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Cypripedium Parviflorum. Yellow 

 Ladies Slipper. 



C/ti/j W Onfcr. 

 Gynandria Diandria. 



Generic Charafler. 



Petala 4, cruciatim difpofita. Neclarii labium inferius ven- 

 tricofum, inflatum, cakeiforme. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



CYPRIPEDIUM parviflorum; petalis lateralibus linearibus 



contortis calceolo avenio longioribus. 

 CYPRIPEDIUM parviflorum ; lobo ftyli fagittaeformi bafi 



deflexo, labello petalis breviore compreflb. 



Swartz Orchide*. Trafts on Botany, p. 207. 



Salijbury in Linn. Tranf. v. 1. p. 77. t. 2. 



CYPRIPEDIUM Cakeolus ; rainutim pubefcens : caule fp- 

 liofo : laciniis calycis exterioribus oblongo- 

 ovalibus, acuminatis ; interioribus lineari- 

 bus confertifque : calceolo luteo. Micbaux 

 FL Bor-Amer. v. 2. p. 161. 



HELLEBORINE cakeolus diQa, mariana, caule foliofo, flore 

 luteo minore. Pluk. Uant. p. 101. /. 488. 



This fpecies of Ladies-Slipper is an inhabitant of North- 

 America, from New-England to North- Carolina It comes 

 very near to the European fpecies, and we fuppofe has been 

 miftaken for the fame by Mich aux, in whofe fpecific descrip- 

 tion confertis feems to be an error or the prefs for contort;; 

 It is a taller plant, more pubefcent; lateral or interior petals 

 longer, narrower, and more curled; and the neBanuin or 

 flipper is of a plain yellow colour without veins. 



