WILD FLOWERS YELLOW AND ORANGE 



yellow, and is purple-spotted like the pouch. The 

 narrow, curling sepals and petals are sometimes purple 

 or claret-coloured. This species is found in bogs and 

 moist, hilly woodlands from ocean to ocean, and from 

 Canada south along the mountains to Washington, 

 Missouri and Georgia. It possesses the same poisonous 

 properties as the larger species. The roots have a dis- 

 tinct and heavy odour like Valerian, and are used as a 

 general stimulant for nerves and in neuraliga. 



LARGE YELLOW LADY'S SLIPPER 



Cypripedium pubescens. Orchid Family. 



This large, striking, purple-striped, yellow-flowered 

 Orchid is an early bloomer, and is found immediately 

 after its lovely pink sister, the Moccasin Flower. It is not 

 at all uncommon, yet enough so to warrant our elation 

 whenever we happen to run across it. This handsome 

 plant is covered with fine hairs, and its leafy stalk 

 rises from one to two feet in height. The alternating 

 oval, pointed leaves are parallel ribbed, and clasp 

 the stalk. The large, showy, pale yellow lip, or pouch, 

 is streaked with purple lines, and near the top it 

 encloses a tuft of white, jointed hairs. The broad, 

 pointed sepals and very long, narrow, twisted and 

 curling side petals, are greenish yellow, streaked with 

 brownish purple. The usually solitary and scent- 

 less flower swings from the top of the stalk with an 

 outward gesture, and is found in bogs and moist hilly 

 woods and thickets, from Nova Scotia to Ontario and 

 Minnesota, south to Nebraska, Colorado, Arkansas 



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