CYPRIPEDIUM 



small bract ; upper sepal white, 4-angled, appearing as 

 if inserted at one of its angles, about 15-nerved, outer 

 nerves carmine-purple, others metallic green; margins 

 strongly reflexed ; lower sepal greenish with white mar- 

 gins, veined with green; petals subspatulate, greenish 

 at base, dotted, becoming purplish toward the apices, 

 veined with deep metallic green ; labellum brown-purple, 

 infolded portion with raised dots ; staminode crescent 

 shape. Auttimn. China. B. M. 4901. R. H. 1858, p. 182 : 

 1883, p. 353. 



i. calldsum, Eeichb. f. Lvs. ovate-oblong, obscurely 

 tesselated, pale beneath: scapes reddish brown; upper 

 sepal about 3 in. across, unevenly reflexed, slightly con- 

 cave at base, and translucent ; blush ground color 

 veined with green, upper part white-margined, suffused 

 with rose mauve ; veins carmine-purple toward the apex; 

 petals oblique, recurving, pale green at base, pale rose- 

 mauve at and toward the extremities, upper margin with 

 several blackish warts, ciliate ; labellum dull reddish 

 brown, infolded lobes greenish, with red-brown, shiny 

 warts ; staminodium crescent-shaped. Ft-bruarv and 

 March ; also at other seasons. Siam. R. H. ISSS; 252. 



Var. Sanderse, Hort. An albino form of the species, 

 with no trace of rose-mauve or purple. The fls. are 

 white and delicate gieen J H III 28 423 



5 Lawrenceanmn Reichb f Lvs oval oblong nearly 

 1 ft long tes til It 1 witl \ 11 wi b ml duk green 

 scapes tall r 1 1 Urge 

 upper sepil iuil_le 

 veins whi 1 sepal 

 small ovar\ 1 I etals 

 purplish at « 1 1 1 1 „icenish 

 provided with bUck w uts iluu„ the uiu^uis labellum 

 dull brown pur] le staminode broadly crescent shape 

 April-Julv Borneo B M 0432 I H 30 478 P b 

 23 2 i ( ( III 1 ^01 



Tl otC Laurmceanim Ablnt a v 



Fl n ^ems on the upper sei 1 — .1? o 



p u upper sepal ^vith leeply col re \ 



spa c — t im Av 1 ntl e 



large bize ut the tl — hriide —Hu e ne 1 



with green petals green labell 1 3 — 



lAndeni — Magi tf c tri — Mam — 



Pitchenanutn — Pleiolettctnn Lpi nnl\ a 

 few colored veins — PurpurasceUA — I a — j Ijum — 

 Virescens 



cc Upper sepal lemed with green but shghtlij tf at 

 alf reined with crimson petals nioie ot Jess 

 spott d ot dotted 



6 Argus Reichb f (C batbatiim var Argui, Hort 

 C Pit ho lit 11)1 Hort) Lvs oblong lanceolate about 

 6 m long pale green mottled with deeper green scape 

 long, reddish brown: ovary subtended by a small bract; 

 upper sepal broadly ovate, acuminate, dotted at base, 

 veined with green, the longer veins sometimes purplish: 

 petals oblong, undulate, deflexed, pale green tinged with 

 purple at the apices, irregularly spotted with blackish 

 warts; labellum dull brown-purple, greenish beneath; 

 infolded lobes purplish, spotted with deeper purple; 

 staminode crescent - shaped. March, April. Luzon, 

 Philippines. B.M. 6175. A.F. 3:179. 



7. ciliolire, Reichb. f. Lvs. oblong, pale green, tessel- 

 lated with dark green: scapes tall, reddish brown: ovary 

 subtended by a small bract; upper sepal broadly ovate, 

 acuminate, ciliate on the margins, blush white at base, 

 otherwise white, veined with green; petals ligulate, de- 

 flexed, recurved, with long marginal hairs, greenish at 

 base, becoming pale mauve at and toward the extremi- 

 ties, thickly dotted with blackish warts ; labellum dull 

 brown-pur|>le; infolded lobes yellowish, with reddish 

 brown warts; staminode reniform. April^uly and 

 even later. Philippine Islands. l.H. 31:530. G.C. III. 

 21:348. 



8. sup6rbiens, Reichb. f. (C. T'«i(c7iJ(iKH>rt, Lem.). Lvs. 

 oval-oblong, about 6 in. in length, yellowish green, mot- 

 tled with deeper green, pale beneath: scapes tall, green- 

 ish: ovary subtended by a small bract; upper sepal 

 broadly ovate, whitish, evenly veined with green; petals 

 deflexed, almost drooping, ligulate, hairy-margined, 

 white, suffused with pale rose, tinged with reddish 

 brown at base, veined with green and copiously dotted 



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form-subrotund, horns straight. June, July. Malay 

 Peninsula. l.H. 12:429. F.S. 19:1996. A.F. 7:707. R. 

