GYNANDRIA— DIANDRIA. Cypripedium. 51 



Cal. superior, of 3 ovate-lanceolate, taper-pointed, spread- 

 ing, coloured leaves ; the upper one broadest ; 2 lower- 

 most generally combined nearly their whole length. Pet, 

 2, about die same length, or longer, spreading, linear- 

 lanceolate, pointed, wavy. Nect. \\\\ho\\i a spur \ liji obo- 

 vate, inflated, obtuse, membranous, prominent, mostly 

 shorter than the petals, with an irregular longitudinal 

 fissure above. Filam. 2, on the column, lateral, opposite, 

 spreading, oblong, fleshy. Anth. lateral, elliptical. Germ, 

 oblong, triangular, furrowed. Style short and stout, 

 somewhat compressed, bearing the stamens, and termi- 

 nating above them in a dilated, flattish, horizontal lobe, 

 or appendage, in the place, as Mr. Brown justly indi- 

 cates, of a third stamen. »S7/Vwza beneath this appendage, 

 and parallel to it, in like manner dilated and flattened, 

 but smaller. Caps, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, angular, fur- 

 rowed. Seeds oblong, numerous. 

 Roofs creeping. Stem sim}]|Je, erect, mostly leafy. Leaves 

 elliptical, acute, many-ribbed, plaited, entire. FL termi- 

 nal, mostly solitary, large and handsome, without scent. 



1. C. Calceolus. Common Ladies' Slipper. 



Stem leafy. Appendage to the column elliptical, obtuse, 

 channelled. Lip somewhat compressed, shorter than the 

 petals. 



C. Calceolus. Linn. Sp. PI. 1346. mild. v. 4. 142. FL Br. 941. 



Engl. Bot. r. 1 . ^. 1 . Hook. Lond. t. 42. Salish. in Tr. of L. Sac. 



v.\.76.t.2.f.\. FL Dan. t. 999. Redout. Liliac. t.\9. 

 C. rudicibus fibrosis, foliis ovato-lanccolatis caulinis. Lain, in Act. 



Ufjs. 1 740. 24. Mill. Ic. 1 G2. L 242. 

 Calceolus n. 1300. HalLIIi^t.v 2. l.")/.^. 43. 

 C. n. 4. Gmel.Sib.v. \.2.t.\.f.\. 

 C. Marianus. Dod.Pempt. 180./. 

 C. Maiise. Raii Sijn.SSj. Ger. Em. 443./. Lob. Ic. 3\2.f. Bed. 



Ilort. F.yst. rem. ord. 8. t. 6.f. 1. 

 Damasonii species quibusdam, sive Calceolus D. Mariii?. Bauh. 



//i.sY.r. 3.^.2.518./. 

 Helk'borine flore rotundo, sive Calceolus. Bauh. Pin. 187. 

 Elk'horinL' recentiorum prima. Clus. Ilisf.v. 1.272./. 

 E. fcrruginca. Dalcch. Hist. 1 \4G.f. 

 In mountainous woods and thickets, in tiie north of P^ngland, very 



rare. 

 In Lancashire, and in Ilelks wood by Inglebovouijh, Yorkshire. 



Ray. In the county of Durham. Rev. Mr. Rudston. Near 



Arncliffe, Yorkshire. Hooker. 



