Paphiopedilum. §| 



subplana acuta apice trimucronato margine angustissime diaphano piano minute scabro 

 supra obscure tessellata subtus argute carinata pallida. Scapus pallide brunneus albo- 

 pilosus folia multo superans; bractea parva ovata compressa trimucronata pubescens 

 dorso carinata ciliata germinis stipitem aequans vel superans; sepalum ovatuin 

 longiuscule acuminatum concavum marginibus ciliatis basi reflexis specie spathulatum 

 extus puberulum nervis simplicibus curvatis 13 paucis brevioribus interjectis; synsepa- 

 lum sepalo brevius multoque angustius concavum apice acuto convoluto, nervis circa 7 ; 

 petala sepalo fere duplo longiora deflexa semel torta ex basi angusta margine undulata 

 spathulata subfalcata apice dilatato longe acuminato utrinque minute dentato margine 

 minute puberulo basi longe ciliata intusque barbata 1 1 -nervia ; labellum sepalo paullo 

 longius angustum manifeste a latere compressum oblique dependens extus glabrum intus 

 pubescens, ungue calceo breviore, lobis inflexis oblongis pallide verruculosis fere conti- 

 guis, apicibus triangulis subacutis divergentibus, auriculis magnis subplanis cartilagineis 

 subcarnosis erectis triangulis obtusis, calceo inter sinus convexos parum prominentes 

 margine incrassatos et granulo vel dente carnoso ornatos obtusangule emarginato; 

 stamina dentibus acutis scutum staminodii fere attingentibus munita; staminodium 

 (Fig. 38D) fere orbiculare postice incisum antice profunde et anguste sinuatum, cornu- 

 bus parallelis vel fere contiguis, papula in sinu addita, sub scuto utrinque gibbosum; 

 stigma late transverse ellipticum scuto subparallelum ; germen manifeste rostratum cur- 

 vatum pubescens, jugis sepalinis distinctis, petalinis evanidis. — Sepala luteo-viridia, 

 petala basi viridia, apice carneo-rosea, versus marginem superiorem guttis nigris ornata. 

 Labellum pallide viride roseo-suffusum. Diam. flor. perp. 7 cm, horiz. 1 cm. Folia 

 20 cm longa, 5 cm lata. 



Borneo: 1890 von Hugh Low und Sander eingeführt — v. fl. v. 



Var. giganteum, Lowei cf. Desbois, Cyprip. (1898) 477. 



32. P. Hookerae (Reichb. f.) Pfitz. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XIX. (1894) 40; 

 Hallier, 1. c. 36. — Cypripedium Hookerae Reichb. f. Xen. Orchid. II. 125 t. 141; Bot. 

 Magaz. t. 5362; Fl. des serres t. 1565; Bateman, See. Cent. Orch. PI. 123; Veitch, 

 Man. IV. 31; Williams, 1. c. 265; Pucci, Cyprip. (1891) 105; Krzl. Orch. I. 59; Desbois, 

 Cyprip. (1898) 230. — Cypripedium barbatum var. Hookerae Gartenflora (1876) 2 45. 

 — Paphiopedium Hookerae Kerch. Liv. Orch. (1894) 454; Rolfe in Orchid Review IV. 

 (1896) 363 — Fig. 38X — Folia 3 — 4 ascendentia longe obovata subacuta emarginata 

 supra distinete tessellata medio canaliculata lateribus subconvexis, subtus carinata pallida. 

 Scapus brunneo-purpureo-pilosus folia multo superans; bractea ovata acuta complicata 

 hirsuta germen fere aequans; sepalum ovatum acuminatum dorso margineque pubescens 

 nervis circa 1 5 ; synsepalum brevius angustiusque oblongum acutum apice ipso obtuso 

 dorso pubescens; petala sepalo duplo longiora subdeflexa ex basi angusta euneata un- 

 dulata multo ampliata margine ciliata nervis circa 1 1 versus apicem fere orbicularem 

 acuminatum reticulatim conjunetis; labellum sepalo longius petalis brevius latum , ungue 

 calceo breviore, lobis inflexis angustis semiellipticis non contiguis, auriculis latis parvis 

 rotundatis vel obtuse angulatis, calceo rotundato margine medio integerrimo retuso 

 utroque latere minute angulato; stamina acute dentata; staminodium fere orbiculare 

 postice minute excisum, antice excisura semiovata vel orbiculari bidentatum, supra seri- 

 ceum; columna postice sub staminodio callo trilobo munita; germen breviter rostra- 

 tum hirsutum. — Sepala luteo-viridia, petala basi viridia purpureo-punetata, apice rosea, 

 labellum viride brunneo-suffusum. Diam flor. perp. 7,5 cm, horiz. 10 cm. Sepalum 

 4 cm longum. Folia 1 2 cm longa 4 cm lata. 



Borneo: 1863 von Low eingeführt — v. fl. v. 



Var. coerulescens, luteum, majus, Measuresianum cf. Pucci, Cyprip. (189 1) 

 10 6, Desbois, Cyprip. (1898) 231. 



33. P. venustum (Wall.) Pfitz. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XIX. (1894) 41; Hallier, 

 1. c. 37. — Cypripedium venustum, Wall, in Bot. Magaz. t. 2129, Catalog. Nr. 7023; 

 Lindl. Orch. 520; Bot. Reg. t. 788; Hook. Exot. Fl. t. 35; Reichb. Fl. Exot. t. 100; 



A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich. IV. 50. 6 



