DIANDRTA. MONOGYNIA. Cypripedium, 



CYPRIPE'DIUM. Nectary bellying, inflated, hoi 



43 



low 



C 



stem alternate. 



Hall. 43. at \\.p. 157-Gmel. i. [-Mill. 242-C7W. i. 272- 

 Doi. 1 SO. 1-Lob. ie. i. 3 1 2. Q-Ger. em. 443. 2-H. ox. 

 xii. 11, 14-J. B. iii. 518-Dod. 180. l-Ger. em, 443. 1- 

 Park. '2\7.3~Ger. 359-Pet. 70.4. 



Petals 4, disposed crosswise, purple, slightly downy, with 

 parallel veins ; the upper broader, tne 2 lateral ones narrower, 

 the 4th the shortest, hanging over the opening of the lip. Lip 

 curved, rounded at the bottom, the edges contracted, resembling 

 a wooden shoe, pale yellow, marked within with deep orange 

 hairy lines. Capsule upright, about an inch long, somewhat 

 prism-shaped, with 3 flat sides, and 3 ribbed angles. Woodw* 



Ladies-slipper. Woods and thickets, but rather rare. Woods 

 in Lancashire ; and Helk's Wood by Ingleborough, Yorkshire* 

 Ray. — Woods about Clapham and Ingleton, Yorksh. Huds. 

 Woods and hilly pastures in the neighbourhood of Kilnsay, 

 Yorkshire. Curt. — Woods about Kilsey Crag Wharfdale, 

 Yorkshire. Mr. Wood. — I searched for it in vain in Helk's 

 Wood, a gardener of Ingleton having eradicated every plant for 

 sale. Mr. Woodward. 



P. July. 



LEM'NA. Male. Cah 1 leaf. BIoss. none. 



Fern. Cah 1 leaf: BIoss. none : Style 1. 

 Caps. 1 or 2-celled ; 1 or 2-seeded. 



L. Leaves on leaf-stalks, spear-shaped. 



Mich. 11. 5-J. B. iii. 786. \~Lob. ic. ii. 36. l-Ger. em. 



830. <2-ParL 1216. 9~Ger.68}. 2. 



Stems flatted and proliferous ; crossing each other, thus re- 

 sembling in its mode of growth the Cactus Opuntia, or Indian 

 Fig. Linn. — Leaf -stalks issuing from the edge of another leaf, 

 from a fissure parallel to the sides of the leaf.— Capsule egg- 

 shaped, pointed, sitting on the upper surface of the leaf; much 



1797. 



fiuitans. Mr. Evans, March 



trisuTca 



Ivy-leaved Duckmeat. Ditches and stagnant waters. 



A. June — Sept. 



L. Leaves sitting, flatfish on both sides : roots solitary. - mi'nor. 



Ray 4. 1. at p. l.W-Micb. 11.3, Lent'icular'ta-Vaill. 20. 3- 

 Blackiu. 3S(VG«ri. 336-Trag. 6'00-ZW. 58f. l-Lob. 

 obs. 6'43. 1 ; &f ic.ii. 24<). \-Ger. em. 820. l-Pari. 1362, 



l-Ger. 6SU-Matik. Ill 5- J. B. iii. 773. 2. 









