GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA. Cypripedium. 595 
C. Calceolus y. Sp. pl. 1346. e 
Icon. Bot,mag.216. Pluk. mant. t. 418. É 3. Moris. 
Mist- 22$ 13. 1. F1. 
In low meadows and bogs, particularly in the mountain- 
ous tracts : Canada to Carolina, 2f. May, June. v. v. 
From eighteen inches to three feet high. The plant in 
its foliage resembles Hellelorus viridis ; the flowers 
are generally by two, sometimes three, very large, the 
oe lip white with red'veins, and crimson spots in- 
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5. C. caule folioso, lobo styli orbiculato obtusiusculo, peta- — Zfrietinum. 
lis 5. duobus inferioribus lineari-lanceolatis deflexis, 
- lateralibus linearibus horizontalibus, supremo ovato- 
-oblongo acuto, labello longitudine petalorum an- 
tice obverse-conico saccato.—4it. kew. ed. 2. tom. 5. 
In shady sphagnous woods, about Montreal, Canada. 
M'Kenzie. Y. May. v. v. Flower small, petals 
greenish-brown ; lower lip white, with crimson 
veins; of a very singular structure, resembling at a 
front view a sheep's head, the two lateral petals form- 
ing the horns. T'he stem is pubescent, not a span 
` . high; leaves smooth, in general alternately by four. 
It distinguishes itself very strongly from all the rest 
icri five petals, and by Be. singola: structure of 
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6. C. scapo aphyllo unidólv, foliis radicalibus eerie ob- humile. 
. longis obtusis, lobo styli subrotundo- rhombeo acumi- 
nato deflexo, labello petalis lanceolatis longiore antice 
fisso. Willd. sp. pl. 4. p. 144. 
' C. acaule. Ait. kew. 3. p. 161. 
Icon. Bot.mag.192. Salisb. in linn. trans. 1. t. 3. f. 4. 
Catesb. car. app. £,3. Pluk. mant. t. 418. f. 1. 
I In shady rocky situations and on dry mountain bogs : 
“Canada to Carolina. X. May, June. v. v. Not 
much above a span high; flower purple, large. I have 
' . Observed a white variety on the Broad-mountains, 
. Pensylvania. The whole of this genus is known 
among the inhabitants by the name of Mocassim 
e or sometimes Ladies Slippers. — 
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