232 cxxxvi. orchide^e. [Paphiopedilum. 
sepal broad ovate or orbicular acute or blunt white, veined purple, 
base greenish. Petals greenish brown, 2 in. long, linear-oblong 
curved with a few black warts and hairs on edge. Lip reddish purple, 
helmet-shaped. Staminode reniform rather deeply emarginate 
in front. Capsule 1 in. long. Hab. Mountains at 2500 to 4000 ft 
altitude on grassy slopes and rocks. Johor, Gunong Pantai; 
Gunong Belumut (Holttum), Malacca, Mt. Ophir (all collectors). 
Penang Hill (all collectors), formerly very abundant at Richmond 
Pool but much persecuted by collectors. Kedah Peak. Dislrib, 
Siam. Native name : Bunga Kasut. 
The plant is very variable in depth of colour of flowers and colouring of 
foliage. Many varieties are known in cultivation. 
(3) P. Robinsonii Ridl. Cypripedium Robinsonii Ridl. Tourn. 
F.M.S. Mus. vi. 83. 
Stem often stoloniferous. Leaves about 4, elliptic-oblong, pale 
green spotted and tessellated darker, 3 in. long, 1*5 in. wide. 
Peduncle over 1 ft. long, purple hairy; flower solitary. Upper 
sepal broad ovate, base narrowed, tip abruptly acute, base dull 
purple above green hairy, 1*5 in. long, 75 in. wide; lower sepals 
ovate shorter pale green. Petals 2 in. long, spathulate broadest 
at tip, base half twisted, dull yellowish-green centre bar purple, 
spotted. Lip glabrous, purplish, 1-25 in. long, 75 in. wide. 
Staminode orbicular wide emarginate at tip retuse behind yellowish 
centre green. Capsule 2 in. long. Hab . Local in woods and shady 
spots near streams in deep moss. Mountains. Pahang, Gunong 
Tahan at 5000 to 6000 ft. altitude (Ridley). 
(4) P- superbiens PfUzer Engl. Jahrb.x ix. 40. Cypripedium 
superbiens Rckb. fit. Bonplandia 1855, p. 227; William’s Orch:Album 
xi. pi. 486; Ridl. Mat. i. 230. 
Leaves oblong tessellate, 5 to 7 in. long, 1-5 in. wide. Scape 
9 to 12 in. long. Flowers 4 in. across, solitary. Upper sepal 
orbicular acute, white veined with green. Petals broad oblong 
greenish-white, ciliate along edge and dotted all over with purple 
worts. Lip helmet-shaped, reddish. Staminodes sub-orbicular, 
2-lobed, green. Hab. Very rare. Malacca, Mt. Ophir (Lobb). 
This has never been seen on Mt. Ophir again, nor apparently anywhere 
else. 
( 5 ) P- Lowii PfUzer l.c. 41. Cypripedium Lowii Lindl. Gard. 
Chron. 1847, p. 765; William’s Orchid Album 9, pi. 428. 
Epiphytic. Leaves lorate narrow plain green, 9 to 15 in. long, 
1 to 1-5 in. wide, coriaceous, bilobed. Scape 2 to 3 ft. tall, 3- to 
5-flowered; flowers pubescent, 3 to 4 in. wide. Upper sepal ovate 
acute, yellowish-green, base purplish; lower ones similar smaller. 
Petals 3 in. long, spathulate twisted decurved, base yellow spotted 
black, tip bilobed, purple. Lip cylindric helmet-shaped brown- 
purple. Staminode obcordate green edged purple hairs, a tooth 
