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Cypripedium x\caule. Two-Leaved 

 Lady's Slipper. 



Clafs and. Order. 

 Gynandria Diandria. 



Generic Cbaracler.. 

 Ne&arium ventricofum, inflatum, cavum. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



CYPRIPEDIUM acaule radicibus fibrofis, foliis oblongis 

 radicalibus. Ait. HorL Kezv. V. 3. p. 303. 



IIELLEBORINE Calceolus diaa, mariana, foliis binis e radice 

 ex. adverfo prodeuntibus, (lore purpureo 

 Pluk. ManL 101. t. 418. /. 1. 



GYPRIPEDIUM ^w/Y^-Corollalabiofuperiorerhomboideo 

 acuminato lateribus deflexo fubtus carina 

 anguitiflima obtufa, inferiore petalis lon- 

 giore antice filTo. 1'ranfatl. Linn. Soc. V. 

 i.p. 76. /. 3./. 4. 



We have not figured the prefent fpecies of Cypripedium 

 fo much on account of its beauty as of its rarity, for it is far 

 lefs handfome than any of the other fpecies that we are ac- 

 quainted with. 



It is a native of different parts of North- America, and flowers 

 with us in May. 



There is little difficulty in diftinguifhing it from the other 

 foreign fpecies, it has rarely more than two radical leaves, a 

 very (hort flowering item compared with the others, a large 

 neciary in proportion to its fize, which in the fpecimens we 

 have feen has been divided on its upper part, through its whole 

 length, fo as in facl to deflroy in a great degree that fhoe or 

 flipper-like form, from which this genus has taken its name. 



Like the reft of the family, it requires a little extraordinary 

 care in its culture; its roots mould be placed in a pot filled 

 with loam and bog-earth, or rotten leaves, well mixed, and 

 plunged in a north border, where in fevere feafons it will be 

 proper to fhelter it ; if the whole border be formed of the fame 

 foil or compoiT, the pot will be lefs neceffary 



Our drawing was made from a plant growing with Mefffs. 

 Grim wood and Co. Kenfmgton. 



