THE ORCHID REVIEW. 209 
CYPRIPEDIUM x LITTLEANUM. 
THE occurrence of another natural hybrid Cypripedium is an event of 
unusual interest, owing to their undoubted rarity. Hitherto only two 
examples have appeared, namely, C. & Calceolus X macranthum, from the 
birch forests of Siberia, and C. X siamense, of which full particulars were 
given at page 20 of the present volume. The new example has flowered in 
the collection of H. Little, Esq., of The Barons, Twickenham, having been 
purchased by him, with others, as an imported plant. On flowering it was 
immediately seen to be something very distinct, and consequently Mr. 
Little took a photograph of it, which is here reproduced. It was 
Fig. 8.—CYPRIPEDIUM X LITTLEANUM. 
obtained from Mr. H. A. Tracy, of Twickenham, but unfortunately 
there seems to be a little uncertainty about its exact habitat. Some plants 
of C. tonsum are said to have come home at the same time; but there are 
one or two circumstances which lead one to look elsewhere for its 
parentage, as will presently be explained. The foliage is remarkably 
like that of C. Lawrenceanum, and out of flower it would almost 
pass for that species. The chief difference is that the leaves are a 
little more erect, and the markings rather less in extent. The 
