§4 E. Pfitzer. — Orchidaceae-Pleonandrae. 



germinis aequans; sepalum late ellipticum acuminatum subplanum marginibus cilialis 

 basi reflexis, nervis circa 2 1 apice parce ramosis ; synsepalum multo brevius oblongo- 

 ellipticum acutum; petala patentia vix deflexa oblonga obtusa ipso apice acuminata 

 raargine superiore vel utroque calvo, basi intus pilis paucis longis barbata, nervis 9—11 

 subparallelis, maculis paucis atrobrunneis praesertim in linea media et versus margines 

 ornata; labellum dependens sepalo aequilongum, ungue calceum subaequante, lobis in- 

 flexis longis lineari-semiellipticis vix contiguis verrucis paucis munitis, apicibus rotunda- 

 tis, auriculis magnis truncatis, calceo lato obtuso vix emarginato paullo a dorso appla- 

 nato; staminodium (Fig. 39.B B) semiorbiculari-lunatum cornubus brevibus, papula parva 

 in sinu interposita; germen breviter pilosum. — Sepala pallide viridia saepius rubro- 

 striata, petala ochraceo- viridia, labellum viride brunneo - suffusum. Diam. flor. perp. 

 4 cm, horiz. 12 cm. Sepalum 5 cm longum. Folia 12 cm longa, 3,5 cm lata. 



Sumatra, Gebirge: 1883 von Curtis eingeführt — v. fl. v. 



Var. cupreum, superbiens, superbum cf. Pucci, Cyprip. (1891) 200; Desbois, 

 Cyprip. (1898) 454. 



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

 Halber, 1. c. 36; Bot. Magaz. t. 7629. — Cypripedium Mastersianum Reichb. f. in 

 Gard. Ghron. (1879) II. 102; Lindenia IV. t. 159; Orchid Review II. 17, flg. 4; Veitch, 

 Man. IV. 39; Williams, 1. c. 280; Pucci, Cyprip. (1891) 147; Gard. Chron. (1894) I. 

 593, fig. 74; Krzl. Orch. I. (1897) 62; Desbois, Cyprip. (1898) 333. — Paphio- 

 pedium Mastersianum Kerch. Liv. Orch. (189 4) 455; Rolfe in Orchid Review IV. 

 (1896) 364. — Folia ovato-oblonga acuta apice excisa, supra tessellata, subtus pallida. 

 Scapus brunneo-purpureus longe hirsutus, foliis duplo longior; bractea late ovata basi 

 clausa carinata, basi et carina hirsuta, apicem emarginatum versus pubescens tertiam 

 germinis partem aequans; sepalum centro concavum margine fere planum dorso ob- 

 tuse carinatum mediaque parte atro-hirsutum margine albo-ciliolatum, nervis circa 1 7 ; 

 synsepalum ovatum obtusum minute acuminatum sepalo minus nervis circa 1 4 ; petala 

 sepalo longiora in linea subrecta patentia oblonga obtusissima ipso apice saepius minute 

 acuminata, margine basi dense, apicem versus parce ciliato, nervis circa 1 3 fere paral- 

 lelis, basi et marginem superiorem versus maculis purpureis minutis conspersa; labellum 

 oblique deflexum sepalo aequilongum subtus convexum, ungue calceo breviore, lobis in- 

 flexis longissimis minute verruculosis basi contiguis deinde divergentibus, apicibus longius- 

 culis acute rotundatis, auriculis convolutis rotundato-truncatis parallelis, calceo subcylindrico 

 obtuso extus glabro intus pubescente triangulo-emarginato ; stamina acute dentata; 

 staminodium (Fig 39(7) orbiculari-lunatum sinu fere quadrato papula magna obtusa in 

 medio, parva arcuata utrinque addita, cornubus porrectis obtusiusculis, supra manifeste 

 carinatum, lobis posticis scuti revolutis ; stigma suborbiculare scuto staminodii parallelum ; 

 germen breviter rostratum jugis sepalinis prominentibus margine incrassatis, petalinis arcua- 

 tis humilioribus. — Sepala viridia albo-marginata, petala labellumque brunnea. Diam. flor. 

 perp. 9 cm, horiz. 10 cm. Sepalum 4 cm longum. Folia 20 cm longa, 4,5 cm lata. 



Amboina: 1879 von Veitch eingeführt — v. fl. v. 



36. P. virens (Reichb. f.) Pfitz. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XIX. (1894) 41; Hallier, 

 1. c. (1-896) 35. — Cypripedium virens Reichb. f. in Bot. Zeitg. (1863) 128; Xenia 

 Orchid. II. (1870) 154 t. 162; Krzl. Orch. I. (1897) 69. — Cypripedium javanicum 

 Reinw. var. virens Veitch, Man. IV. (1881) 35; Pucci, Cyprip. (1891) 125; Desbois, 

 Cyprip. (18 98) 276. — Paphiopedium virens Rolfe in Orchid Review IV. (1896) 364. — 

 Paphiopedium javanicum Reinw. var. virens Kerch. Liv. Orch. (1896) 456. — Folia 

 cuneato-oblongo-ligulata acuta supra obscure tessellata. Scapus brunneus pilosulus 

 foliis paullo longior; bractea ovata acuminata carinata apice acuta vel tridentata tertiam 

 partem germinis stipitati attingens ; sepalum ovatum acutum extus parcissime villosum 

 margine minute ciliato versus basin sepali reflexo, nervis 1 1 curvatis subsimplicibus, 6 

 brevioribus interjectis, nervis marginalibus dichotomis; synsepalum sepalo subaequi- 

 longum anguste ovatum acutum ; petala divaricata sepalo longiora oblongo-ligulata obtusa 



