ed with a waxy, deep yellow polkn. Stigma large, peltate, pale yellow- 
green, hid beneath the inflated sides of the lip. Germen inferior, oblong, 
trigonal, incurved, green, with purple lines. 
This was, unquestionably, till the introduction of the Cy- 
pripedium insigne, the handsomest and also the most rare of 
this interesting genus of Orchideous plants, and not a little re- 
markable for the variety of its hues, both on the leaves and 
flowers. The former are beneath of a fine dark purple, spotted 
at the base, and variegated with different shades of green. The 
outer segments of the corolla are also very dissimilar in form 
and colour from the inner ones, and the lip is again very unlike 
in its markings any of these. 
Our plant flowered in the stove of the Glasgow Royal Bo 
tanic Garden, in the month of November, and continued sevc^ 
ral days in great beauty. It is a native of Nepaul, according 
to Dr Hamilton, where two other species have been found 
by the indefatigable collector employed by Dr Wallich 
To the latter we owe our living specimens, which thrive well 
in common earth, mingled with a small portion of peat, and 
plunged in the tan or sand. 
Fig. 1. Front view of the Column of Fructification ; a. The petaloid lobe , 
b, b. The Anthers ; c. The back of the Stigma. Fig. 2. Under side of 
the Column ; a. Back view of the petaloid lobe ; b, b. Lateral processes, 
bearing the Anthers ; c. Front view of the Stigma. Fig. 3. Anther. — 
All more or less magnified. 
