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The dorsal sepal is broad, oval, white, with rich maroon stripes ex¬ 
tending from the base to the apex, and their regularity in breadth 
and distance apart gives a striking character to the flower, the lower 
Veitch & Sons’ “ Manual of Orchidaceous Plants,” but that appears 
to be a quoted description contributed by Mr. James O’Brien to the 
Gardeners' Chronicle. I have seen some others similar to Mr. 
Fig. 28.—CYPRIPEDIUM ELLIOTTIANUM. 
•sepal being similarly marked but necessarily less noticeable, as it is 
partly hidden by the lip. The petals in the specimen exhibited were 
■■faintly straw tinted, but they are described as white in Messrs. 
Pollett’s specimen, but the tinting may possibly be due to age, a 
change of this kind being common in Orchid flowers. The ground 
colour is of little moment, however, for the chief beauty of the 
