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casin-Flower, is perhaps the gen- & 

 eral favorite, and certainly the 

 most widely known. This 

 is readily accounted for not ; , 



only by its frequency, but 

 byitsconspicuousness. The 

 term " moccasin-flow- %, 7 



er" is applied more 

 or less indiscriminate- 

 ly to all species. The 

 flower is also known 

 as the ladies'- slipper, '/ 



more specifically Ve- 

 nus's-slipper — as war- ^ ^ 



ranted by its generic %* 



botanical title — from \j, 



a fancied resemblance 

 in the form of the in- 

 flated lip, which is |f 

 characteristic of the ge- 

 nus. We may readily 

 infer that the fair god- 

 dess was not consult- 

 ed at the christening. 



There are six native species of the cypripedium 

 in this Eastern region, varying in shape and in 

 color— shades of white, yellow, crimson, and pink. 



