2 tHe ORCHID REVIE W. (JANUARY, 1912. 
fluctuating between a three-celled and a one-celled condition, and then 
went on to speak of P. insigne and P. Spicerianum, two well-known 
Asiatic species. Other species were subsequently added, and on a strong 
protest being made against the union of the Asiatic and the American 
‘species, Pfitzer divided his genus into two sections. Ccelopedilum and 
Phragmopedilum. Meantime the late Count Kerchove had changed all 
Pfitzer’s Paphiopedilums into Paphiopedium, in order to secure uniformity 
in spelling, and the present writer followed suit by separating the section 
Phragmopedilum, but changing the name to Phragmipedium, also in the 
interests of uniformity—the name Uropedium,-which had the right of 
priority, being untenable, because based upon a monstrosity. Strictly 
speaking, Pfitzer’s name should have been retained for these American 
species, which would have made it possible to apply an existing name to the 
Asiatic species. But the fact is that Rafinesque’s work, mentioned 
‘below, is almost inaccessible, and the point was overlooked. 
Three generic names had long been in existence for the Tropical Asiatic 
‘Cypripediums when Paphiopedilum was created, though they had been 
generally overlooked, and are not even mentioned in the Genera Plantarum. 
‘They were established by Rafinesque, in 1836, in his Flora Telluriana, a 
work now very scarce. They are Cordula, based upon Cypripedium insigne, 
Wall., Stimegas, on C. venustum, Wall., and Menephora, on a tessellated- 
leaved species of doubtful identity ; and although, as originally proposed, 
they cannot be held to designate valid genera, the names are available in 
the event of a new name being required. Of these, Cordula* (‘fa nymph”) 
is by far the most suitable, and it can claim a long priority over 
Paphiopedilum. 
Of the generic distinctness of the Tropical Asiatic Cypripediums there 
can be no doubt. As long ago as 1842 Lindley remarked: ‘‘ There is 
something in the habit of the Indian Lady’s slippers so peculiar that it was 
for a long time thought that they would be found to possess characters to 
* Should Cordula be accepted it would contain, beside the original C. insignis, Rafin 
the following species: C. Appletoniana, Argus, barbata, bellatula, Boxallii, Bulleniana, 
callosa, Chamberlainiana, Charlesworthii, ciliolaris, concolor, Curtisii, Dayana, Druryi, exul, 
Fairrieana, glanduligera, glaucophylla, Godefroyz, Gratrixiana, Haynaldiana, hirsutissima, 
Hooker, javanica, Lawrenceana, Lowiana, Mastersiana, nigrita, nivea, Parishii 
philippinensis, przstans, purpurata, Rothschildiana, Sanderiana, Spiceriana, Stonei, 
superbiens, tonsa, venusta, Victoria Maria, villosa, violascens, and virens ; with the natural 
hybrids, C. Frankeana, Kimballiana, Littleana, Petri, Shipwayz, and siamensis, which now 
bear corresponding specific names under Paphiopedilum.—R.A.R. 