 H. 1871, p. 596. 



9. Curtisii, Reichb. f. Lvs. broadly oval oblong or 

 narrowly oblong, pale green tessiliati-d with darker 

 green, pale beneath: scapes about 1 tt . lii^'li. i< it.lish 

 brown: ovary subtended by a small In act; ii|i|i. r sipal 

 lisproportionately large, broadly ov;it( . ^n > nish with a 

 white margin, tinged with brown-purplu at thu base, yreen 

 veined with brown and green: petals ligulate, deflexed, 

 dull brown-purple or brownish green at the base, veined 

 with green, pale along the median vein, and thickly 

 dotted with red -brown; margins ciliate; labellum large, 

 dull reddish brown, infolded lobes paler, dotted ; stami- 

 node reniform. May-July. Sumatra. A.F. 6:557. Gne. 

 1: 41. — C. ciliolare and C. superbiens are very closely 

 related. 



10. tdnsuin, Reichb. f. Lvs. ,,vat.- mIiIuh;,'. vab- i;reen 

 conspicuously maculate witli dark mcrn. pair li. m-ath 

 or spotted toward thebas.-: -r:ii.i > 1 _' ni. <m- nmii liing, 

 brownish green: ovary pair -r. , n. -ulHrn.li d liy a small 

 bract ; upper sepal bru;iillv ..l.,,vatc. wiili h i.lr li;isc, ab- 

 ruptly acuminate, wliitish. ,.ft. 11 with Mush i-Mse suffu- 

 sion; veins green; iietals bread, deveid ,,t iiiar,i,'iiial luiirs, 

 oblong ovate or subspaiulate, ttreeii. median nerve paler 

 green, with a row of large redtlish brown spots, other 

 veins brownish, giving a tinge of brown to adjacent 

 tissue ; labellum large, compressed dorsiventrally, 

 brownish; infolded lobes pale yellowish green, with 

 raised pale dots; staminode crescent-shaped, the horns 

 strongly oblique. Autumn. Mountains of Sumatra. 



11. venilstum, Wall. Lvs. oblong, dull purple beneath, 

 upper surface pale green, marbled with dark green: 

 scapes about 8 in. tall: ovary subtended by a bract 

 which sheaths it for half its lenirth; dorsal sepal ovate, 

 white veined willi i;reeii; jHtals green at base, dull 

 purple toward the exireniities. j.rovided with several 

 blackish warts ; labelhiin jiale i^reen. conspicuously veined 

 with emerald-green, infolded lobes paler ; staminode 

 crescent-shaped. January-March. India. B.M. 2129. 

 ccc. Upper sepal distinctly veined with green: spots 



on the petals, if any, few. 



12. Dayinum, Reichb. f. (C. Petri, Reichb. f.). Lvs. 

 oblong, pale green, remotely cross-veined with dark 

 green, pale beneath: scapes reddish brown; upper sepal 

 ovate, acuminate, whitish, veined with green, upper 

 margin recurved ; petals brownish green at base, salmon- 

 pink toward the apices, upper margins obscurely spotted, 

 ciliate with dull crimson hairs ; labellum roughish, dusty- 

 looking, infolding portion greenish, with dull crimson- 

 brown warts ; staminode oblong. Borneo. May, June. 

 F.S. 15: 1527. 



13. Jav4mcum, Eeinw. Lvs. oblong, pale, maculate 

 with dark green: scape greenish, 1-or 2-flowered: ovary 

 subtended by a small bract ; upper sepal ovate acuminate, 

 greenish white veined with green, lower margin reflexed ; 

 petals oblong, greenish, with fine blackish dots, becom- 

 ing purplish or pale rose color at the apices, ciliate on 

 the margins; labellum darker green than the petals, in- 

 folded lobes pale green, but variously dotted; staminode 

 reniform-subrotund. Java.— Var. vlrens, Hort., is 

 smaller, the green color more pronounced. 



cccc. Upper sepal not distinctly veined with green, but 

 more or less with purple. 



14. Mastersi^num, Reichb. f. Lvs. oblong, remotely 

 tessellated: scape tall, brown-purple, ovary subtended 

 by a short bract; upper sepal orbicular, acute, bright 

 green with a greenish white or yellowish border, veined 

 with greenish brown; petals spreading, brownish, paler 

 at and toward the base, and provided with blackish 

 warts on the upper margin and median vein ; labellum 

 large, brownish, infolded lobes paler, with dull purple 

 spots ; staminode crescent-shaped, horns converging. 

 Java. G.C. III. 15: 593; 25: 274. B.M. 7629, as a Paphio- 

 pedUum. 



15. Hookerae, Reichb. f. Lvs. variegated dull green 

 and greenish white, pale beneath, ovate oblong: scapes 

 tall, slender; upper sepal rotund, acuminate, green, with 



