GYNANDRIA— DIANDRIA. Cypripedium. 61 



Cal. superior, of 3 ovate-lanceolate, taper-pointed, spread- 

 ing, coloured leaves ; the upper one broadest ; 2 lower- 

 most generally combined nearly their whole length. Pet. 

 2, about the same length, or longer, spreading, linear- 

 lanceolate, pointed, wavy. Nect. without a s/iwr ; lip obo- 

 vate, inflated, obtuse, membranous, prominent, mostly 

 shorter than the petals, with an irregular longitudinal 

 fissure above. Filam. 2, on the column, lateral, opposite, 

 spreading, oblong, fleshy, ^w^/z. lateral, elliptical. Germ. 

 oblong, triangular, furrowed. Style short and stout, 

 somewhat compressed, bearing the stamens, and termi- 

 nating above them in a dilated, flattish, horizontal lobe, 

 or appendage, in the place, as Mr. Brown justly indi- 

 cates, of a third stamen. SZ/o-ma beneath this appendage, 

 and parallel to it, in like manner dilated and flattened, 

 but smaller. Caps, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, angular, fur- 

 rowed. Seeds oblong, numerous. 



Roots creeping. Stem simple, erect, mostly leafy. Leaves 

 elliptical, acute, many-ribbed, plaited, entire. Fl. termi- 

 nal, mostly solitary, large and handsome, without scent. ■ 



1. C. Calceolus. Common Ladies' Slipper. 



Stem leafy. Appendage to the column elliptical, obtuse, 



channelled. Lip somewhat compressed, shorter than the 



petals. 

 C Calceolus. Linn. Sp. PI. 1346. Willd. v. 4. 142. Fl. Br. 941. 



Engl. Bot. v.Y.t.l. Hook. Lond. t. 42. Salisb. in Tr. of L. Soc. 



v.l.76.t.2.f.\. Fl.Dan.t.999. Redout. Liliac.t. 19. 

 C radicibus fibrosis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis caulinis. Linn, in Act. 



' Ups. 1 740. 24. Mill. Ic. 1 62. t. 242. 

 Calceolus n. 1300. Hall. Hii,t. v 2. 157. t. 43. 

 C. n. 4. Gmel.Sib.v. l.2.t.\.f.\. 

 C. Mariamis. Dod.Pempf. 180./. 

 C. Mariae. Raii Sijn.38o. Ger. Em. 443./. Lob.Ic.o\2.f. Besl. 



Hort.Eyst.vern.ord.8.t.6.f.\. ^ ,, . t> i, 



Damasonii species quibusdam, sive Calceolus D. Mari». Bauti. 



Hist.v.S.p 2.5\8.f. 

 Helleborine flore rotundo, sive Calceolus. Bauh.Fin. ia7. 

 Ellebovine recentiovum prima. Clus. Hist. v. 1 . 272./. 

 E. ferruginea. Dalech. Hist. 1 146./. 

 In mountainous woods and thickets, in the north of England, very 



In Lancashire, and in Helks wood by Ingleborough, Yorkshire. 

 Ray. In the county of Durham. Rev. Mr. Rudsion. Near 

 Arncliffe, Yorkshire. Hooker. 



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