THE ORCHID REVIEW. 147 
CYPRIPEDIUM xX MELANTHUS. 
This hybrid owes its descent to the crossing of Cypripedium Hookere 
with the pollen of C. Stonei. Mr. Seden was the raiser. The leaves are 
distinctly tessellated, and the scape 16 inches long, and at present one- 
flowered. The dorsal sepal has almost the shape of C. Stonei, but suffused 
with olive-green, and the stripes less distinct. The petals are 3} inches 
long, broader than in C. Stonei, and much darker, as the yellow-green 
ground is almost wholly suffused with bright purple-brown, and with 
numerous small spots. The lip is 2} inches long, veined with light brown 
on a paler ground, and thus it resembles the pollen parent in this organ also. 
The staminode is nearly circular, slightly concave, and hairy near the 
margins. The influence of the seed parent is best seen in the foliage, 
though in the flower it can also be traced. It will probably improve as the 
plant becomes stronger. 
CYPRIPEDIUM. X PAULII. 
This is a rather curious hybrid, which has been raised in the collection 
of John C. Bowring, Esq., Forest Farm, Windsor Forest, from C. x selli- 
gerum majus, crossed with C. x Harrisianum. Its descent may be thus 
€xpressed :— 
C. villosum 9. ) 
C. barbatum 2. 
C. barbatum 9. ) 
C. philippinense 7. j 
C. x Harrisianum ¢ ) 
| C. x Pauli. 
C. x selligerum f. | 
It will thus appear that, although both parents are themselves hybrids, 
the offspring has fifty per cent. of the blood of C. barbatum in it, and 
twenty-five each of C. villosum and C. philippinense. The scape bears two 
large flowers, which have much of the character of C. x Harrisianum ; but 
the dorsal sepal is narrower, and has a curious twist. It is dedicated to 
Mr. Paul, Mr. Bowring’s gardener. 
CYPRIPEDIUM X MURILLO. 
A hybrid raised by M. Charles Vuylsteke, Loochristy, near Ghent, from 
 Boxalli atratum 2 and C. Argus ¢. Thus it is derived from the same two 
Species as the one called C. x Dibdin (p. 118).—F. Desbois in Gardeners’ 
Chronicle, Feb; I1th, p. 162. 3 : 
CYPRIPEDIUM xX GERMINYANUM VIOLACEUM. ~ 
A hybrid raised by M. Charles Vuylsteke, of Loochristy, near Ghent, 
