

Paphiopedilum. 



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pallida. Scapus glaber atropurpureus foliis subaequilongus bfiactea aperta late ovata 

 obtusa compressa dorso carina in scapum descendente carinata stipitem germinis multo 

 longioris superante; sepalum transverse-ellipticum obtusissimum medio profunde sulcatum 

 dorsp carinatum glabrum basi facie parce pilosum margine retrorsum concavo reflexo specie 

 spathulatum, nervis circa 1 9 curvatis reticulatim conjunctis apice ramosis parum conspicuis ; 

 synsepalum plus quam duplo angustius subaequilongum concavum late ovatum obtusum 

 margine reflexo apice integro subacuminato nervis ca. 13 curvatis similibus, medianis 

 parum robustis; petala sepalo sublongiora patentia subdeflexa leviter falcata oblonga versus 

 apicem rotundato- obtusum non ampliata margine sparse ciliato manifeste undulato glabra 

 basi intus pilosa nervis 11 parum conspicuis; labellum oblique dependens sepalo longius 

 ungue calceum rotundatum subaequante extus glabrum intus rugulosum basique parce 

 pilosum, lobis inflexis semiellipticis lunatis glabris, apicibus late rotundatis, auriculis ro- 

 tundatis obtusis, margine levissime emarginato, ostio transverso magno; stamina dente 

 conspicuo acuto munita; staminodium cf. p. 64; stigma cum scuto staminodii fere angu- 

 lum rectum efficiens convexum suborbiculare ; germen glaberrimum vel leviter pubes- 

 cens rostratum jugis sepalinis petalinis angustioribus. — Sepalum candidum basi viride, 

 petala viridia brunneo-suffusa et-punctata, labellum ungue viridi calceo violaceo dilute 

 viridi-marginato. Diam. flor. perp. 8 cm, horiz. 6 cm. Sepalum 3,5 cm longum. Folia 

 30 cm longa, 5 cm lata. 



Himalaya: Assam, von Spicer 1878 eingeführt — v. fl. v. 



Var. alboviride, biflorum, Leo- 

 diense, magnificum, Mercatellianum, 

 nanum, nigrescens, rubescens, vires- 

 eens cf. Pucci, Cyprip. (1891), 191; 

 Desbois, Cyprip. (1898) 429. 



Sect. XII. Ceratopetalum Hallier in Ann. 

 Jard. Buitenzorg XIV. (1896) 3 9. 



Eremantha viridia p. p. Pfitz. in 

 Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XIX. (1894) 41. — 

 Insignia D p. p. Krzl. Orch. I. (1897) 78. 



26. P. Fairieanum (Lindl.) Pfitz. in 

 Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XIX. (l 894) 41 ; Hallier, 

 1. c. (1896) 39. — Cypripedium Fairiea- 

 num Lindl. in Gard. Chron. (1857) 740; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5024; Fl. des serres t. 1244; 

 Xen. Orchid. II. (1865) 108 t. 133; Orch. 

 Album II. t. 70; Garden III. 431 c. xyl., 

 VI. 69 c. xyl., XXIV. 442 C. xyl.; Revue 

 hortic. (1886) 37; Orchidophile (4 891) 

 336; Journ. of Horticult. XVIII. 40 t. 6; 

 Bateman, See. Century Orch. PI. (1867) 

 t. 140; Veitch , Manual IV. (1881) 24 

 c. xyl.; Williams, 1. c. 259; Hook. f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. (1890) 173; Krzl. Orch. 

 I. (1897) 85; Pucci, Cyprip. (1894) 86; 

 Desbois, Cyprip. (1898) 185. — Paphio- 

 pedium Fairieanum Kerch. Liv. Orch. 

 (1894) 454; Rolfe in Orchid Review IV. 

 (1896) 3 30. — Folia adscendentia bre- 

 viter loriformia acuta apice inaequaliter Fig 37 Paphiopedilum Fairieanum (Lindl.) 

 incisa supra laete viridia concoloria, dorso pßt z . A Flos. B Columna a venire visa. 

 argute carinata pallidiora. Scapus viridis C Columna a latere visa. (Secund. Bot. Mag.), 



