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Labrador Tea, 6, 187 

 Ladd Brook, 15 



Lady's Slipper, generic description, 242 ; origin and history of 

 name, 58, 242. See Moccasin- Flower and Cypripe- 

 diutn 

 European Yellow Lady's Slipper, first species designated 

 under genus Cypripedium (1740-1753), 53, 242. See 

 Cypripedium calceolus and Calceolus Marianus 

 Fragrant White Lady's Slipper, mention of, 243. See C. 



Montanum 

 Large Yellow or Downy Yellow Lady's Slipper, specific 



description, 245. See C. hirsutum 

 Ram's-Head Lady's Slipper, specific description, 42, 243; 

 origin of name, 37; haunts, 39, 40, 41, 43, 80, 99, 100, 

 103, 104, 167, 174, 206; rarest orchid of North Amer- 

 ica, 60, 81; Witch Hollow colony, 95, 99, 100; musk- 

 like fragrance of roots, 134; destruction of, by worms, 

 135, 138. See C. arietinum 

 Small White or Prairie Lady's Slipper, specific description, 



244. See C. candidum 

 Small Yellow or Fragrant Yellow Lady's Slipper, specific 

 description, 246; dates of flowering, 3, 18. See C. 

 parviflorum 

 Two-Leaved or Stemless Pink Lady's Slipper, specific de- 

 scription, 246; albinos of, 147, 148, 175; range north- 

 ward and southward, 247. See C. acaule 

 White Petaled or Showy Lady's Slipper, specific descrip- 

 tion, 244; haunts, 3, 6, 35, 55, 77, 78, 86, 148, 185,207, 

 211; dates of flowering, 3, 19, 26, 79; cultivation, 3, 

 80, 81; albinos, 61, 137, 184; seedlings, 77, 78, 81; 

 ancient colony, 78. See C. regince 

 Lady's-Thumb, 145 



Ladies' Tresses, generic description, 263; haunts, 109, 166, 

 237. See Gyrostachys 

 Early Broad-Leaved Ladies' Tresses, specific description, 



264 

 Hooded Ladies' Tresses, specific description, 264 

 Little Simple Ladies' Tresses, specific description, 266 

 Nodding Ladies' Tresses, specific description, 265 

 Slender Ladies' Tresses, specific description, 266 

 YeUow Ladies' Tresses, specific description, 265 

 Lake of Dawn, 12. See Aurora's Lake 

 Lake Whitney, New Haven (Conn.), 130, 131 

 Lambkill, 6, 173, 187 

 Lansingburg (N. Y.), 7 



Laurel, American Motmtain, 6, 173, 184, 218 

 Le Moyne, F. F., quoted on seedlings of C. regime, 81 

 Leopard' s-Bane, 235 

 Leopard- Flower, 161 



