THE ORCHID REVIEW. 105 
June, 1893, my gardener discovered one seedling only, hidden among the 
sphagnum, which had become luxuriant in growth, and to all appearance 
the seedling at that time was already several months old. The first flower 
was partially open 1st March, 1896.” The flower sent shows distinct 
evidence of its parentage ; in general shape, perhaps, being most like C, x 
marmorophyllum, while the characters of C. Hookere and C. venustum are 
easily traced. It is a bold and well-formed flower, though the colours are 
less decided than could be wished. The dorsal sepal is bright green with 
about seventeen olive-green lines, and a broad white margin. The petals 
are light green at the base and light purple at the apex, the intervening part 
being nerved with purple-brown on a lighter ground, and with a very few 
purple-brown spots. The lip is veined all over with purple-brown on a 
rather lighter ground; and the staminode large, round except at the apex, 
and suffused with light purple on a pale ground. All the segments are short 
and broad, and of good substance. The leaf is green, and rather obscurely 
tessellated. We should suggest crossing it again with some very dark 
flower, as C. X Creon or C. X Harrisianum superbum. 
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NOMENCLATURE OF HYBRID CYPRIPEDIUMS. 
THE parentage of Cypripedium X Lachesis (C. X Crossianum ? and AG 
X marmorophyllum ¢), suggests an interesting question as to the naming 
of certain possible hybrids, as detailed below. Tracing it back to the species 
from which it was derived, the parentage may be thus tabulated :— 
. (insigne 
(x Crossianum ? |venustum g 
C. X Lachesis} (Hookere ? 
{x marmorophyllum 3 \parbatum 3 
From this it will be seen that the component parts of this hy brid ae 
tinsigne, } venustum, } Hookere, and } barbatum. Now other hybrids 
might easily be raised from the same four species in identical proportions, 
as shown in the following table :— 
- barbatum ? 
x Ashburtonie ? { eieoe sd 
eget d (Hookere 2 
Xe tyes (venustum $ 
um ? 
x calophyllum ? { eae 3 
‘ (Hookere 2 
\x Echo 3 linsigne 3 
he above instances would, of course, 
or C. X Cassiope might be used 
dof C. X marmorphyllum 
(OVC. 
The reverse cross in either of t 
Produce seedlings of the same composition, 
m place of C. x Atys, C. Xx amethystinum instea 
