

176 MEDICAL PLANTS. 



CYPRIPEDIUM PARVIFLORUM YELLOW LADIES' SLIPPER. 



Natural order, OrchidseceaB Linnaean class, Gynandria Or- 

 der, Triaudria. 



Gen. Char. The two inferior sepals, joined into one seg- 

 ment, sometimes nearly or quite distinct; lip ventricose, inflated, 

 obtuse; style with terminal lobe. Spec. Char. Stem leafy ; 

 lobe of style, three corned, acute ; sepals ovate, oblong, acu- 

 minate; petals long, twisted; lip shorter than petals, com- 

 pressed. It grows in woods and meadows to the height of 

 twelve or fifteen inches. The leaves are sometimes six inches 

 long and three wide, nerved, alternate, clasping pubescent. 

 Generally but one flower, which blooms in May or June. 

 Segments four, greenish, with purple stripes and spots. The 

 generic name is derived from the Greek, meaning Venus' slip- 

 per, and the specific from the flower. The roots are the por- 

 tion used, and should be collected in early spring, dried, and 

 reduced to powder. Dose, a teaspoonful in all nervous and 

 hysterical diseases. 



CHIMAPHILA MACULATA SPOTTED WINTERGREEN. 



Natural order, Ericaceae Linnaean class, Decandria Order, 

 Monogynia. 



Gen. Char. Calyx five parted ; petals five ; style short and 

 thick ; capsule five celled, opening at top. Spec. Char. Leaves 

 lanceolate, acuminate, slightly serrate ; peduncles corymbosed, 

 filaments woolly. Grows from four to six inches high, with 

 leaves an inch and a half long, and half an inch wide, marked 

 with whitish lines. Flowers of a purplish white color, on nod- 

 ding stalks, blooming in June and July. The leaves are tho 



