144 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
THE HYBRIDIST. 
CYPRIPEDIUM X VANNERZ&. 
THIs is a distinct and very pretty hybrid raised in the. collection of W. 
Vanner, Esq., Camden Wood, Chislehurst, from C. Curtisii @ and C. x 
selligerum majus g. It has the general shape of the latter, but the petals 
are densely spotted from base to apex with deep purple on a light 
ground, in this respect resembling C. Curtisii. The dorsal sepal has 
nineteen deep purple-brown nerves on a lighter ground, and the staminode 
is concave and somewhat hairy, as in the pollen parent, but has the apical 
teeth of the other. The lip is 2} inches long, about intermediate in shape, 
light brown in front, and the side lobes less distinctly spotted than the 
petals. It bears unmistakeable evidence of its parentage. 
CYPRIPEDIUM X ST. HILpa. 
A hybrid raised in the collection of Colonel Marwood, of Whitby, by 
Mr. Horner, from C. Boxallii @ and C. Curtisii ¢. It most resembles the 
former, except that the dorsal sepal is distinctly ovate, and irregularly lined 
with about seventeen purple-brown nerves, partly formed of small confluent 
spots, and a few transverse reticulate nerves in the upper half. The ground 
colour is very light green and the narrow margin nearly white. The petals 
are spotted nearly to the apex with small purple-brown blotches, much like 
the hybrids derived from C. Boxallii and C. Argus. The lip and staminode 
bear much resemblance to those of C x Harrisianum. It is rather curious, 
but in nearly all the hybrids between C. Boxallii and a member of the 
tessellate-leaved group the characters of the former largely preponderate, 
and in the present instance it would be difficult to say which species with 
spotted petals was the second parent, but for Mr. Horner’s record. 
CYPRIPEDIUM X + GOULTENIANUM ELEGANS. 
This hybrid was raised in the collection of G. H. Goulten, Esq., 
Somerset Villa, Camley Park Road, from C. Curtisii 2 and C. callosum ¢, 
as recorded at page 62 of our last volume. The reverse cross has how been 
obtained in the collection of C. Winn, Esq., Selly Hill, Birmingham, from 
whom we have received a flower. It evidently differs sufficiently from the 
original form to receive a varietal name, hence the above is proposed. It is 
a very compact and pretty flower, with the dorsal sepal over two inches long 
by half-an-inch shorter, nearly flat, and with about twenty-one nerves, of 
which the four outer ones on either side are purple and the remainder dull 
green. The petals are 2} inches long by 3 broad, closely ciliate, the disc 
lined with dull green, and the rest purple, with some small purple-brown 
spots along either margin. The lip is 13 in. long, and much like C. 
Curtisii in colour, while the staminode is about intermediate in shape. It 
combines well the characters of the two parents. 
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