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CYPRIPEDIUM x VEXILLARIUM. 
Tuis beautiful hybrid, as was pointed out at p. 35, was raised by Mr, 
Dominy, in the establishment of Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, of Chelsea, 
from Cypripedium barbatum ¢ and C. Fairieanum ¢, and flowered for the 
first time as long ago as the autumn of 1870.. In fact, excluding the allied 
genus Selenipedium, it was the second hybrid Cypripedium raised; and it 
is still one of the most beautiful. It presents an unmistakable combination 
of the characters of its two parents, though in some respects the pollen 
parent seems to have exerted a preponderating influence. It is a plant of 
dwarf habit, with tessellated leaves. The dorsal sepal is vinous purple with 
Fig. 15. CYPRIPEDIUM X VEXILLARIUM- 
dark purple veins, except at the extreme base, where the colour is green. 
The petals are somewhat similar in colour, except on their basal part, which 
is green with a purple margin. The lip is reddish-brown in front, much 
Paler behind. It is interesting to compare it with the three other C. Fairiea- 
num crosses figured in this work, C. x Niobe (p. 7), C. x Edwardii (p. 23), 
and C. x Arthurianum (p. 305). In each case C. Fairieanum was the 
Pollen parent, the seed parents being C. Spicerianum, C. superbiens, and c 
Insigne, respectively. C. x vexillarium received a First-class. Certificate 
ffom the Royal Horticultural Society, in January, 1871. Our illustration, 
