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PAPHIOPEDILUM 



PAPHIOPEDILUM 



staniinodium pale yellow, green-mottled, obovate- 

 oblong. Autumn. Moulmein. B.M.5791. Gt. 47, p. 25. 

 I.H. 22:214. 



12. Ldwei, Pfitz. (Cypripedium Lowei, Lindl.). Lvs. 

 ligulate, up to 15 in. long: scape much exceeding Ivs., 

 nodding, 3-6-fld.; fls. 3-4 in. diam.; dorsal sepal oval, 

 acute, yellowish green, veined with purplish brown at 

 base, pubescent at the back; petals spatulate, twisted, 

 about 3 in. long, deflexed, the basal part yellow, black- 

 spotted, the upper part violet-purple; lip brown, paler 

 beneath; staminodium obcordate, the border with 

 purple hairs, a small erect hairy horn at the base. 

 April and May. Borneo. F.S. 4:375. A.F. 11:1349. 

 R.H. 1857, p. 402; 1883, p. 352; 1885, p. 473. Var. 

 cruciforme, Hall. (Cypripedium cruciforme, Zoll. & 

 Morr.). More slender, with narrower paler Ivs. which 

 are often obscurely marbled. W. Java. 



13. Haynaldianum, Pfitz. (Cypripedium Haynaldi- 

 anum, Reichb. f.). Lvs. up to 16 in. long and 2 in. 

 broad: scape much exceeding Ivs., long-hairy, 4-6-fld.; 

 fls. 4 in. greatest diam.; dorsal sepal oval, obtuse, whit- 

 ish tinted with rose above, the lower half with revolute 

 margins pale yellowish green, with large brown spots: 

 petals spatulate-linear, 34 in. long, twisted and 

 recurved above, ciliate, yellowish green below with 

 large brown spots, the upper half pale dull purple; lip 

 pale green, tinged with dull purple; staminodium 

 oblong, 2-lobed in front. Jan.-May. Philippine Isls. 

 B.M. 6296. 



14. Victdria-Mariae, Rolfe (Cypripedium Victoria- 

 M arise, Rolfe). Lvs. broadly linear-oblong, paler 

 beneath: scape several-fid., much exceeding Ivs., brown, 

 pubescent; fls. about 4 in. greatest diam.; dorsal sepal 

 nearly orbicular, concave, the margin reflexed, white- 

 ciliate; petals about \y in. long, spreading, linear- 

 lanceolate, twisted, white-ciliate, green, red-margined; 

 lip about as long as petals, purple, green-margined; 

 staminodium rhomboid-ovate. Sumatra. B.M. 7573. 



15. Chamberlainianum, Pfitz. (Cypripedium Cham- 

 berlainidnum, O'Brien). Lvs. up to 1 ft. long and 1J^ 

 in. wide, narrowly white-margined: scape much exceed- 

 ing Ivs., several-fid., grayish brown, densely pilose, 

 nodding; fls. about 4 in. greatest diam.; dorsal sepal 

 almost orbicular, emarginate, the basal margin reflexed, 

 white-ciliate, green, suffused with brown at base, the 

 curved nerves brown; petals about 1% in. long, linear, 

 spreading, twisted, long-ciliate, green, marked with 

 small purple spots in lines along the nerves; lip about 

 as long as sepals, pale green, with many violet dots. 

 Sumatra. B.M. 7578. R.H. 1892, pp. 104, 105. G.F. 

 5:413. Gn.W. 8:641. G.W. 6, p. 471. R.B. 26:253. 



16. glaucophyllum, J. J. Smith. Lvs. glaucous, 

 broadly strap-shaped: scape many-fld.; dorsal sepal 

 orbicular-ovate; petals linear, twisted, ciliate, red- 

 dotted; lip large, violet; staminodium large, ovate, 

 black-violet. Java. B.M. 8084. 



17. hirsutissimum, Pfitz. (Cypripedium hirsutis- 

 simum, Lindl.). Lvs. narrowly strap-shaped, up to 6 

 in. long and %in. wide, indistinctly marbled: scape 

 shorter than the Ivs., black-purple, hirsute, 1-fld.; fls. 

 4-5 in. greatest diam.; dorsal sepal nearly orbicular, the 

 base and central part marked with blackish purple, 

 often confluent dots, the remainder green; petals about 

 3 in. long, broadly spatulate,' spreading, somewhat 

 twisted, the margin undulate, the base marked with 

 deep purple on a green ground and studded with many 

 black hairs, the upper bright violet-purple; lip dull 

 green, purple-stained and with minute blackish warts; 

 staminodium almost square, with 3 protuberances and 

 2 white eyes. March-May. Assam. B.M. 4990. J.H. 

 III. 52:513. R.H. 1859, pp. 182, 183. I.H. 4, p. 67 

 (note). F.S. 14:1430. 



18. villdsum, Pfitz. (Cypripedium villdsum, Lindl.). 

 Lvs. up to 18 in. long and 1^ in. broad, grass-green, 



with the lower surface paler and purple-spotted toward 

 the base: scape nearly as long as Ivs., 1-fld., hairy; fls. 

