202 OPHKYDK^.
triangular. LinJl. Goa. and Sp. Orch. 340; in Joam. Linn. Soc. iii, 44; Wight
Ic. 999; Bot. Mag. 6625; Wall. Cat. 7025; Hook. f. Fl. Br. lad. vi, 168; King &
PautKng in Aun. R. Bot. Gard. Calc. viii. 338, t. 4 U ; Krantzlia Orch. Gen. and Sp.
i, 714; Collett Fl. Siml. 507 fig. 168; Rolfc in Joum. Linn. Soc. xxxvi (1903), 63.
& PeiTOftetianum A. Rich, in Ann. Sc. Nat., Ser. 3, sv, 76, t. 53; Wight Ic. 1716.
S. alUjlorum A. Rich. I.e.; Wight Ic. 1717. S. pallidum A. Rich. I.e.
Abundant throughoiit the Western Himalaya on open hillsides at elevations between
4,000 and 10,000 feet. Flowers during September and October. It extends eastwards
to Nepal, Sikkitn, Bhutan, and the Khasia Hills; and is found also in the hilly parts
of S. India and in Upper Burma to Tibet and China. A form with larger and
innch thicker leaves and bracts is occasionallv met with.
CTPBIPEDIUM.
T R I B E v i i . - C Y P R I P E D I E i E.
Perfect anthers two, one on each side of the conjoined stigmas. Staminode
gle, large, fleshy; lip large, saccate.
4 5 . O y p r i p e d i a m 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 pairs), bomo on a 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 lij). I'eials
free, varying in shape, often very long. Lip sessile with small narrow auricle-like,
often inflexed side lobes and a large inflated saccate mid-lobe. Column sliort, terete
Anthers 2, eubglobose, the cells parallel, contiguous; pollen viscid or glutinous. Stigma
forming a convex often rugalose disk, deflexed and hidden by the large disciform,
fleshy staminode. Ovary 1-celled.—Species about 80, in temperate and tropical Asia
and America, also in Europe.
S9pa!s and petals green or pale yellow, lip white
Flowers smaller, sepals and petals streaked wilfti red, lip
purplisli
1. C. cordigerum.
C. himalaieum.
1. C^TRiPEDiUM CORDIGERUM Don Prod. Fl. Nep. 37.
stem 2-5 to 6 dm. in height, stout or slender, puberulous. leaves several, approximate
or scattered, 7-5 to 15 cm. long and 5 to 10 cm. wide, from nearly orbicular to
lanceolate; acute or acuminate, membranous, plaited. Flowers solitary; Iracf leaflike, 2-5
to 10 cm. long. Sepals and petals spreading, longer than the lip, green varying to pale
yellow or wlute^, Dorsal sepal ovate-acuminate ; lateral pair slightly longer, connate,
entire or split at the apex. Petals equalling the dorsal sepal in length, narrowly lanceolate,
acuminate. Lip oblong, white often with a few purple spots outside and near
the base. Column yellow. Siaminode 10 mm. long, ovate or oblong-cordate, yellow
with reddish-brown blotches near the apex. Ovary fusiform, glandular-pubescent.
Capsule erect, davate, about 3-8 cm. long. Lindi. 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.
P l a t i ì 161. Cypvipedium cordigerum Don. Upper portion of plant,—o/ natural size.
Eig. 1, side view of itower, with the sepals and petals removed; 2, the connate lateral
eepals; 3, staminode; 4, side view of column;—ai
Ann. Roy. Bot. G-abi«. Calc., Vol. IX.