ORCHIDACE.E. 



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greenish brown, and yellow inside, streaked with 

 purple. 



Cypripedium venustum — Nepaul — 1816 — July to 

 August — Root. 



A neat species ; flowers bright green, tipt with 

 purplish red ; lips curiously marked with the 

 same colour. 



purpuratum — Malagar Archipelago — 1835 — 



November — Root . 



A fine species, resembling venustum ; sepals 

 white, marked with reddish purple petals, and lip 

 purple. 



This genus grows well in fibrous peat, (the 

 more fibrous the better) with a little fibrous loam 

 added. It is necessary to give good drainage : 

 these plants do not require that heat which most 

 Orchideae do. 



Venustum will grow well in a greenhouse. 



Class, Gyxaxdria. Order, Monandria. 



Cymbidium bicolor — Ceylon — 1828 — Root. 



Streaked and stained with deep crimson : a 

 beautiful species. 

 — — aloefolium — China — 1 790 — Autumn — Root. 

 Flower a ruddy blue, striped and marked with 

 dull red. 



— Sinense — China — 1793 — Sept. and Dec. 

 Flower a greenish yellow, marked and spotted 

 with dark brown : a very fragrant species. 



