GYNANPRiA DiANDRiA. Cypripedium. §95 



C, Calceolus 7. Sp. pi. 1346. 



Icon. Bot. mag. 2l6. Pliik. mant. ^ 418. /. 3. Moris, 

 hist '3.S. 12. Ml./. 17. 



In low meadows and bogs, particularly in the mountain- 

 ous tracts : Canada to Carolina. 1/. May, June", v. v. 

 From eighteen inches to three feet high. The plant in 

 its foliage resembles Ha/lelorus viridis j the flowers 

 are generally by tv/o, sometimes three, very large, the 

 lower lip white with red veins, and crimson spots in- 

 side. 



5. C. canle folioso, lobo styli orbiculato obtusiusculo, peta- ^rietinum. 



lis 5. duobus inferioribus lineari-lanceolatis deflexis, 

 lateralibus linearibus horizontalibus, supremo ovalo- 

 oblongo acuto, labello longitudine petalorum an- 

 tice obverse-conico saccato. — Ait. k<iw. ed.2. i07n. 5. 



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In shady sphagnous woods, about Montreal, Canada. 

 M'Kenxie. 1/ . May. v. v. Flower small, petals 

 greenish-brown ; lower lip white, with crimson 

 veins 3 of a very singular structure, resembling at a 

 front vievi' a sheep s head, the two lateral petals form- 

 ing the horns. 'I he stem is pubescent, not a span 

 high ; leaves smooth, in general alternately by four. 

 It distinguishes itself very .strongly from all the rest 

 by having five petals, and by the singular structure of 

 its lower lip. 



6. C. scapoaphyllo unifloro, foliis radicalibus geminis ob- humile. 



longis obtusis, lobo styli subrotundo-rhombeo acumi- 

 nate deflexo, labello petalis lanceolatis longiore antice 

 fisso, IVWd. sp. pi. 4. p. 144. 



C. acaule. Ait. kew.S.p. 161 . 



Icon. Bot. mag. \g2. Salisb. in limi. trans. 1. t. 3.f. 4. 

 Catesb. car. app. t. 3. Pink. mant. t.4lS.f. I . 



In shady rocky situations and on dry mountain book's : 

 Canada to Carolina. 1/ . May, June. v. v. Not 

 much above a span high ; tlower purple, large. I have 

 observed a white variety on the Broad mountains, 

 Pensylvania. The whole of this genus is known 

 among the inhabitants by the name of Mocassim 

 Flower, or sometimes Ladies Slippers. 



