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CYPRIPEDIUM 



CYPRIPEDIUM 



BB. fls. more than 2. 

 C. Petals spatulate. 



30. Ldwei, Lindl. Lvs. ligulate, uniform green: scapes 

 often more than 3 ft. long, arching, bearing several fls. : 

 upper sepal yellowish veined with brownish purple at 

 the base, broadly oval, basal margins revolute ; petals 

 fully 3 in. long, deflexed, twisted, spatulate, yellowish, 

 with numerous brown-purple spots at and toward the 

 base, the spoon-shaped extremities dull crimson-purple; 

 labellum brown, infolded lobes paler; staminodium ob- 

 cordate, with a horn-like projection at base. April, May. 

 Borneo. F.S. 4:375. A. F. 11:1349. R.H. 1857, p. 402; 

 1883, p. 352; 1885, p. 473. 



31. Haynaldianum, Reichb. f . Lvs. ligulate, leathery, 

 uniform green : scapes about 20 in. long, villose, green- 

 ish brown, 1-5-fld. : upper sepal oval, lower margins 

 revolute, cream-white above, purplish at the margins, 

 the base yellowish, spotted with reddish brown; petals 

 linear, broad at the extremities, and of a dull purple 

 color, yellowish from the base about half way, with 

 several large, reddish brown spots ; labellum green 

 tinged with dull purple ; staminodium similar to that of 

 preceding, but narrower. Jan.-May. Philippine Isls. 

 B.M. 6296. 



649. Cypripedium 

 pubescens (X 



cc. Petals linear, usually drooping and twisted. 

 32. Parish!!, Reichb. f. Lvs. coriaceous, thick, ligulate: 

 scapes arching, pale green, bearing several fls. : upper 

 sepal yellowish, with green veins, narrowly oval, basal 

 margins reflexed; petals linear, twisted, obliquely pen- 

 dent, greenish yellow at and toward the base, with sev- 

 eral blackish spots and a row of marginal dots ; distal 

 ends dull, glossy, brownish purple ; labellum dark 

 green, usually tinged with brown-purple; staminodium 



obcordate, with a tooth at base. Autumn. India. B.M. 

 5791. Gt. 47:25. I.H. 22:214.-Not a free-blooming 

 species. 



33. Stdnei, Hooker. Lvs. ligulate, uniform green, de- 

 cidedly coriaceous : scapes long, greenish brown, 3-5- 

 fld. : upper sepal nearly orbicular, white, with 4 crimson- 

 magenta veins or streaks, 2 on each side near the upper 

 margin, suffused behind with crimson; lower sepal nar- 

 rower, with several streaks, similar in color to those on 

 the upper sepal; petals linear, at first spreading, then 

 drooping, twisted at the extremities, pale yellow at the 

 base, becoming deeper and finally reddish brown at and 

 near the apices, spotted with crimson-brown; labellum 

 calceiform, dull rose on the front, paler beneath, finely 

 veined with deeper rose. Autumn. Borneo. B.M. 5349. 

 One of the finest in the genus. 



34. PMlippin6nse, Reichb. f. (C. lazvigatum, Batem ). 

 Lvs. thick, ligulate-oblong, uniform green: scape brown- 

 ish, bearing from 2-5 fls. : upper sepals whitish, broadly 

 ovate, striped with crimson-magenta ; lower sepal 

 striped with green; petals linear, twisted, drooping ob- 

 liquely, greenish at base, becoming pale brown -purple 

 toward the extremities; labellum small, yellowish; 

 staminodium sub-cordiform. April, May. Philippine 

 Isls., 1864. B.M. 5508. G.F. 3:309. 



35. prsestans, Reichb. f. (C. glandiiliferum, Blume. 

 C. Neo-Guineense, Hort. ) . Lvs. coriaceous, deep green : 

 peduncle longer than the Ivs. : sepals about equal, 

 broadly ovate, yellowish white, veined with reddish 

 brown; petals with marginal warts, twisted, yellowish 

 green ; labellum calceiform, yellowish ; staminodium 

 nearly quadrangular, lateral margins inflexed. Aug. 

 New Guinea. I.H. 34:26. R.H. 1896, p. 421. C. prcestans, 

 var. Kimballianum, Hort., is another form. This is not 

 to be confounded with C. Kimballianum (see No. 37). 



36. Sanderianum, Reichb. f. Lvs. ligulate, thick, uni- 

 form green: scape long, reddish brown, bearing several 

 fls. : upper sepal narrowly ovate, yellowish, striped with 

 brown; petals linear, about 18 in. long, yellowish at the 

 base, marked with reddish brown, the middle part 

 barred with reddish brown and yellow, purplish brown 

 at and toward the blunt apices ; labellum brownish. 

 Feb. -May. Habitat known but not revealed: perhaps 

 north Borneo. G.C. III. 19:329. Gt. 43:520. 



37. Bothschildianum, Reichb. f. Fig. 647. Lvs. thick: 

 scape reddish brown, bearing several fls. : upper sepal 

 ovate, acute, striped with brownish (almost black) veins, 

 ground color yellowish ; petals linear, spreading, ob- 

 lique, yellowish, striped and spotted with dark brown- 

 purple"; labellum slipper-form, brownish, margin pale 

 yellow, whitish beneath ; staminode with a projecting 

 beak. Winter months. Borneo. B.M. 7102. G.F. 6:145. 

 C. Elliottianum, O'Brien, is a variety of the above, or 

 at least very closely allied to it. J.H. III. 32:55. A.F. 

 6:557; 7:855. C. Kimballianum, from Borneo, is a nat- 

 ural hybrid of C. Rothscliildianum x C. Dayanum: see 

 A.G. 20:719, Fig. 186. 



ccc. Petals much twisted, not drooping. 



38. Chamberlainianum, O'Brien. Lvs. dark green, 

 ligulate: scape arching, bearing several fls. that open in 

 succession: ovary not conspicuously ribbed; upper se- 

 pal pale green, brownish at base, with about 12 veins 

 which, brown at first, terminate green; margin whitish, 

 ciliate, dorsal surface hairy; petals narrow, spreading, 

 reflexed, twisted, green, with lines of numerous red- 

 brown spots, tinged rose-pink near the column ; 

 labellum pale rosy mauve, copiously dotted with deeper 

 mauve ; infolded lobes pale green : staminodium oval. 

 Sumatra. B.M. 7578, as a Paphiopedilum. R.H. 1892, 

 pp. 104-5. G.F. 5:413. 



39. Victdria-Mariae, Rolfe. Similar to the above: la- 

 bellum dull purple ; petals and upper sepal not lined 

 with brown spots. Perhaps only a variety of C. Chant - 

 berlainianum. Sumatra. B.M. 7573, as a Paphiopedilum. 



AAA. Lvs. membranaceous , plicate. 

 B. Foliage of two Ivs. upon the ground, or nearly so. 



40. acaule, Ait. Fig. 648. Lvs. ovate, oblong oval: 

 scape naked, tall : upper sepal and petals brownish, 

 lanceolate ; labellum pink-purple to white (variable), 



