15^ EAST BOTHLAND. 



In my journey this day I met with the 

 Sfratiote.s (aloidcs), and the Butomus {iim- 

 bellatus) ; as well as the Mesomora (Cornus 

 suecica), the spotted Falrna Christ I (Orchis 

 maculae a), and theGiiidiufn.(Th'is\iist could 

 be no other than the Mezereon, Daphne 

 Älezereum, formerly called CoccognicUiim.) 

 I found also the Ladies' Slipper {Cypri- 

 pediinn Calceolus), but it was almost out 

 of flower. 



The calyx consists of four long, colour- 

 ed, lanceolate leaves, two of which, the 

 upper and lower, are longer and broader 

 than the two lateral ones. Petals two, the 

 uppermost mversely ovate, reflexed, bear- 

 ing the anthers. Is it the pistil ? The lower- 

 most inflated, obtuse, about an inch long. 

 Anthers two. Fruit below the flow^er, of 

 one cell, oval, with three principal and 

 three smaller angles, splitting laterally into 

 three valves, having a central column be- 

 tween them. The seeds adhere longitu- 

 dinally to the middle of the placenta (or 



