178 PLANTS GROWING IN RICH OR ROCKY SOIL. 



it pappoose-root, which rather suggests that a special decoction 

 of it is held in reserve for the black-eyed little copper-skins. 



YELLOW LADY'S SLIPPER. (Plate XCIII.) 

 Cypripedium hirsutum. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Orchis. Yellow. Scentless. Mostly north and east. May, June. 



Flowers: terminal; nodding and subtended by a leaf-like bract. Sepals: 

 long, slender. Lip : one and a quarter inches broad, veined with brown and 

 forming an inflated pouch, the opening to which is a rounded orifice. The 

 two side petals also streaked with brown ; long and curling. Leaves: alter- 

 nate; ovate; clasping; parallel-veined; pubescent. Stem: one to two feet 

 high ; leafy ; downy. Orchis construction page 64. 



The colour of this orchis is above all enchanting, while the 

 coyness of its shape and the twirling side strings breathe out the 

 essence of coquetry. There is an alertness, a crispness of 

 expression about the out-turned toe which makes us fancy it is 

 only awaiting the waving of some fairy's wand to spring out 

 with its companions and mingle in a gay woodland dance. 



On the wooded hillsides where we may have the good fortune 

 to find it, there is often growing in close proximity to it the 

 smaller lady's slipper, C. parviflorum. It is of a deeper, richer 

 shade of yellow and has the added charm of fragrance. 



The name Cypripedium is from two Greek words which mean 

 Venus's buskin. 



MOCCASIN FLOWER. PINK LADY'S SLIPPER. 



(Plate XCIV^ 

 Cypripedium acaule. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Orchis. Pink. Fragrant. Along the coast and May, June. 



ivestward to Minn. 



Flowers: large; terminal; nodding and subtended by a leaf-like bract. 

 The lip forms a drooping sac an inch and a quarter broad. It appears to 

 be split down the middle, b,ut is nearly closed ; much veined with a darker 

 shade of pink. The sepals and petals vary from green to purple. Leaves: 

 two at the base ; sheathing the leafless flower-stalk ; ovate ; many- veined. 

 Root stock : thick. 



The pink lady's slipper shows very plainly its kinship to the 

 pampered darlings of the conservatory. It is a more languid 



