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CYPRIPEDIUM PARVIFLORUM. LESSER-FLOW- 
ERED LaApy’s SLIPPER. 
KEE RK EEE EEE EERE K KEKE 
Class and Order. 
GyNANDRIA DIANDRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Labellum ventricosum, inflatum, (nunc saceatum.) Co- 
lumna postice terminata lobo petaloideo (stamine sterili,) 
antheras distinguente. Petala 2 antica sepius connata. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Cyprirepium * parviflorum ; caule folioso, lobo columne 
triangulari acuto, labello petalis breviore subtus super- 
neque depresso. 
Cypripepium parviflorum. Salish. in Linn. Trans. v. 1. p. 
17. t. 2. f. 2. Pursh, Fl. Am. v. 2. p. 594, Ait. Hort. 
Kew, ed. 2. v. 5. p. 221. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 4. p. 143. 
Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 80. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 
3. p. 745. (not Bot. Mag. t. 911.) 
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Dzscr. Stem solitary, erect, downy, about a foot high, 
rounded, leafy. Leaves slightly downy, especially the 
uppermost ones, few, remote, ovato-lanceolate, acute, 
waved, striated, four to five inches long. Flowers very 
dsome, delightfully fragrant, especially at night, soli- 
» or two at the extremity of the stem, each placed on 
a bracteated peduncle ; bractea large, leaf-like. Corolla 
sreenish at the base, the rest either a rich chocolate-brown, 
or a greenish ground spotted and striated with brown : 
Upper petal broadly ovate, acuminated, waved, the two 
ower ones combined into one, pointing downwards, of the 
Saine shape as the upper one, the latter considerably longer 
than the lip, the lower (double one) scarcely so cg oe 
* For derivation, see t. 2938 (Cyrripep. macranthon.) 
