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Stems very short, with a pair of Lvs. close to or near the ground, or long and leafy: Lvs. commonly many- nerved: fls. terminal, 1 to few, withering on the ovary; lateral sepals free, or united nearly or to the apex, the dorsal sepal erect; petals generally narrower, spreading; lip saccate, rarely split down the front; ovary 1- celled, with 3 parietal placentae.— Species about 30, in the north temperate zone. For the greenhouse species formerly included here, see Paphiopedilum, and Phragmipedium.
Stems very short, with a pair of Lvs. close to or near the ground, or long and leafy: Lvs. commonly many- nerved: fls. terminal, 1 to few, withering on the ovary; lateral sepals free, or united nearly or to the apex, the dorsal sepal erect; petals generally narrower, spreading; lip saccate, rarely split down the front; ovary 1- celled, with 3 parietal placentae.— Species about 30, in the north temperate zone. For the greenhouse species formerly included here, see Paphiopedilum, and Phragmipedium.
C. Calceolus, Linn. Fls. single; sepals and petals deep brown; lip yellow, slightly compressed. Eu. R.H. 1892. p. 392. R.B. 21, 210. G. C. III. 46:210.—C. debile. Reichb. f. Lvs. 2, opposite: fls. small, the sepals and petals pale green with a dark brown basal blotch, sometimes brown-striped, the lateral sepals united; lip white, brown-streaked about the mouth. China and Japan. B.M. 8183.— C. elegans, Reichb. f. Sts. 4 in. tall: Lvs. opposite: fl. single, the sepals and petals brown-veined, the lateral sepals united; lip brownish, corrugated. Thibet.—C. guttatum, Swartz. Lvs. 2, alternate: fls. single, white, blotched with purple. N.E. Eu. to N.W. Amer. B.M. 7746.—C. himalaicum. Rolfe. Sts. up to a foot tall: Lvs. 3: sepals and petals brownish, deeper veined: lip brown-purple, many-nerved, Bhotan.—C. irapeanum, Llav. & Lex. Lvs. ovate- lanceolate: fls. several, large, pale yellow, the large lip with some scarlet spots about the mouth. Mex.—C. macranthon, Swartz. Fls. purple, the lip contracted at the mouth. Siberia and N. Asia. R.H. 1877:310. B.M. 2938. G. C. III. 46:212.—C. speciosum, Rolfe. St. leafy: fls. whitish or flesh-colored, veined with rose; lip subglobose. Japan. B.M. 8386.—C. Thunbergii, Blume. Fls. pale purple. G. C. III. 46:228.—C. tibeticum. King. Fls. 3-4 in. across; sepals and petals white, light yellow at apex, veined with maroon-purple; lip maroon-purple. E. Thibet and W. China. B.M. 8070. G. C. III. 39:347; 46:420; 49:403, 410.—C. ventricosum, Hort. Said to be a natural hybrid between C. Calceolus and C. macranthon. G.C. III. 46; 229. George V. Nash.
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