118 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
the marriage of her sister to Colonel Roebling, a brother of the possessor 
of this plant.—H. T. Clinkaberry. 
CYPRIPEDIUM X ERATO, DEss. 
Raised by M. Charles Vuylsteke, of Loochristy, Ghent, from C. x 
Sallieri crossed with the pollen of C. hirsutissimum. It flowered in 
December last. Dorsal sepal roundish, olive-yellow, covered with small 
sepia spots, and strongly bordered and tinted with rose; lower one pale 
yellow tinted with bronze. Petals purple-red bordered with nankeen yellow, 
except at the base, which is amber-yellow marbled with maroon. Lip 
bronzy shaded with maroon, and minutely spotted inside. A vigorous and 
attractive hybrid.—C. de B. 
CYPRIPEDIUM X ZAMPA, DEsB. 
Raised in the same collection as the preceding from C. x Leeanum 
superbum ¢ and C. hirsutissimum ¢. The dorsal sepal is more spotted with 
sepia at the base than the seed parent, the petals more undulate, spatht- 
late, and reddish-purple towards the extremities, and the lip more or less 
suffused with pale rose. It is a very pretty hybrid of robust habit—C. de B. 
CYPRIPEDIUM xX MAURICEANUM. 
Raised from C. x Harrisianum ? and C. Spicerianum @ in the collection 
of Madame O. Block, of Paris. In the dorsal sepal it somewhat resembles 
the pollen parent, but in the other segments is more like C. x Harrisianum 
—C. de B. 
CYPRIPEDIUM xX CONSTABLEANUM. 
A beautiful hybrid raised by Messrs. Pitcher and Manda, of Short Hills 
New Jersey, from C. Fairieanum crossed with C. Dayanum. The characte!s 
of C. Fairieanum are said to be more pronounced than usual in the hybri 
It is named in honour of F. A. Constable, Esq., of New York.—Gowet " 
The Garden, Jan. 28th, p. 75. 
CYPRIPEDIUM x DIBDIN. 
A hybrid raised by Mr. J. C. Cowley, in the gardens of F. G. Tauts, Be 
Hanger Hill, Ealing, between C. Argus and C. Boxallii. The flowers ew 
the varnished appearance of those of C. x vernixium. The upp sepal ie 
eréen, profusely striped and spotted with dark purple, with a narrow blu 
white margin. The petals are whitish tinged with rose near their tp i 
spotted with blackish-brown ; d with rose 0? 
the lip greenish white tinge ee 
face, on entre 
; ae the staminode yellow with green reticulations in the © 
O'Brien in Gardeners’ Chronicle, Feb. 11th, p. 162. 
