OKDEK 108. THE ORCHIDS. 309 



f Leaves all screen. Lip obtuse, erect. Ladies' Tretses. S PIBAN'THES. 5 



f Loaves netted witn white. Lip pointed, reflexed. 



Jtattlt-inake Piantnin. GOODYE'RA. 



f Lvs. all green. Lip 3-lobed, recurved. South. Cranichis. POUTHIEVA. 

 I Lip on the upper side of the fl., bearded. Leaf linear. Grass Pink. CALOPO'OON. 6 

 % Lip on the lower side (ovary twisted as in the other genera) h 



h Column free from the lip. Flowers purplish. Heard Pink, POGO'NIA. 7 



h Column growing to the lip. Yellow. On trees. S. Tree Orchis. EPIDKN'DKUM. 



1. CYPRIPE'DIUM. Lady's-slipper. 



The 2 lower sepals united into one piece or rarely distinct. Lip very 

 large, inflated, sack or slipper form, obtuse. Column terminated by a 

 petal-like lobe (which is the sterile stamen). Fertile stamens 2. Root 

 fibrous. Leaves largo, plaited. Flowers la?ge and showy, one or few 

 May- July. 



* Flowers yellow, one or more. Stems leafy 5, 6 



* Flowers white or rose-purple. . . .1 



1 Stein leafy. Flower one or more .... 2-4 



1 0. acau'le. Stemks* L. (Figs. 642-G44.) Scape naked, with 2 leaves at the base. 



and 1 large flower at top. c. 

 2 O. can'didum. White L. Two lower sepals united. Flowers 1 only, smaller, 



white. W. S. r. 

 8 C. spectab'ile. Sliowy L, Two lower sepals united. Flowers few, very large, 



purplish, c. 



4 O. Arieti'num. Kam's-Head L. Two lower sepals separate. Flower J only, 

 small, purplish, r. 



5 O. pubes'cens. Large yellow L. Moccasin Fl. Sepals narrow-lanceolate. Lip 



flattened at sides, pale yellow, c. (Fig. 89.) 



6 <J. parviflo'rum. Smaller yellow L. Sepals ovate-lanceolate. Lip flat abo^e and 



below, bright yellow, c. 



2. ORCHIS. Orchis. 



Flower ringent, sepals and petals similar; all, or all but two, ascending 

 and arching over the column. Lip turned downward, entire or lubed, 

 produced at base into a spur beneath, which is distinct from the ovary 

 Stamen 1, anther 2-celled, pollen-masses 2, consisting of numerous waxy 

 grains. Flowers gene/ally showy, in spikes or racemes. June- Aug. 



NOTE. Under this genus ve Include two others, viz.: Gymnadenia and Platanthera. Tht 

 beginner would find it difficult to separate them. See Class Book of Botany, p. 6S2, &c. No. 1 

 Is Jie true Orchis. Nos. 8. 9, 10, are Oymnttdenia, and all the others belong to Plfttanthera. 



