the 
history of its discovery (III., p. 170). The two lower flowers in our 
illustration represent this species, the left-hand one being the normal form. 
The marked difference in the flat-veined petals and the shape and markings 
of the dorsal sepal are well shown. The ivory-white broadly obovate 
staminode with its yellow-horn are better shown in a second photograph 
from Dr. Hoisholt, showing the plant in another position. 
