124 CYrRIPEDIUM CANDIDUM. WHITE MOCCASIN FLOWER. 



of these malformations is called teratology, and it has become 

 one of the most interesting branches of botanical science, as by its 

 aid man)' problems in plant structure are explained. In the light 

 of teratology malformations in orchideous plants are particularly 

 interesting to the student, and, when observed, should be care- 

 fully preserved. Our present species is well worth watching for 

 them. In the first vol. " Botanical Gazette," page 34, Mr. Her- 

 bert E. Copeland says: " Bearing on the proof of intergrading of 

 parts are wild double flowers. It is not unknown that the best 

 efforts of the florist are often anticipated in the woods. I have 

 three specimens of Cypripcdiiun caiididiun with two lips each, at 

 the expense of the sepals of course," and we may add that in 

 the hands of the vegetable morphologist such a specimen has an 

 inestimable value. 



Cypripcdiuni candidwii grows generally in open boggy places, 

 and flowers in May and June. The drawing was made from a 

 specimen collected in Nebraska by the author. 



