CYPRIPEDES. 529 
13. Cypripepum ventricosum. Swartz. act. holm. 1800. p. 251. Willd. Sp. 
pl.4.145. Sweet Brit. Fl. Gard. ser. 9. t. 1. 
C. caule folioso 2-floro, foliis oblongis acutis, stamine sterili sagittato 
cordato concavo, sepalis inzequalibus dorsali oblongo acuminato antico 
minore bifido, petalis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis labello longioribus. 
Calceolus 2 petalis nectario longioribus. Gmel. sib. 1. 3. t. 1. f. ò. 
Hab. in Sibiria. (hab. s. sp. ex herb. Stephan.) 
Flowers very large, deep purple, richly spotted in the centre and round 
the edges of the lips, which are pale yellow. 
3. Arietinium ; caule polyphyllo. Sepalis omnibus liberis. 
14. Cypripepium arietinum. Brown in Hort. Kew. 5. 999, Pursh fl. am. 
sept. 2.595. Bot. Mag. t. 1569. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1240. 
C. caule folioso pubescente 1-floro, foliis lanceolatis glabris, sepalis omni- 
bus liberis lateralibus petalisque linearibus subzqualibus dorsali ovato 
acuto, labello unguiculato obconico, stamine sterili orbiculari. 
Arietinum americanum. Beck Bot. of North and Midd. st. 352. 
Hab. in America septentrionali, inter sphagna; Canada, Goldie, Pursh; 
Vermont et Maine, Beck. (hab. s. sp.) 
Stem 6 to 8 inches high, with few alternate leaves. 
greenish brown. Lip small, acute, netted with purple veins upon a white 
&round. "The separation of the lateral sepals is not sufficient to justify this 
plant being distinguished generically from Cypripedium. 
Flowers small, 
4. Bifolia; caule diphyllo. 
15. Cyprirepium japonicum. Thunb. fl. jap. 30. ic. Jap. t. 1. Swartz. act. 
holm. 1800. p. 951. Willd. sp. pl. 4. 146. 
C. caule diphyllo villoso, foliis suboppositis subrotundis acutis sinuato- 
undulatis, bracteà oblonga acutà ovario multd breviore, sepalis petalisque 
labello subgloboso brevioribus. 
Hab. in Japonia, Thunberg. 
16. Cyprirepium guttatum. Swartz. act. holm. 1800. p. 251. Falk topogr. 
beytr. II. t. 17. fide Ledeb. fl. alt. 4. 174. 
C. caule diphyllo, foliis alternis ovato-ellipticis acutis ciliatis, stamine ste- 
rili ovato emarginato, bracteà oblonga acuminata ovario longiore, sepalis 
labello brevioribus dorsali maximo apiculato antico bifido, petalis ovatis 
acuminatis abrupte acutis, labelli subrotundi ore patulo plano. 
Calceolus foliis ovatis binis caulinis. Gmel. sib. 1. 5. 
Calceolus minor flóre vario. Amman. ruth. 137. n. 177. t. 22. 
Hab. in Asia et Americd boreali ; Sibiria Gmelin ; montibus altaicis in locis 
umbrosis humidiusculis, Ledebour ; Daburia, Fischer ; circa Mosquam in 
sylvis, Prescott ; Unalaschka, Bunge; necnon in Canada, Richardson. 
(hab. s. sp.) 
Flowers small, stained with numerous blotches of crimson. It varies 
verv much in the hairiness, some specimens being nearly glabrous. 
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