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after flowering from the scale-like sheaths of the stem. 

 Flower with the lip often fringed or toothed. Pod erect, 

 angled. 



Arethusa or Dragon's-mouth. Arethusa bulbosa. Stem 

 5-8 in. long, clothed with several sheathing scales, from 

 among one of which the solitary leaf arises. Flower 1-2 in. 

 long, the lip drooping and fringed. Pod about i in. long. 

 May-June. Newfoundland to S. Car. Minn, and Ind. Figt 

 139- 



140. LADIES'-SLIPPER. CYPRIPEDIUM. 



Large showy orchids with fibrous roots and hairy, broad, 

 many-veined leaves. Flowers large sac-like and inflated. Fruit 

 an angled pod. 



Leaves 2, basal ; sac pink (rarely white) 



Moccasin Flower no. 141 



Leaves more than 2, mostly on the stem. 



Sac yellow Yellow Ladies'-slipper no. 142 



Sac not yellow 



Sac 1-2 in. long, with white and crimson stripes 



Showy Ladies'-slipper no. 143 



Sac mostly less than i in. long 



Sac red and wliite, veiny 



Ram's-head Ladies'-slipper no. 144 



Sac white, purplish-striped inside 



White Ladies'-slipper no. 14S 



