Taz. 8126. 
PAPHIOPEDILUM VILLOSUM, var. ANNAMENSE. 
Annam. 
OrcuHipacEAE. Tribe CypRIPEDIEAE. 
PapPHIoPeDILuM, Pfitzer Morphol. Stud. Orchideenbl. p. 11 (ex parte) ; Rolfe in 
Orch. Rev. 1896, p. 363 (char. restrict.) ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, vol. 
iii, p. 635 (Cypripedium, § Coriaceae). 
Paphiopedilum villosum, Pjiizer, var. annamense, Rolfe (nov. var.); a 
typo foliis longioribus et angustioribus, sepalo postico gilvo et disco viridi 
atropurpureo-fasciato ditfert. 
Herba caespitosa. Folia suberecta vel arcuata, lineari-oblonga, bidentata, 
coriacea, 20-40 cm. longa, 2-2°5 cm. lata, saturate viridia, basi branneo- 
maculata. Scapus validus, erectus, villosus, 15-25 cm. altus, viridis, 
brunneo-maculatus, uniflorus. Bracteae elliptico-oblongae, subobtusae, 
conduplicatae, circa 4 cm.longae. Floresampli. Ovarium villosissimum. 
Sepalum posticum erectum, obovato-orbiculare, obtusum, ciliolatum, mar- 
gine prope apicem incurvum, apud basin recurvum, circa 4°5 cm. longum, 
gilvum, disco viride atroparpureo-fasciatum, Petala divaricata, obovato- 
oblonga, obtusa, ciliolata, laeviter uudulata, circa 6 cm. longa, pallide 
flava, brunneo-fasciata. Labellwm calceiforme, circa 4 cm. longum, ore 
dilatatum, flavum, fronte brunneo-suffusum, lobi laterales rostrati. 
Columna parce villosa; staminodium orbiculari-ellipticam, subconcavum, 
circa 1°5 cm. longum, apice tridentatum, basi bilobum, medio papilla 
erecta instructum. 
The typical form of Paphiopedilum villosum, Pfitzer, is a 
native of Burma, which was discovered and introduced to 
cultivation over half a century ago, and for a long period 
has been one of the most popular winter-flowering species 
of the genus, A somewhat different form has now ap- 
peared, having been sent from Annam by Mr. W. Micho- 
- litz, when collecting there for Messrs. Sander & Sons. A 
plant in flower was presented to Kew by the importers 
about a year ago, from which the annexed plate was pre- 
pared, and owing to the longer, narrower and more erect 
leaves, together with a marked difference in the colour of 
the dorsal sepal, it was proposed to distinguish it as above. 
A plant exhibited at a meeting of the Royal Horticultural 
Society last March by Messrs. Sander possessed the same 
peculiarity, and we understand that it applies to the whole 
importation. Indeed, when out of flower, it was taken 
for something quite different. It appears to be a distinct 
geographical form, but in the present state of our know- 
ledge it seems best to accord it varietal rank only. ‘These 
Marcu Ist, 1907. 
