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Tab. 6432

Cypripedium Lawrenceanum

Acaule v. caulesc. fol. pauc. distich. lin-elliptic.
acut. plan. viridib. albo tessellat., scapo tomentos. purpur.
1-2 flore. Flore magno, sep. dorsali orbiculat. amplo
subacuto alb. purp vittato, vittis basin versus
verrucos. lateralib. parv. in laminam angustam lin.-oblong. concav. obtus. deflex. labello breviorem
conat. pet. plan. horizontalib. late-linearib.
ciliat. secus marginem verrucos. nitid. ciliat.
purp. ornato; labello subcylindr. apice rotundato
fusco-purpureo, ore parum ampliato, anthera
sterlili lunata cuspidib. incurv. acut. margine
interiore fisso.

Rbch. f. Gard. chr. 1878 II p. 748.

Flower of C. barbatum foliage of C. Dayanum
Stemless or with the stem a foot high. Leaves distichous
nearly 1' long including the broad flattened sheath
linear-elliptic acute, 2" broad, nearly flat, grooved
down the centre in front, & keeled at the back, about
12 nerved, tessellated with bright greenish white & dull
green. Scape longer than the leaves, flexuous.
1-2 flowered, clothed with long spreading glandular
hairs as are the bract, ovary, & back of the sepals.
Bract small, oblong, obtuse. Flower erect, upwards
of 5" across the petals. & as much from the tip