The Showy Moccasin-Flower. {Cypripedium regincr. ) 

 This is the most govgeons Cypripedium in the world, and without doubt one of the 

 most ancient types of the genus. The stigma is distinctly three-lobed. The plate 

 shows the waxy texture of the white sepals and petals and the wine-colored crest of 

 the shoe-shaped labellum, as well as the highly decorated interior. 



