MOUNTAIN FLOWERS l8l 



This verse aptly describes the fragrant Pink Lady's SHpper, 

 or Moccasin Flower, as it is often called, — a rare species which 

 is absolutely unmistakable, if only by reason of its sweet 

 odour and rich and lovely hue. The stamens are united in a 

 declined column, carrying an anther on either side, and there 

 is a long, triangular, dilated, sterile stamen arching over the 

 summit of the broad three-lobed stigma. 



The name Cypripediiim comes from the Greek, and means 

 Venus's sock or buskin. Truly this lovely pink slipper is fit 

 to adorn the foot of the Queen of Beauty. 



PINK TWISTED-STALK 



Streptopiis roseus. Lily Family 



Stems: from a short stout rootstock covered with fibrous roots, simple 

 or sparingly branched. Leaves : lanceolate to ovate, abruptly acuminate, 

 sessile by a broad, rounded, clasping base, the margins finely ciliate. 

 Flowers: peduncled, segments of the perianth lanceolate, the tips spread- 

 ing. Fruit : a red oval berry. 



This plant is a near relation of 5. amplexifoliiis described 

 in the White to Green Section. It differs from the forego- 

 ing, however, in several essential particulars. In the first 

 place, it is a smaller plant, has dull purple-pink pendent bells, 

 and is nearly always one-flowered. Then, too, the tiny pedun- 

 cles are not sharply twisted as in 5. amplexifoliiis, but bend 

 downwards in a graceful curve. The rosy-hued bells are quite 

 hidden beneath the leaves and may be seen only when the 

 long stems are turned over. These bells are streaked outside 

 and lined inside with deep rose colour. 



There are two other species of Pink Twisted-stalk in the 

 mountains, — one called S.ciirvipes, or Curved Twisted-stalk, 

 and the other ^S. brevipes, or Short-stemmed Twisted-stalk, a 

 very small plant which commonly grows far west. 



