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tawny-yellow, variously streaked and barred witli 

 reddish-purple ; the lateral ones combined, greenish- 

 yellow ; the petals are the most remarkable feature ; 

 these are tawny-yellow, and are lengthened into 

 linear pendent wavy tails nearly two feet or more in 

 length; lip much inflated, tawny-yellow, more or 

 less sufiused with rich deep rose, or reddish-purple. 

 April to June. Cool part of Brazilian House. Andes 

 of South America. 



C. chloronetirom. — This is a hybrid raised by that 

 enthusiastic lover of Orchids, Mr. R. Warner, so 

 long known as possessing one of the finest collections 

 of these plants in England. Professor Reichenbach 

 in describing this plant writes thus :— " Leaves of 

 C. venustum ; very dark ; flowers large, very shining 

 as if varnished ; odd sepal light green, with darker 

 longitudinal and transverse veins ; pair sepals ligulate 

 acute, white with gxeen nerves, very small and narrow ; 

 petals divided by a longitudinal, purple-maroon, 

 broad streak, white with green nerves on side towards 

 the lip, green on the other sides, light brown to the 

 apex, with green nerves and Indian purple wart- 

 like spots on the basiliar limb, and some spots near 

 the base ; lip's sac very broad, with short blunt 

 lateral horns, light copper-coloured, with green 

 reticulations on a yellow border." January and 

 February. Garden hybrid. 



C. Bruryi. — A fine addition to this family ; there 

 are, however, several inferior forms. The finest may 

 be thus described :— Leaves oblong-ligulate, tapering 

 to a point, and deep green ; scape erect, longer than 

 the leaves, and densely clothed with ferruginous 

 hairs, bearing a single flower ; sepals and petals deep 

 yellow with a chocolate band down the centre of 

 each, the latter dotted at the base with green ; lip 

 large, obtuse, pale yellow. East Indies. 



C. Dominianum. — A hybrid between C. caitdatum 

 and C. Fearcei, one of the splendid results obtained by 

 Mr. Dominy in the establishment of Messrs. Veitch 

 of Chelsea, and is exactly intermediate between the 

 two parents. Leaves narrow-ligulate, plain green , 

 scape three or more flowered, all expanded at one 

 time ; the petals are much twisted, but broader and 

 not so long as in C. caudatum ; lip almost same shape 

 as in C. Fearcei, colour tawny-yellow, suffused more 

 or less with reddish-purple. Cool end of Brazilian 

 House. May and June. Garden hj^brid. 



C. euryandrum. — This is the result of a cross be- 

 tween C. barbatum and C. Stonei ; it is a magni- 

 ficent flower, raised by Mr. Seden in the Veitchian 

 nurseries at Chelsea. We believe Mr. Seden was a 

 pupil of our friend Mr. Dominy, and when this 

 flower first opened it must have made the hearts of 

 both rejoice. Leaves large, broadly-oblong obtuse, 

 and plain deep green ; scape three-flowered , flowers 

 very large ; dorsal sepal broadly-ovate obtuse, and 



fringed round the edge with blackish -purple hairs, 

 ground-colour white, sufiiused with rose, stained 

 with pale yeUow up the centre, and striped with 

 purple; the combined lateral sepal is smaller and 

 duller in colour ; petals slightly shorter than 

 C. Stonei, but broader, dull port-wine colour, suf- 

 fused with tawny -yellow, variously spotted with 

 reddish-purple, and slightly warty on the upper 

 edge ; lip large and bold, obtuse, deep port-wine 

 colour. Spring and summer. Garden hybrid. 



C. Fairrieanum.— This exquisite small-growing 

 species is very rare in cultivation. Leaves oblong- 

 ligulate, some three inches long, and light green; 

 scape double the length of the leaves , flowers large, 

 solitary ; dorsal large and somewhat cordate, fringed 

 and waved at the edges, ground-colour white, shaded 

 with green, and strongly veined from base to apex 

 with deep purple; petals at first deflexed, then 

 curiously curved upwards, oblong-lanceolate, white, 

 wdth greenish-purple veins, and ciliate on both 

 edges ; lip large, extending forward, dull purple, 

 suftused with green. It succeeds best in the cool 

 end of the Brazilian House. September and October. 

 Assam. 



C. Sarrisianum. — This is a hybrid between C. 

 barbatum and C. villosiim, and both leaves and flowers 

 appear to be exactly intermediate. The leaves have 

 the bright shining surface of C. villosum, and the 

 tesselations of C. barbatimi, but these are not so 

 plainly marked ; the flowers are somewhat in the 

 style of C. villosum, yet abxindantly distinct ; dorsal 

 sepal broad, duU purple, tipped with white ; the 

 lower sepal smaller, and greenish- white ; petals 

 broadly-ligulate, port-wine colour, the middle vein 

 being very dark ; lip large, dull purple, tinged with 

 green. Spring and early summer. Garden hybrid. 



C. hirsutissimum. — Leaves some nine or ten inches 

 long, strap-shaped, and deep green ; scape longer 

 than the leaves; flowers nearly six inches in 

 diameter, solitary; dorsal sepal very broad and 

 cordate, green, suffused with purple in front, and 

 clothed with long shaggy hairs behind; petals 

 spathulate, the basal half undulate, greenish, the 

 edges fringed with short hairs, upper part rich 

 purple ; lip large, green, freckled with purple. 

 April to June. Brazilian House. Assam (?) Java (?). 



C. Hooker ce. — Leaves broad and obtuse, coriaceous, 

 about five inches long, dark bright green, tesselated 

 with white ; the flowers are somewhat similar in 

 colour to those of the last-named kind ; dorsal sepal 

 cordate, yellowish-green; petals slightly undulate 

 towards the base, where they are green, dotted with 

 purple ; upper half rosy-purple, fringed all round 

 with short dark hairs; lip somewhat small and 

 blunt, yellowish-brown. Reichenbach, in describing 

 this species, says : "Flowers of Cypripedium hirsutis- 



