Selenipedium
To the species and varieties described on pp. 413-4, Vol. III., the following should now be added:
S. Boissierianum (Boissier's). fl. yellow, veined and tinged with bright green, marked brownish-crimson on the edges of the sepals and in other places; petals curiously twisted and horizontally extended, the edges erose; lip rounded. 1887. (G. C. ser. iii., vol. i., p. 143.) S. leucorrhodum (white and rose). fl. white, nearly like those of S. Roezlii in shape; upper sepal washed purple; petals beautifully margined purple, and having very stiff, purple hairs at the base inside; lip marked purple and sulphur, and with brown spots inside at the bottom, the sac purple; peduncle hairy. l. very broad and firm. 1885. A hybrid between S. Roezlii and S. Schlimii albiflorum.
S. Saundersianum (Saunders'). fl. large; dorsal sepal white, striped purple and green, oblong-triangular, the lateral ones white, green at top, broad and wavy; petals reddish-purple, broad, ligulate, undulated; lip bright reddish-mauve, hemispheric in front. l. bright green. 1888. A hybrid between S. caudatum and S. Schlimii.
S. Schroderae splendens (splendid). A very brilliant variety. 1887. (L. ii. 69.)
