82 E. Pfitzer. — Orchidaceae-Pleonandrae. 



Warner, Sei. Orch. II. t. 2 4, Veiten, Man. IV. 53; Williams, 1. c. 309; Hook. f. FL Brit. 

 Ind. VI. (1890) 173; Pucci, Cyprip. (1891) 202; Krzl. Orch. I. (1897) 85; Desbois r 

 Cyprip. (1898) 461. — Paphiopedium venustum Kerch. Liv. Orch. (1894) 455; 

 Rolfe in Orchid Review IV. (1896) 363. — Folia circa 5 ascendentia inferiora recurva 

 anguste ovata subundulata acuta apice trimucronato margine angustissimo albo laevi 

 apicem versus scabro reflexo, supra canaliculata maculis confluentibus saturate viridibus 

 distinete tessellata, subtus argute carinata, carina apicem versus scabra, viridi-violaceo- 

 marmorata. Scapus purpureus pubescens foliis subaequilongus; bractea ovata acuta 

 argute carinata compressa glabra margine dorsoque ciliata tertiam fere partem germinis 

 aequans; sepalum late ovatum acutum coneavum dorso leviter cai'inatum pubescens 

 margine ciliatum apice convolutum nervis 1 1 simplieibus curvatis brevioribus interjeetis; 

 synsepalum simile brevius angustiusque nervis medianis leviter bicarinatum, nervis circa 

 1 ; petala sepalo dimidio longiora subdeflexa oblonga apicem triangulum acutum versus 

 paullo dilatata glabra basi intus pilis albis barbata, margine longe ciliata ciliis apicem 

 versus brevioribus, subtorta, nervis circa 9 simplieibus, facie in nervo mediano et in 

 utroque margine maculis atropurpureis vix prominentibus ornata, margine superiore 

 basi rectangule prosiliente; labellum horizontale, sepalo subaequilongum, ungue calceo 

 fere duplo breviore, subtus convexum grosse reticulatum extus glabrum, intus verruculo- 

 sum, lobis inflexis brevibus semiovatis verrucis magnis ornatis, apieibus acutis, auriculis 

 magnis erectis subacutis parum coneavis, calceo obtuse emarginato; stamina acute den- 

 tata; staminodium (Fig. 38 J57) lunatum medio cuspidatum supra reticulatum; stigma 

 subparallelum suborbiculare convexum; germen trigonum lateribus convexis jugis sepalinis 

 paullo plus prominentibus velutinum. — Sepala albida viridi-striata, petala basin versus 

 rosea, apicem versus brunnea verrucis nigris ornata, labellum luteo-viride roseo-suffusum 

 atro-viridi-reticulatum. Diam. flor. perp. 7 cm, horiz. 8 cm. Sepalum 3,5 cm longum; 

 folia 1 6 cm longa, 3 cm lata. 



Himalaja: Sylhet, Assam., Sikkim; 1000 — 1300 m, 1816 von Wallich ent- 

 deckt und bald darauf eingeführt — v. fl. v. 



Var. pardinum Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. (1887) I. 3 82 fig. 76; Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. VI. (1890) 173; Flor. Mag. t. 51 ; Pucci, Cyprip. (4 891) 203; Krzl. Orch. I. 

 (1897)86, Desbois, Cyprip. (1898) 462. — Cypripedium pardinum Reichb. f. in Gard. 

 Chron. (1869) 554. — Papkiopedilum pardinum (Reichb. f.) Pfitz. in Engler's Bot. 

 Jahrb. XIX. (1894) 40. — Verrucae petalorum luteorum cupreo-suffusorum supra 

 totam superficiem extensae, labelli lobi inflexi verrucis conicis grossis ornati. Stami- 

 nodium triangulum obtusangulum postice emarginatum antice trilobum, lobis laterali- 

 bus obtusangulis cum papula media. 



Himalaya. 



Var. Measuresianum, speetabile cf. Pucci, Cyprip. (1891) 20 3, Desbois, Cyprip. 

 (1898) 460. 



Sectio XIV. Blepharopetalum Pfitz. 



Eremantha tessellata p. p. Pfitz. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XIX. (1894) 40. — Sig- 

 matopetalum § Chloroneurum p. p. et Drepanopetalum p. p. Hallier, 1. c. 36, 38. — 

 Barbata p. p. Krzl. Orch. I. 53. 



Clavis speciernm sectionis Blepharopetali. 



A. Sepali nervi numerosi, approximati, petala ubique aequilata 

 vel apicem versus paullo dilatata. 

 a. Staminodium semiorbiculari-lunatum , antice sinuato-ex- 



cisum. 



a. Petala margine superiore calva 34. P. tonsum. 



ß. Petala utroque margine ciliata. 



