THE ORCHID REVIEW. 271 
CYPRIPEDIUM KIMBALLIANUM. 
At page 238 of our last issue some remarks were made respecting 
Cypripedium Kimballianum, and the circumstancesunder which C. prestans 
has received four additional names were pointed out. We have since 
discovered that there are two Cypripediums bearing the name of C. 
Kimballianum, and that both are included in the above-mentioned note. 
We therefore hasten to say that the reference to the Gardeners’ Chronicle 
figure—the supposed hybrid between C. Rothschildianum and C. Dayanum, 
which may be termed C. Kimballianum No. 2—must be excluded from our 
note, which will then only apply to the original C. Kimballianum ; other- 
wise C. prestans. Of this second C. Kimballianum we have now seen a 
leaf and flower, through the kindness of the Editor of the Gardeners’ 
Chronicle, and it certainly does appear to combine the characters of C. 
Rothschildianum and C. Dayanum, and as both are Bornean, it may be a 
natural hybrid between them. Mr. J. O’Brien comments on our note to 
the effect that the writer has ‘only (the italics are ours) succeeded in 
introducing further confusion—in short, has ‘‘ discovered a mare’s nest.” 
(Gard. Chron., Aug. 10, p. 154.) It is true we did not discover that there 
were two C. Kimballianums, but we certainly cleared up the complex 
history of the original one: And what of the other? A figure was given, 
with the solitary statement that it was supposed to be a natural hybrid 
between C. Rothschildianum and C. Dayanum. There is no description, 
and nothing to warn one that it is not the plant hitherto known as C. 
Kimballianum. Asa matter of fact it is not permissible to call a second 
plant C. Kimballianum before the first is disposed of. However, we have 
now disposed of the first and cleared the way for the second, but it must 
- be written with the sign of hybridity added, thus—C. x Kimballianum. 
We regret the error, but our readers will now be able to see how we 
‘jumped to conclusions,” and apportion the blame. 
It now remains to add a brief description of C. x Kimballianum. The 
dorsal sepal is 23 inches long by 13 broad, whitish-yellow, with 17 to 19 
purple-brown lines. Petals nearly flat, 4 in. long by 8 lines broad at base, 
narrowed to an acute apex above; strongly ciliate; whitish yellow lined 
with purple brown towards apex, but the nerves only spotted near the 
base. Lip 2}in. long, purplish. Staminode obcordate, with a tooth in 
the sinus, purple-brown, pubescent all over. Leaves strongly tessellated. 
In most respects the plant approaches C. Rothschildianum, but the 
marbling of the leaf, the hairs of the petals, some of which are 24 lines long, 
and the shape of the staminode, all show the influence of the other species. 
The hairs of the staminode must have come from C. Rothschildianum, but 
those of the petals can only have come from C. Dayanum. If it is a wild 
plant it isa most interesting one, for there can be little doubt as to its 
parentage. 
