242 Bog-Trotting for OrcHids 



Genera of OrcHid Family in 

 Ne'w Cn^land 



Genera XV. Species 56. 



I. Cypripedimn Linnaeus, 1753—6 species. 

 II. Orchis Linnaeus, 1753—2 species, 



III. Habenaria Willdenow, 1805 — 18 species. 



IV. Foffonia Jussieu, 1789—4 species. 



V. Arethnsa Linnaeus, 1753 — i species. 

 VI. Gyrostachys Persoon, 1807—6 species. 

 ' (Spiranthes Richard, 1818.) 

 VII. Listera R. Brown, 1813— 3 species. 

 VIII. /*<?ra/«/«;« Salisbury, 18 12-4 species. 

 ' {Goodyera R. Brown, 1813.) 

 IX. Achroanthes Rafinesque, 1808 — 2 species. 



' {Microstylis Nuttall, 1818.) 

 X. Leptorchis Thouars, 1808 — 2 species. 

 ' {Liparis Richard, 1818.) 

 *XL Ca/y/^o Salisbury, 1807— i species. 

 XII. Corallorhiza R. Brown, 1813 — 4 species. 

 «XIII. Tipularia Nuttall, 1818— i species. 

 XIV. Li)nodoruin Linnaeus, 1753 — i species. 



' {Calopogon R. Brown, 1813.) 

 « XV. Aplecirum Nuttall, 1818— i species. 



I 

 Cypripedixim 



Linnaeus, 1753 

 Lady's Swpper— Moccasin-Flower 



English— Lady's Slipper. 



Latin —Calceolus D. Mariae, or Marianus, 



German — Frauenschub, or Marienschuh, 



French— Sabot de la Vierge, or Soulier de Notre Dame. 



Italian— Pontoffala, or Scarpa della Madonna. 



Algonquin Indian — Mawcahsuu, or Makkasin-Flower. 



North American— Indian Moccasin-Flower. 



The generic name, Cypripediutn, comes from the Greek, re- 

 ferring to Kvitpii, a former name of Venus, the Divine Mother 

 of the Romans before Christ, and noSi.ov, signifying sock, or 

 slipper. 



' Former generic designations, now antedated. 

 * Genera not reported for Hoosac Valley region, although 

 native of Vermont. 



