HAIRY LADY'S-SLIPPER 



the sticky pollen mass of the open anthers and carries 

 away some of it upon her hairy sides. If she enters 

 another flower and in due lime gets out as before, 

 she will be very likely to leave some pollen on the 

 stigmatic surface of that flower. 



This contrivance for cross-fertilization is so elaborate 

 that observers tell us it often defeats its own ends and 

 the plants are chiefly propagated by the root. 



The Moccasin-Flower or Pink Lady's-Slipper is one 

 of the earliest and most beautiful of the genus. It is 

 the State flower of Minnesota. In early May in rich 

 woodlands the flowering stem may be found rising be- 

 tween two large, thick, pointed leaves and bearing at 

 its summit a great pink pouch curiously veined and 

 crossed with darker lines; the one noticeable petal 

 attended by variously pointed and twdsted sepals and 

 petals, all disregarded for the magnificence of the one. 

 In short, it is a most gorgeous flower and one wonders 



*' What potent blood hath modest May " 

 to be able to produce such a one in our northern woods. 



HAIRY LADY'S-SLIPPER. YELLOV7 LADY'S- 

 SLIPPER 



Cypripedmm pubescens 



Perennial. Bogs and moist, hifly woods and thickets. 

 Nova Scotia to Ontario and Minnesota, south to Alabama 

 and Nebraska. Frequent in northern Ohio. May-July. 



Roots. — Fleshy, fibrous. 



Scape. — Hairy, leafy, one to two feet high, one-flowered. 



Leaves. — Alternate, oval, pointed, three to five inches 

 long, parallel-veined. 



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