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spotted with crimson at the base ; lip round and full, 

 contracted at the mouth, white behind, rich rosy- 

 crimson in front. Peruvian House. Autunm months. 

 It grows at an elevation of 4,000 feet in Ocana, 

 New Grenada. 



C. Schlimii, var. albiflorum. — This very elegant 

 variety is an exact counterpart of the species, saving 

 its flowers, which are pure snow-white, except the 

 mouth of the labellum, which is ornamented with 



C. pardinum. — When not in flower, this plant has 

 much the appearance of C. venustum. The leaves 

 are some six inches long, and about two inches 

 broad, dark green, tesselated with yellowish-green 

 above, stained with purple towards the base beneath ; 

 scape erect, longer than the leaves, two to three- 

 flowered, seldom one-flowered; dorsal sepal large, 

 ovate-acuminate, pure white, streaked with bright 

 green from base to apex, every second stripe reach- 



Cypripeditjm: Spicerianum. 



crimson rays. Peruvian House. Autumn. New 

 Grenada. 



C. politum. — This is another hybrid raised through 

 the skill of Mr. Warner, of Bloomfield, Chelmsford. 

 Leaves rather large, with numerous dark green 

 transverse marks ; flowers equal to that of a good 

 C. argus ; sepals triangular, white, with a reddish 

 wash ; nerves green, Indian purple spot at the base ; 

 pair sepals well connate, surpassing in length the 

 lip for a little space ; lip's face blunt, copper- 

 coloured, with green nerves in front, greenish on 

 sides; petals broad, ciliate, totally reddish at top, 

 the remaining part half white and half light brown ; 

 the first part towards the odd sepal, with numerous 

 Indian purple blotches ; the other one with similar 

 blotches and green nerves. January and February. 

 Garden hybrid. 



ing only half the length; lower connate sepals 

 smaller, but same colour ; petals long and broad, 

 standing at right angles, tapering to a point at the 

 base ; yellowish-green, dotted with purplish-black, 

 and bearing several small, ciliated, dark brown warts 

 on the edges; the ends bronzy-red, shaded with 

 purple, and fringed all round with short dark hairs : 

 lip saccate, yellowish, tinged with rose, and netted 

 with green veins. April and May. Moulmein. 



C. Sedenii. — This is a beautiful hybrid, obtained 

 between C. Schlimii and C. longifolium. The latter 

 species, if not identical, is a very near relative of 

 C. Roezlii. It is a very handsome form, and almost 

 a perpetual bloomer. Leaves a foot or more long, 

 ligulate-acuminate, and bright dark green ; sepals 

 and petals greenish- white, shaded with crimson, 

 with a few darker streaks ; lip large, and much in- 



