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E. Pfitzer. 



Orchidaceae-Pleonandrae. 



Sectio III. Himantopedilum Pfitz. 

 Himantopetalum Hallier p. p. 1. c. 45. — Gaudata p. p. Krzl. Orch. I. (1897) 43. 



Clavis specierum sectionis Himantopedili. 



A. Sepala et germen glabra 4. Ph. caricinum. 



B. Sepala et germen pubescentia 5. Ph. Klotzschianum. 



4. Ph. caricinum (Lindl.) Rolfe emend. in Orchid Review IV. (1896) 330. — 

 Cypripedium caricinum Lindl. ex Paxt. Fl. Gard. I. sub t. 9; Walpers, Ann. III. 602; 

 Bot. Magaz. t. 5466; Veitch, Man. IV. 59 c. xyl. ; Williams, 1. c. 239 c. xyl.; KrzL 

 Orch. I. 44. — Selenipedium caricinum Reichb. f. in Bonplandia II. (1854) 116, 



Xen. Orchid. I. 3, Pucci, Cyprip. 

 54; Cogniaux in Fl. brasil. IV. 

 3. (1899) 12; Desbois, Cyprip. 

 (189 8) 49 8. — Paphiopedilum 

 caricinum Pfitz. ex Engler's Bot. 

 Jahrb. XIX. (1894) 41; Hallier 

 1. c. 4 5. — Paphiopedium cari- 

 cinum Kerch. Orch. 454. — 

 Phragmipedium caricinum Rolfe 

 in Orchid Review IV. (1896) 

 33 0. — Selenipedium Pearcei 

 Reichb. f. in Fl. des serres XVI. 

 M873) t. 1648. — Cypripedium 

 Pearcei Hort. — Rhizoma repens. 

 Folia circa 5 recurva linearia 

 canaliculata margine recurvo laevi 

 versus apicem acutum inaequa- 

 liter incisum sensim angustata, 

 subtus argute carinata pallide 

 luteo-viridia. Scapus gracilis erec- 

 tus foliis subaequilongus breviter 

 pubescens pluriflorus , bracteis 

 glabris ovatis acutis germine bre- 

 vioribus ; sepalum anguste ovatum 

 acutum margine apicem obtusum 

 versus revoluto undulato nervis 

 simplicibus curvatis circa 1 5 \ 

 synsepalum late ovatum obtusum 

 concavum marginibus apicem ver- 

 sus involutis basi revolutis undu- 

 latis sepalo aequilongum nervis 

 circa 1 6 ; petala ex basi falcata 

 pendula linearia undulata torta 

 apice minute bicuspidato emar- 

 ginato; labellum oblique descen- 

 dens sepalo aequilongum a latere 

 compressum ungue calceo longiore margine subcarinato angusto revoluto, lobis mediis 

 oblongis inflexis extus et intus declivibus basi contiguis, margine antico lato sub angulo 

 acutissimo inflexo; stamina angulata; staminodium semiorbiculare antice acuminatum 

 margine postico in sinus 2 sursum convexos purpureo-hirsutos diviso; stigma reflexum 

 transverse ellipticum; basis columnae postice callo piano subcordato bituberculato 

 ornata; germen subcylindricum. — Flores viridi-lutescentes margine inflexo labelli albo 



Fig. 23. A, B Phragmopedilum Klotzschianum (Reichb. f.) 



Rolfe. A Flos et folii apex. B Columna a dorso visa. — 



C Ph. caricinum (Lindl.) Rolfe. Staminodium. (See. Bot. 



Mag.). 



