340 ORCHIDS OR THE SIEKIM-HIMÁLAYA.
usually solitary (rarely iu pairs), borne on a scapo or' at the apex o£ the leafy stom,
Sejjals spreading, Talvate or imbricate in a;stivation, tlie dorsal large, crcet; tlio lateral
jiair smaller, narrower, and usually counato under and behind the Hp. I'elals free,
varying in shape; often very long. Lip sessile with small narrow auriclc-likc often
inflcxod side lobes and a large inflated saccate mid-lobe. Column short, terete; anthers
two, sub-globoso, tlie cells parallel, contiguous, pollen viscid or glutinous. Stigma forming
a convex often rugulosc disc, doflexod and hidden by the large discifonn flesiiy
stiinunode. Ovary 1-cclled. Species about 80; tempeitite and tropical Asia and Amcrica,
also in f]m'opc.
Suu-CESVS I.—FfyMopcdilum.—Stemless; leaves pereimiul, coriaceous, erergrcou,
crowded, near the grouud, oiteu coloured ; flower
Bolltarj ou a long scape; periautli deciduous; septds
imbricate iu rostivation, tlie dorsal inioldiug^ tlie lateral
pair . . . . ; 1. C. feniis'.iim.
SuD-GEXvs 11.—Ea-(ijpri]>cdum.—Leaves memliranous, plicate, deciduous,
bpme ou a more or less elongated aimuol stem; flowers
at tlie apex of tte stem, usually solitary, mftrcosoeut;
sepals valvate in iostivation.
Leaves two, opposite .. . . 2. C. chgam.
Loaves more tliau two, alternate.
Floral bract cjmbiform, opening of the spur oblong;
stamiuode deeply cordate at the base, the auricles
angled, its upper surface with a vortical ridge .
Floral bract flat, opening of the spur irregularly
orbicular,- not oblong; staminodes shortly cordate
at tlie base, the auricles rouuded, the upper
surface not ridged 4- C. hiimUticum.
1. CYPRIPEDIUM TEH0STUM, "Wall, in Bot. Mag., t. 2129; Cat. 7023.
Leaves five to seven, elliptic-oblong, somewhat loriform, acute and minutely bifid at
the apex, dark green, marbled with pale green above and dull purple beneath, thick
in textm-e, sheathing at the base ; length 4 to 10 in., breadth i to 2 iu. Peduncle
nearly twice as long as the leaves, terete, puberulous, usually only 1-flowerod
(sometimes 2-flowered). Flower 2 to 2-5 in. in diam. ; floral hraci oblong, acuto,
tubiüar, only half as long as the ribbed ovary. Sepalg imbrícate in a;stivation, the
dorsal broadly ovate or cordate, acute, erect, somewhat concave; the lateral paii- much
nan-ower, lanceolate, united under the Hp. Petals longer than the dorsal sepal and
lip, spreading honzontally, linear sub-spathulate, the lower edge rounded, the upper
reflesed near the apex, the edges ciliate except at the reflexed part, the inner sui-face
with seven parallel nerves, sparsely wartod and pubescent. Lip longer than the dorsal
sepal, sub-cylindiic, the edges of its mouth reflexed. Staminode broadly somi-lunar,
notched at the middle of the upper edge. Lindi Gen. and Spec. Orch. 530; Hook.
Exot. Flor., t. 35; Bot Mag., t. 2129.; Bot. Reg., t. 788; Reichb. Fl. Exot. 100;
Lodd. Bot. Cab-, 585; Warner Sel. Orch. II, t. 24; Veitch Man. 53; Hook. fil. Fl. Br.
Ind. VI, 173. Krantzlin Orch. Gen. et Spec. I, 86. C. pardinum, Reichb. fil, in Gard,
Cliron. (1869), 554; and 1887, I, 382, fig. 76 (var. pardiiia).
CYPEIPEDIIRM. 3 4 1
Sikkini, in tropical valleys ascending to 4,000 feet; flowering during February and
March; Tantling No. 253.
The dorsal sepal is white with dark green vertical stripes; the petals arc green
and purplish with a few black spots; the Hp is yellowish-green flushed with pink and
beautifully reticulated with green; the inflexed lateral edges which partially close the
mouth are yellow.
PLATE iiò.—Cypripcdiw
staminode and stigma, 2 prol
fciiuiiim, "Wall,
e view of tlie sarai
A plant, of natural ,
; both enlanjed.
Pig. 1 front • • of tiie
2, CïPEiPEDiuM ELEGANS, Reichb. fil. in Flora 1886, 560.
Height of the entire plant not exceeding 4 in. Sim and peduncle pubescent, the
former bearing at the base a lax tubular acute sheath, and at the apex a pair ot
opposite almost orbicular, sessile, puberulous, plicate leaves from 1-25 to 1-5 in. in
diam. Scape shorter than the leaves, bearing a single flower 1 in. in diam. vertically
at the mouth and '65 in. horizontally; floral Iract -75 in. long, ovate-lanceolatc,
puberulous, much longer than the shoi-t ovary and equalling the flower. Dorsal sepal
narrowly ovate; tlie lateral pair united imder the lip to foi-m a body wider than the
dorsal sepal. Petals lanceolate, concave, spreading slightly, but their apiccs c^irving
slightly inwards. Lip shorter than the sepals, depressed, the sides abruptly infolded, the
upper surface with three parallel crenulate wavy ridges proceeding from the mouth to
the apex and imitiug there, the ajiical part of the cavity of the lip with a fleshy
plate extending from the upper to the lower wall and dividing it into two loculi.
Staminode transversely elliptic. Stigma pyrifoiin in outline, hispid. Hook. fil. Fl. Br.
Ind. VI, 169. Franchet Cypriped. Asie Occ. et Orient., 15; Kriintzlin Orch. Gen. et
Spec. I, 30.
Sikkim, in the Lachen Valley, elevation 10,000 feet; in flower during July;
Pantling No. 387.
The coloui- of the flowers is brownish, with darker lines of the same colour.
PLATE 446.—Cijpripedivm ekgans, Eeiclib. fil. Two plants, of nnUiral size. Pig. 1 front view of
the lip, 2 veiiical section of the lip to show one of the inflexed sides and the partition whieli divides
the apical portion iirto two imperfect chambers, 3 front view of staminode and antlicrs, 4 profile view
of the same; all enlarged.
3. CïPEiPEDiUM TICETICUM, King ex Rolfe in Joum. Linn, Soc.
XXIX, 320.
Height of entire plant not exceeding 12 in. Stem sheathed at the base by two
or three very unequal, wide, sheathing, sub-acute bracts. Leaves three, close together on
the stem above the basal bracts, alternate, broadly ovate, sub-acute, sessile, sheathed,
puberulous; length 125 to 1-75 in., breadth -85 to 1'5 in. Pedimcle slightly longer
than the stem, puberulous, ebracteate, 1-flowered. Flower 2 in. in diam. ; floral bract
large, elliptic, cymbiform, sub-acute, ribbed and puberuloxis, about 2 in. long. Dorsal
sepal elliptic, tapering to each end, the apex acute, 7-nervcd ; the lateral pair
lanceolate, connate under the lip except at the epex. Petals naiTowly elliptic,
sub-acute, as long as the dorsal sepal. Lip longer than the sepals, very large.
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