CY PRIPEDIUM. 208 
TRIBE VIL—(CYPRIPEDIEE, 
“к: 
Perfect anthers two, one оп each side of the conjoined etd enl. Staminode 
single, large, fleshy; lip large, saccate. 
45. Cypripedium Linn, 
Terrestrial herbs, stemless or with a leafy annual stem. Leaves coriaceous, 
evergreen, smooth and often coloured; or membranous, deciduous and plicate. Flowers 
large, usually solitary (rarely in 1425) borne оп а scape or at the apex of a leafy 
stem. Sepals spreading, valvate or imbricate in aestivation; the dorsal large, erect; 
the lateral pair smaller, narrower and usually connate under and behind the lip. Petals 
free, varying in shape, often very long. Jip sessile with small narrow auricle-like, 
often inflexed side lobes and a large inflated saccate mid-lobe. Column short, terete 
Anthers 2, subglobose, the cells parallel, contiguous; pollen viscid or glutinous. Stigma 
forming a convex often rugulose disk, deflexed and hidden by the large disciform, 
fleshy staminode. Ovary 1-celled. و‎ about 80, in temperate and tropical Aiia 
and America, also in Europe. 
Sepals and petals green or pale yellow, lip white қ қ 1. C. cordigerum. 
Flowers smaller, vesmh and к streaked with red, lip 
purplish . . & С. himataicum. 
1. CYPRIPEDIUM CORDIGERUM Don Prod. Fl. Nep. 37. 
Stem 9:5 to 6 dm. in height, stout or slender, puberulous. Leaves several, approxi- 
mate or scattered, 7:5 to 15 em. long and 5 to 10 сш, wide, from nearly orbicular to 
lanceolate; acute or acuminate, membranous, plaited. Flowers solitary; bract leaflike, 9:5 
to 10 cm. long. Sepals and petals spreading, longer than the lip, green varying to pale 
yellow or white. Dorsal sepal ovate-acuminate; lateral pair slightly longer, connate, 
entire or split at the apex. Petals equalling the dorsal sepal in length, narrowly lan- 
ceolate, acuminate. Lip oblong, white often with a few purple spots outside and near 
the base. Column yellow. Staminode 10 mm. long, ovate or oblong-cordate, yellow 
with reddish-brown blotches near the apex. Ovary fusiform, glandular-pubescent. 
Capsule erect, clavate, about 9:8 сш. long. Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 527; Dene in 
Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 165, t. 166; Fl. Br. Ind. vi, 170; Krnzl. Orch. Gen. and Sp. i, 
17; Collett Fl, Siml. 508, 
Widely distributed throughout the Western Himalaya from Hazara to W. Nepal 
at elevations between 8,000 and 12,000 feet, usually found in openings or on the outskirts 
of forests. It flowers during the month of June. 
Prate 151. Cypripedium cordigerum Don. Upper portion of plant,—o/ natural size, 
Fig. 1, side view of flower, with the sepals and petals removed; 2, the connate lateral 
sepals; 3, staminode; 4, side view of column ;—a// enlarged. 
Ann. Вот. Bor. Gan». Carc, Vor. IX. 
