CXXXVI. ORCHIDE.E. 
231 
Paphiopedilum.'] 
(1) P. niveum Pfitzer Englers Jahrbuch. xix. 40. Cypri- 
pedium niveum Rchb. fil. Gard. Chron, 1869, x. in Orch. ii. 155; 
Bot. Mag. t. 5922. 
Leaves oblong, green above blotched darker, dark purple beneath. 
Scape purple, 6 to 8 in. tall, 1- or 2-flowered pubescent. Flowers 
3 in. wide, white dotted purple. Upper sepal broad orbicular 
laterals ovate-oblong, smaller. Petals broad oblong-blunt, longer 
Lip sac ovoid, mouth contracted. Staminode reniform oblong 
yellow, edge white. Hab. On limestone rocks, Lankawi, Kwah 
(Curtis, and all collectors). Kedah, Baling (Williams) the var. P. 
album Desbois with very few spots. Distrib. Tembilan islands. 
Fig. 180.—Paphiopedilum barbatum. 
Hybrid, Cypripedium Pereirce Ridl. Gard. Chron. 19i* 3 ^ 6 . 
Leaves linear faintly mottled; peduncle longer, bract longer. Flower 
white with pink spots at base of upper sepal and petals. Upper sepal 
more ovate. Petals oblong slightly twisted at tip, all pubescent. 
Lip glabrous longer in proportion to breadth. Staminode obovate. 
Hab. Islands north of Lankawi, probably a hydrid with C. exul, 
Ridl. See also Burkill, Gardens Bulletin ii. 1918, 48. 
(2) P. barbatum Pfitzer Pringsh. Jahrb. TFYss. Bot. xix. 150. 
Cypripedium barbatum Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1841; Misc. 53, 1842, 
pi. 17; Bot. Mag. pi. 4234. , . , 
Leaves oblong or linear-oblong, pale green with darker spots, 
4 to 8 in. long, 1 in. wide. Scape 10 to 12 in. tall, pubescent. Bracts 
shorter than ovary. Flowers 1 or 2, and 2 to 3 in. wide. Upper 
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