THE ORCHID REVIEW. 303 
NOVELTIES. 
CypRIPEDIUM CHARLESWORTHII, Rolfe—A new and sensational species 
of Cypripedium has been introduced from the East Indies, by Messrs. 
Charlesworth, Shuttleworth and Co., of Heaton, Bradford, and has now 
flowered in their establishment for the first time. Hybridists have tried to 
get a Cypripedium with a rose-coloured dorsal sepal, and hitherto without 
success, while all the time a species with this character has been waiting to 
be discovered ; and now that desirable event has taken place our gardens 
will be the richer. It belongs to the C. insigne group, but is so distinct that 
it is difficult to compare it with anything. Its leaves are linear-oblong and 
green, though on the under-side are many irregular purple-brown. blotches 
and streaks. The scape is short, one-flowered, and the flower about the size 
of C. Spicerianum. ‘The dorsal sepal is broad and flat, ultimately slightly 
concave, and of a beautiful light soft rose-colour, uniform throughout. The 
petals are spreading and not undulated, and the lip something like that of 
C. Druryi or exul in shape. The staminode is ivory-white, with an acute 
yellow tooth, in which respect, as in that of the dorsal sepal, it is quite unique 
in the genus. Botanically, it must be placed near C. Spicerianum, insigne 
and Druryi, though remarkably distinct from any of them. It is as unex- 
pected as it is beautiful; and the Orchid Committee of the Royal Horti- 
cultural Society have just awarded it a First-class Certificate, which it richly 
deserved. It is dedicated to Mr. Charlesworth, the head: of the firm who 
has been so fortunate as to discover and introduce it. The technical des- 
cription must stand over for the present. 
LycasTE CINNABARINA, Rolfe.—This is a very beautiful Lycaste, which was 
discovered at the sources uf the Marafion River, in Peru, as long ago as 1853, 
by Warscewicz, though, so far as can be traced, it has only now come into 
cultivation. Messrs. Linden, L’ Horticulture Internationale, Brussels, have 
recently had a collector in this region, and the plant has now flowered among 
their importations. Lindley appears to have given it the name of Maxillaria 
cinnabarina, under which name it was included in the Catalogue of 
Warscewicz’s sale, as “‘a new species, with pale yellowish green flowers and 
a rich apricot-coloured lip.” This apparently relates, however, to the dried 
specimens, and not to living plants. The species is very nearly allied to 
L. mesochlena; Rchb. f., of which an account was given at p. 72, and has 
similar short scapes, while the sepals and petals are almost identical, both 
in shape and colour. But the lip is totally different, being nearly eatire 
instead of three-lobed, and of a deep apricot or light orange-brown tint, which 
forms an elegant contrast with the greenish white or nearly ivory-white 
sepals and petals. It must not be confounded with L. gigantea, Lindl., 
Which has long scapes, and longer, more acute sepals and petals, in fact the 
