90 E. Pfitzer. — Orchidaceae-Pleonandrae. 



Bonplandia III. (1865) 2 27; Gartenflora XII. 49; Warner, Sei. Orch. II. t. 12; Fl. 

 des serres XIX. t. 1996; Lindenia VI. t. 261; Journ. of hortic. XVIII. (18 89) 40 

 fig. 7; Orch. Album XI. t. 486; Gard. Ghron. (1890) II. 689; Veitch, Man. IV. 50 c. 

 xyl.; Williams, 1. c. 304 c. xyl. ;, Hooker f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. (1890) 173; Pucci, Cyprip. 

 (1891) 194; Krzl. Orch. I. (1897) 57; Desbois, Cyprip. (1898) 440 c. xylogr. — C. 

 barbatum Lindl. var. Veitchii Lemaire in Fl. des serres (1861) 161 t. 1453. — C. 

 barbatum var. superbum Morr. in Belgique hortic. (1883) 97. — G. Veitchianum, 

 Ulustr. hortic. (1865) t. 429; Revue hortic. (1870) 595 c. xyl. — Paphiopedivm 

 superbiens Kerch. Liv. Orch. (1894) 455; Rolfe in Orchid Review IV. (1896) 361. — 

 Fig. 40 A. — Folia 4 — 5 anguste ovata distincte tessellata apice subacuto inaequaliter 

 exciso acute trimucronato margine tenui laevi. Scapus brunneus albido-pilosus foliis 

 duplo longior ; bractea parva vix stipitem germinis plus duplo longioris aequans pubes- 

 cens subaperta dorso carinata; sepalum latissime ovatum apice triangulo-acuto sub- 

 planum margine basi revoluto albociliato, nervis 17 striatum, brevioribus interjectis, 

 dorso obtuse carinatum pubescens; synsepalum dimidio brevius multoque angustius 

 subacutum emarginatum 12-nerve; petala deflexa sepalo dimidio longiora falcata oblonga 

 obtusiuscula margine superiore pilis longis basin versus retrorsis purpureis apicem versus 

 subrectis verrucisque numerosis parum prominentibus ornata, margine inferiore minus 

 verrucoso, facie tota satis dense atro-maculata, apice subreflexo, 10-nervia; labellum 

 petalis brevius fere recte descendens calceo ungue fere duplo longiore, lobis inflexis fere 

 rhomboideis inaequaliter verruculosis non contiguis, apicibus triangulis subacuto-rotundatis, 

 auriculis magnis rectangulis, margine calcei opaci minutissime puberuli subtus plani vix 

 compressi subemargiriato cum auriculis nigro-ciliolato, apice calcei a fronte viso subconico; 

 stamina dente crasso acuto scutum staminodii non attingente munita; staminodium 

 duplo latius quam longum (Fig. 40^4) dorso pilosum, postice profunde excisum, antice 

 sinu paullo profundo anguste transverse rectangulo praeditum papula media interjecta; 

 stigma scuto staminodii subparallelum orbiculare ; germen breviter rostratum albo-pubes- 

 cens, jugis sepalinis manifestis petalinis evanidis. — Sepala albida nervis viridibus ornata, 

 petala dimidio exteriore virescentia, interiore alba nervis viridibus maculis verrucisque 

 purpureis; labellum superne brunneo-purpureum , subtus albidum. Diam. flor. perp. 

 12 cm, horiz. 9 cm; sepalum 5 cm longum. Folia 15 cm longa, 4,5 cm lata. 



Malacca — von Lobb 186 1 entdeckt und von Veitch eingeführt — v. fl. v. 



Var. Demidoffii, Lindenii, cf. Pucci, Cyprip. (1891) 196; Desbois, Cyprip. 

 (1898) 440. 



44. P. Argus (Reichb. f.) Pfitz. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XIX. (1894) 40; Hallier, 

 1. c. 38. — Gypripedium Argus Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. (1873) 608; (1874) I. 

 690; Bot. Magaz. t. 6175; Flor. Mag. N. Ser. t. 220; Belgique hortic. XXXII. 241; 

 Reichenbachia II. t. 83; Cogniaux, Dict. Iconogr. Cyprip. t. 5; Revue hortic. (1888) 85; 

 Veitch, Man. IV. 11; Williams, 1. c. 230; Pucci, Cyprip. (1 891) 24; Krzl. Orch. I. (1897) 

 56; Desbois, Cyprip. (1898) 56. — Gypripedium barbatum var. Argus Belgique hortic. 

 XXV. (1875) 57. — G. Pitcherianum Manda Amer. Flor. III. (1887) 178. — Paphio- 

 pedium Argus Kerch. Liv. Orch. (1894) 455; Rolfe in Orchid Review IV. (1896) 365. — 

 Folia 4 — 5 recurva vel erecta cuneato-elliptica acuta canaliculata supra distincte tessel- 

 lata, margine apicem indistincte excisum versus scabra, carina in dorso folii acutangula 

 retrorsum scabra. Scapus brunneus pilis pallidioribus hirsutus folia multo excedens; 

 bractea late ovata compressa dorso carinata albide pubescens stipitem germinis multo 

 longioris superans; sepalum ex basi suborbiculari vel transverse elliptica triangulo-acutum 

 longius quam latum dorso subcarinatum nervis exceptis marginalibus simplicibus 11 — 17 

 singulis minoribus interjectis, extus pubescens margine subundulato ciliato, facie in nervis 

 punctis vel maculis atropurpureis parvis conspersum; synsepalum subbrevius anguste 

 ovatum extus pubescens margine ciliatum 1 0-nerve , nervis medianis basin versus sub- 

 carinatis, bicuspidatum ; petala paullum deflexa dente parvo in basi prominente aucta 

 margine longe atropurpureo-fimbriato , pilis distincte articulatis, apice ovato acuto, 

 margine utroque verrucis magnis convexis longe pilosis ornato pubescente, 1 1 -nervia, 



