42 E. Pfitzer. — Orcbidaceae-Pleonandrae. 



bractea linearis florem vix superans. Sepalum ovatum acuminatum ; synsepalum paullo 

 brevius oblongum apice obtusum; petala sepalis subaequilonga lanceolata obtusiuscula ; 

 labellum petalis paullo brevius oblongum ostio angusto; staminodium spathulatum cucul- 

 latum; germen gracile cylindricum. — Flos 3 cm diam. Folia 5 cm longa 6 cm lata. 

 Planta ad 15 cm alta gracilis. 



China (Sutchuen, Farges). — Japan (Savatier, Maries) — v. fl. s. 



Series III. Flabellinervia Pfitz. 



Flabellinervia Pfitz. in Engl, et Prantl', Pflzfam. Nachtr. (1897) 97. — Bifolia 

 p.p. Lindl. Orch. (1840) 529; Morren in Belgique hortic. I. (l 851) 165. — Diphylla 

 p.p. Benth. in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. III. (1883) 63 4; Franch. in Journ. de bot. 

 VIII. (1894) 227. — Bifolia bracteojsa p. p. Kral. Orch. I. (i 897) 27. 



28. C. japonicum Thunb. Fl. japon. (1784) 30; Icon. PL japon. I. (1794) t. 1; 

 Willd. Spec. pl. IV. (1805) 146; Lindl. Orch. (1840) 529; Blume, Orch. Fl. Javae 

 (1858) 142 t. 59 f . 3 ; Monit. d'horticult. (1884) 173 c. t. col.; Orchidophile (1887) 

 176 c. fig.; De Puydt, Orchid. 65. 118, 120; Pucci, Cyprip. (189.1) 124; Kral. Orch. I. 

 (1897) 31 ; Desbois, Cyprip. (1898) 33. — Rhizoma repens. Caulis basin versus glaber 

 vaginis aliquot membranaceis vestitus. Folia 2 opposita e basi late cuneata fere orbicu- 

 laria vel transverse elliptica apice obtusa vel acuminata puberula nervis multis flabellatim 

 dispositis ad marginem conjunctis (Fig. 6B). Scapus foliis brevior villosulus uniflorus 

 bractea parva foliacea lanceolata germen superante; sepalum lanceolatum acuminatum; 

 synsepalum aequilongum multo latius apice manifeste bidentatum; petala sepalo paullo 

 longiora triangula subfalcata acuta basi intus villosiuscula ; labellum ex basi anguste 

 cuneata pyriforme intus pubescens lobis basalibus nullis mediis elongatis subrotundatis, 

 ostio angusto elongato apicem versus truncato; stamina edentata; staminodium cordato- 

 sagittatum extus subbicarinatum ; germen subtrigonum sulcatum villosum. Stigma ob- 

 longum. — Flos 7 cm diam. Sepala virescentia purpureo-maculata, petala labellumque alba 

 carmineo-guttata. Folia circa 1 2 cm longa 1 4 cm lata. — Planta ad 30 cm alta. (Fig. §B). 



Japan: Jeddo, Tokio, Yokohama. — China: Patung (Maingay n. 785, Henry 

 n. 1404, 3777) — v. fl. s. 



5. Phragmopedilum (Pfitz.) Rolfe emend.*) 



Phragmopedilum p. sect. Pfitz. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XIX. (1894) 41 ; in Engl. u. 

 Prantl, Pflzfam. Nachtr. (1897) 98; p. genere inEngler's Bot. Jahrb. XXV. (1898) 527; 

 Hallier (p. sect.) in Ann. Jard. Buitenzorg XIV. (1896) 44. — Cypripedium p. p. Veitch, 

 Man. IV.; Williams Man. 7. ed.; Kral, Orch. I. (1897) II. — Selenipedium Reichb. f. 

 p. p. Xen. Orchid. IL (1854)3; in Bonplandia IL (1854) 16; Desbois, Cypripedium ed. I. 

 (1888), ed. 2. (1898); Pucci, Cypriped. (1891); Cogniaux in Fl. brasil. III. 4. (1893) 11.— 

 Selenipedium 1. Coriacea Benth. Gen. III. (1883) 635. — Paphiopedilum Pfitz. 

 (p. p.) in Engl. u. Prantl, Pflzfam. IL 6. 84; Hallier 1. c. 84. — PapJiiopedium p. p. 

 Kerchove, Livr. d. Orchid. (1894) 453. — Phragmipedium Rolfe (p. genere) in Orchid 

 Review IV. (1896) 330. 



Flores monoklini. Perigonium ad medianam zygomorphum patens, resupinatum 

 deciduum. Sepala 3, medianum liberum apice minute cucullatum, lateralia in folium 

 unum apice interdum emarginatum (synsepalum) connata, aestivatione valvata, petala 3, 

 lateralia libera, aequalia, medianum saccatum calceiforme. Columna brevis, valida, sta- 

 mina 2 lateralia circuli interni fertilia, filamenta brevia crassa genuflexa, antherae sub- 

 globosae, loculi paralleli contigui rima longitudinali dehiscentes, pollen granulosum, sta- 

 minodium medianum circuli externi inter stamina fertilia columnae affixum, forma 

 admodum varia. Germen cylindricum triloculare, stigma in apice columnae deflexae, axi 

 germinis subparallelum vel sub angulo vario raro recto inclinatum in discum subrotundum 



*) cpQccyua septum, ne^iXov calceus: propter germen septis tribus divisum triloculare. 



