Cord 
IV. Defcriptions/ of four Species of Cypripedium, by Richard Anthony 
Salifoum, Efq. F. R. S. Fellow of the Linnean Society. 
Read October 7, 1788. | = 
YPRIPEDIORUM aliquorum icones necnon defcriptiones 
Societati Linneanz oblaturus, characterem eflentialem hujus 
generis minime labio inferiori corolle calceiformi, potius autem 
ftruétura genitalium conftare, quæ in omnibus orchideis diítin- 
guendis maximé valent, præmittere vellem. 
CYPRIPEDIUM CALCEOLUS. t.2.f. 1. 
Cypripedium Calceolus. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1340. Calceolus, &c. 
Hall. Hifl. Helv. v. 2. n. 1300. t. 42. Calceolus marianus. Dod. 
Pempt. p. 180. p. I, 2 
Corolla labio fuperiore ovali concavo fubtus carina late canalicu- 
lata, inferiore petalis breviore compreffo. D ` 
Sponte nafcentem in Ofro-Bothnie fylvis abunde legit C. Linné— 
pr ope Berz declivibus montium umbrofis legit A. Haller—in Monte 
Saleve legit J. Ray—in Pedemontii fylvis legit C. Allioni. 
Floret fine Maii, Junio. 
Planta 8-10 pollicaris. Radix fufca, horizontalis, tuberofa—Fibræ 
craffze, fafciculatæ—carnofa, perennis. Caulis viridis, erectus, fim- 
plex, teres, articulatus, hirto-pubefcens, folidus, herbaceus, mar- 
cefcens. 
