Paphiopedilum. 73 



versus apicem acutum manifeste inaequaliter excisum sensim, attenuata, dorso argute 

 carinata. Scapus subnutans robustus viridis brunneo-conspersus pilis brunneis apice 

 albis pilosus ibliis maximis fere aequilongus; bractea magna late ovata complicata sub- 

 obtusa glaberrima basi purpureo-maculata dorso acute carinata margine diaphana; se- 

 palum ovatum obtusum basi marginibus revolutis specie angustatum arcuatum, margine 

 albo-ciliato et undulato, facie glaberrimum, dorso carinatum et purpureo-villosum, nervis 

 ca. 1 7 curvatis trabeculis multis transversis conjunctis ; sjnsepalum sepalo fere aequi- 

 longum ovatum vel anguste ellipticum acuminatum reflexum sepalo simile, nervis circa 

 I 5 ; petala sepalo sublongiora ex basi angusta intus barbata valde dilatata asymmetrica 

 spathulata parte inferiore minore semielliptica, superiore majore subtrapeziformi, intus 

 extusque vernixia, nervis ca. 25 reticulatim conjunctis, margine apicem obtusum triden- 

 tatum versus albo-ciliato; labellum deflexum extus glaberrimum intus hirsutum, ungue 

 calceo breviore a lateribus concave sinuato, lobis inflexis anguste semicordatis conti- 

 guis, apicibus fere triangularibus, auriculis angustis erectis convolutis rotundatis vel 

 truncatis, calceo tumido linea semicirculari profunde exciso minute apiculato; stamina 

 edentata; staminodium stipite hirsuto scuto supra ruguloso parce nigro-piloso, umbone 

 magno a latere compresso (Fig. 3 4^4); stigma fere orbiculare basi subacuminatum ; 

 germen subtus concavum (Fig. 33(7) longe albo-villosum fere prorsus bractea inclusum. 

 — Sepala brunneo-viridia albo-marginata, petala ochracea, labellum luteo-brunneum. 

 Diam. flor. perp. 12 cm, horiz. 15 cm. Sepalum 6 — 7 cm longum. Folia 45 cm longa, 

 4 cm lata. 



Moulmein: 1300 — 1700 m, 1853 von Lobb entdeckt und eingeführt — v. fl. v. 



Var. Boxallii Veitch, Man. IV. 54; Krzl. Orch. I. (1897) 85; Desbois, Cyprip. 

 (1898) 470. — Cypripedium Boxalli Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. (1877) I. 367 c. fig. 

 II. 796; Illustr. hortic. XXVI. 74 t. 345; Pucci, Cyprip. (1891) 42. — Paphiopedilum 

 Boxalli (Reichb. f.) Pfitz. in Engl. u. Prantl, Pflzfam. II. 6. (1888) 83; Hallier, 1. c. 

 40. — Bractea majore, synsepalo subobtuso, flore brunneo atro-maculato. 



Moulmein. 



Var. albo-marginatum, atratum (Fig. 35), aureum, canariense, giganteum, 

 Gortonii, Lindenii, Measuresiamim, Moensii, monstruosum , Rollisonii, super- 

 bum, Warneri cf. Pucci, Cyprip. (1891) 206; Desbois, Cyprip. (1898) 468. 



21. P. insigne (Wall.) Pfitz. in Engl. u. Prantl, Pflzfam. II. 6. (1889) 84; Hallier, 

 1. c. 41. — Cypripedium insigne Wall, ex Lindley, Collect, botan. (1821) t. 32; Orchid. 

 530: Bot. Magaz. t. 3412; Williams, Orch. Album t. 155; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1321; 

 Griffith, Notul. 34 4; Icon. pl. asiat. t. 322; Hook. Exot. Flor. t. 34; Veitch, Man. IV. 

 32; Williams, 1. c. 266; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. (1890) 1. 72; Krzl. Orch. I. 83.— 

 Papkiopedium insigne Kerch. Liv. Orch. (1894) 455; Rolfe in Orchid Review IV. 

 (1896) 2 32. — Folia 5 — 6 tenuia linearia medio sulcata dorso argute carinata versus 

 apicem rotundatum inaequaliter excisum mucronatum paullo attenuata, margine reflexo, 

 vix marmorata. Scapus viridis pilis sordide purpureis dense pubescens foliis maximis 

 brevior; bractea late elliptica emarginata a latere compressa, parte inferiore tubulosa 

 utrinque argute carinata, glabra dimidium germinis superans; sepalum late obovatum 

 emarginatum subplanum, linea media extus carinatum intus sulcatum, apice convoluto 

 specie acuminatum, intus basi subbarbatum, medio glabrum, caeterum pubescens, mar- 

 gine undulato subrevoluto albo-ciliato, nervis circa 1 9 curvatis extus prominulis interiori- 

 bus subsimplicibus, exterioribus ramosis marginem versus rete elegans efficientibus ; 

 synsepalum late ovatum obtusum margine basi reflexo, apice convoluto, vix carinatum 

 intus glabrum extus pubescens nervis circa 1 9 utrinque prominulis parce reticulatim 

 conjunctis; petala angulo obtuso convergentia sepalo paullo longiora oblonga apicem 

 obtusum acuminatum versus sensim dilatata basi angusta oblique inserta, angulo recto 

 rotundato utrinque prosiliente, margine undulata basi intus longe barbata caeterum intus 

 glabra' extus pubescentia, 1 3 nervia, nervis reticulatim conjunctis ; labellum cum sepalis 

 angulum rectum efficiens sepalo brevius extus glabrum intus pilosum ungue a latere 

 concave sinuato calceo subaequilongo , lobis inflexis semiobcordatis medio contiguis, 



