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rhizomate paullum repente, foliis coriaceis viridibus vel tessellatis ellipticis, oblongis vel 

 loriformibus subtus carinatis supra sulcatis vernatione duplicativis , racemo terminali 

 unifloro vel plurifloro bracteato. Flores speciosi. 



Species 46 in regionibus tropicis Asiae a peninsula indica et Himalayae montibus 

 per Siam ad Chinam australem, in insulis Archipelagi malayensis a Sumatra usque ad 

 insulas Philippinas et novam Guineam. 



Conspectus subgenerum. 



A. Labellum caleeo exauriculato saccato ungue brevissimo margine 

 antico anguste involuto; petala latissime elliptica vel fere orbi- 

 cularia ; folia brevia elliptica supra tessellata subtus plus minus 



purpurea, scapus uni- vel biflorus .... Subgenus I. Brachypetalum Hallier. 



B. Labellum caleeo exauriculato declivi ungue caleeo subaequilongo 

 margine antico simplici, non involuto; petala elongata; folia 



utroque latere viridia loriformia, scapus pluriflorus Subgenus l\. Anotopedilum Pfitz. 



C. Labellum caleeo auriculato saccato ungue caleeo subaequilongo 

 margine antico simplici, non involuto; petala elongata, folia varia, 



scapus pluri- vel uniflorus Subgenus III. Otopedilum Pfitz. 



Subgenus I. Brachypetalum Hallier p. sect. in Ann. Jard. Buitenzorg XIV. (1896) 34. 



Tessellata p. p. Beichb. f. Xenia orcli. II. 125. — Eremantha tessellata p. p. Pfitz. 

 in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XIX. (1894) 40. — Coneoloria Krzl. Orch. I. (1897) 13, 73. 



Clavis specierum subgeneris Brachypetali. 



A. Petala sese marginibus inferioribus attingentia vel obtegentia, 

 flos fere campanulatus, scapus foliis brevior vel aequilongus 



a. Labellum petalis brevius, staminodium transverse ellipticum 



antice inaequaliter minute tridentatum 1 . P. bellatulum. 



b. Labellum petalis aequilongum, staminodium rhombeo-orbi- 



culare antice aequaliter grosse tridentatum 2.?P. Godefroyae. 



B. Petala sese marginibus inferioribus non attingentia, flos expansus. 



a. Staminodium subquinquangulum apice cuspidatum, scapus 



foliis brevior 3. P. concolor. 



b. Staminodium transverse ellipticum apiculatum, scapus foliis 



longior 4. P. niveum. 



i. P. bellatulum (Beichb. f.) Pfitz. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XIX. (1894) 40; Hallier, 

 1. c. 35. — Cypripedium bellatulum Beichb. f. in Gard. Chron. (1888) I. 648, 747 

 f. 99; I. (1895) 790; Journ. Hortic. (l 888) 443 f. 60; Revue hortic. (1889) 201 

 f. 53; Lindenia IV. t. 149; Veitch, Man. IV. (1881) 14; Williams, Man. 7. ed. (1895) 

 28 4; Cogn. Dict. Iconogr. Cyprip. t. 9; Krzl. Orch. I. (1897) 76. — Paphiopediwu 

 bellatulum Kerchove, Liv. Orch. (1894) 217 f. 192; Rolfe in Orchid Review IV. (1896) 

 365. — Folia circa 4 anguste elliptica obtusa apice asymmetrica inaequaliter excisa 

 facie superiore atroviridia maculis pallidioribus tessellata, superficie aquosa diaphana, 

 subtus albido-purpureo-marmorata, glabra. Scapus viridis purpureo-conspersus albo- 

 pilosus; bractea ovata acuta complicata carinata carina et margine albociliata, caeterum 

 fere glabra, viridis maculis atropurpureis conspersa marginibus subreflexis apice aperta; 

 sepalum ovatum obtusiusculum apice subemarginatum multo latius quam longum dorso 

 obtuse carinatum pubescens nervis reticulatis; synsepalum paullo brevius multo angustius 

 conchiforme obtusiusculum trimucronatum apicem versus nervis medianis subcarinatum; 

 petala suborbicularia sepalis fere duplo longiora apice sinu emarginata margine superiore 

 subrevoluto et fimbriato subglabra; labellum ovatum a latere compressum lobis basalibus 



