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Fig. 229. Onosma echioides (tauricum) 



purple flowers, having a white lip tinged with crimson. Bletia hyacinthina, 

 broad plaited leaves and- brilliant rose-purple flowers, with a white variety. 

 Calopogon pv2chellus, leaves grassy, flowers bright purple with yellow 

 and white hairs. Calypso borealis, bulbous, with heartshaped leaves and 

 rose -purple flowers with a white lip, having a yellow crest and deep 

 brown blotches. Cypripediums or Lady Slipper orchids, including acaule, 

 arietinum, Calceolus, californieum, candidum, guttatum, japonicum, 

 macranthum, montanum, parviflorum, pubescens, and spectabile. Epi- 

 pactis gigantea, 3 ft., with loose racemes of purple and brown flowers; 

 latifolia, white and purple; palustris, white, tinged with crimson, droop- 

 ing; rubiginosa, reddish purple. Goody era Menziesi, leaves mottled, 

 flowers white, and pubescens, with netted leaves and white flowers. 

 Habenaria ciliaris, dilatata, Hookeri, obtusa, and psycoides, all interest- 

 ing orchids with fringed lips. To these may be added the various species 

 of Ophrys, including the Bee Orchis (0. apifera), the Spider Orchis 

 (0. aranifera), the Bumble Bee Orchis (0. bombilifera), and the beautiful 

 spotted orchids Orchis maculata, 0. pyramidalis, 0. latifolia, 0. laxi- 

 flora, &c. (see also p. 185). 



Ostrowskya magnifica. A magnificent Bellflower from Turkestan, 



