JANUARY, Ig12.| THE ORCHID REVIEW. 13 
CYPRIPEDIUM NELLIE AND ITS PARENTS. 
THE annexed illustration represents the brightly-coloured Cypripedium 
Nellie (fig. 4), with its parents, C. tonsum (fig. 3), and C. Charlesworthii 
” 
(fig. 5). The flowers were sent from the collection of O. O. Wrigley, Esq. 
Bridge Hall, Bury, by 
Mr. Rogers, who _ re- = 
marked that the former e 
was really a_ stray S 
seedling, but agreed well a 
with others from a batch - 
of tonsum X_ Charles- 5 
worthii that had already = 
flowered, but wassuperior 
in every respect. The vas 
two parents were en- bh 
closed for comparison, ss 
and as an examination s 
left no room for doubt of a 
their relationship, the a 
photograph here repro- a 
duced was taken by Mr. e 
mo 1. Rolie... It is in- + 
teresting to see the way on 
the characters of the a 
parents have been com- 
bined. The dorsal sepal 
is rose-coloured, but 
darker at the base and 
more distinctly veined 
than in C. Charles- 
worthil, while the 
apiculus of C. tonsum is 
CYPRIPEDIUM TONSUM. 
well shown. The petals 
and lip are fairly inter- 
ao 
> 
mediate in shape, but 
the former is darker than 
in either parent, with 
indistinct traces of spots. The staminode is most like C. tonsum,. 
but with a trace ot the porcelain white colour, which forms such a striking 
feature in C. Charlesworthii. A curious fact was detected in comparing 
the three flowers. C. tonsum takes its specific name (‘‘shorn”’) from the 