 5-6 in. greatest diam., glossy, the sepals and petals 

 ciliate; dorsal sepal broadly oval, green, the base and 

 center marked with brown-purple, the margin with a 

 narrow white band, the basal margins revolute; petals 

 about 3 in. long, strongly dilated above, yellow-brown, 

 undulate, purple-hairy at the base, the midvein brown- 

 purple; lip brownish yellow, the broad infolded lobes 

 tawny yellow; staminodium tawny yellow, oblong- 

 cordate. Jan., Feb. Moulmein. I.H. 4:126. A.F. 

 6:555. Gn. 65, p. 435. Var. Boxallii, Veitch (Cypri- 

 pedium Boxallii, Reichb. f. P. Boxallii, Pfitz.). Dorsal 

 sepal narrower at base, the central part marked with 

 numerous, often confluent, black spots, the marginal 

 band broader. Moulmein. I.H. 26:345. G.W. 5, p. 

 545. Gng. 15:306. Other varieties are: var albo-mar- 

 ginatum, Pfitz. , the white margin of dorsal sepal broader; 

 var. atratum, Pfitz. (also known as var. Bdxallii atratum) f 

 has the dorsal sepal strongly marked with black spots and 

 the white border broad, the petals yellow-brown above, 

 spotted below, and yellow-margined (R. II. 1:8); var. 

 aureum, Pfitz. , dorsal sepal lemon-yellow, strongly black- 

 spotted, the petals above red-lined; var. canariense, 

 Pfitz., fls. with a general yellow tinge; var. giganteum, 

 Pfitz., in color much like var. aureum, the petals and 

 dorsal sepals larger; var. Gortonii, Pfitz., dorsal sepal 

 with a narrow purple band, bright emerald, the petals 

 pale rose-purple narrowly bordered with greenish black; 

 var. Lindenii, Pfitz., fls. larger and more brilliant; var. 

 Measuresianum, Pfitz., in color resembling var. atratum, 

 the dorsal sepal yellowish green with a purple base, 

 the lip pale cream; var. Moensii, Pfitz., dorsal sepal 

 black for two-thirds its height, then olive-green bor- 

 dered with pale cream, the petals reticulated, the stam- 

 inodium large, the protuberance amethyst. 



19. insigne, Pfitz. (Cypripedium insigne, Wall.). 

 Lvs. linear, up to 1 ft. long and %in. broad, pale green: 

 scape usually shorter than Ivs., 1-, rarely 2-fld., densely 

 purple-pubescent; fls. 4-5 in. greatest diam., glossy; 

 dorsal sepal broadly oval, with margins somewhat 

 revolute, the base and central portion apple-green, 

 marked with numerous brown-purple spots along the 

 green veins, the upper part white; petals linear-oblong, 

 spreading, undulate, pale yellow-green veined brown- 

 purple; lip yellowish green, brown-shaded; stamino- 

 dium nearly quadrate, pubescent, the tubercle orange- 

 yellow. Winter. Nepal to Assam. B.M. 3412. G.C. 

 111.18:763. A.F. 7:633. F.E. 9:327. Gng. 1:243. 

 A.G. 16:73; 19:825. J.H. III. 42:47. C.L.A. 11:43. Gn. 

 65, p. 101 ; 72, p. 40. Extremely variable in coloration, 

 the following being some of the prominent varie- 

 ties. Var. albens, Pfitz. Fls. soft greenish yellow, with 

 the dorsal sepal pure white in upper half. Var. albo- 

 marginatum, Pfitz. Fls. yellowish; dorsal sepal white- 

 bordered on entire margin, the light-colored spots only 

 on the green portion. Nepal. Var. Amesianum, Pfitz. 

 Fls. rather large, not spotted, resembling those of var. 

 Maulei; dorsal sepal with a broad white margin, the 

 green part suffused with brown. Var. amcenum, Pfitz. 

 Dorsal sepal olive-green, marked with large brown spots, 

 and widely bordered with white, with violet spots in 

 the lower part of the border; petals olive-green, suffused 

 with brown; lip clear maroon-brown. Khasia. Var. 

 apiculatum, Hort. Var. Arnoldianum, Pfitz. Fls. larger 

 than in var. Maulei; dorsal sepal greenish yell0vv, 

 broadly white-margined, the spots confined to the green 

 part. G.F. 7:425. A.F. 6:115. Var. aureum, Pfitz. 

 Dorsal sepal yellow below; petals and lip clear yellow- 

 brown. Var. Breevesianum, Hort. Dorsal sepal oblong, 

 the lower two-thirds yellowish green, with brown dots in 

 regular lines, the remainder white; petals reddish brown. 

 Var. BrSwnii, Pfitz. Fls. large, pale green; dorsal sepal 

 strongly marked with large pustules, each with a white 

 dent at the apex; petals spotted. A.F. 7:65. Var. 

 brugense, Hort. Var. Chantinii, Pfitz. One of the best 



