242 Bog-Trotting for OrcKids 



Genera of OrcKid Family in 

 Ne"w England 



Genera XV. Species 56. 



I. Cypripedium Linnaeus, 1753—6 species. 

 II. Orchis Linnaeus, 1753 — 2 species. 

 IIL Habenaria Willdenow, 1805 — 18 species. 

 IV. Pogonia Jussieu, 1789 — 4 species. 

 V. Arethusa Linnaeus, 1753 — i species. 

 VI. Gyrostachys Persoon, 1807—6 species. 

 » {Spiranthes Richard, 1818.) 

 VII. Listera R. Brown, 1813— 3 species. 

 VIII. P^rawzww Salisbury, 181 2-4 species. 

 ' {Goodyera R. Brown, 1813.) 

 IX. Achroanthes Rafinesque, 1808—2 species. 



' {Microstylis Nuttall, 1818.) 

 X. Leptorchis Thouars, 1808 — 2 species. 

 ' {Liparis Richard, 1818.) 

 'XL Ca/y/JO Salisbury, 1807— i species. 

 XIL Corallorhiza R. Brown, 1813 — 4 species. 

 ''XIII. Tipularia Nuttall, 1818— i species. 

 XIV. Limodo^-um Linnaeus, 1753— i species. 



' {Calopogon R. Brown, 1813.) 

 5 XV. Aplectrum Nuttall, 1818— i species. 



I 

 Cypripedivim 



Linnaeus, 1753 

 Lady's Slipper— Moccasin-Fi,o\ver 



English — Lady's Slipper. 



Latin — Calceolus D. Mariae, or Marianus. 



German — Frauenschuh, or Marienschuh. 



French— Sabot de la Vierge, or Soulier de Notre Dame. 



Italian— Pontoffala, or Scarpa della Madonna. 



Algonquin Indian — Mawcahsun, or Makkasin-Flower. 



North American — Indian Moccasin-Flower. 



The generic name, Cypripediutn, comes from the Greek, re- 

 ferring to KvTCpi^, a former name of Venus, the Divine Mother 

 of the Romans before Christ, and nodxAjv, signifying sock, or 

 slipper. 



* Former generic designations, now antedated, 

 2 Genera not reported for Hoosac Valley region, although 

 native of Vermont. 



