438 Lxxxix. ORCHiDACE^. \_Cypripedhim. 



Chalky and clayey pastures and pits. — j8. Kent. 7^, 4, 5. _, r. 

 shorter and broader than in 0. apifera ; its colour deep brown w'th 

 paler lines not unfrequently resembling the Greek letter tt ' M 

 G. E. Smith is now satisfied that 0. fucifera is only a van of th* 

 present. * ^ 



4. O. miiscifera Huds. (Fly (9.) ; lip oWonfr 3.fi(j njid^i^ 

 segment larger 2-lobed, lateral inner sepals filiform, anther 

 short obtuse. E. B. t. 64. 



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Chalky and clayey pastures in England ; abundant in many parts 

 of Norfolk, Suffolk, Surrey, and Kent. 1/.. 5—7. — Well distin, 

 guished from all the preceding by its very slender, lateral innet 

 sepals, which resemble the antennae of an insect, and by its narrow 

 Up, 2-lobed at the extremity, and having a broad pale bluish spot in 

 its centre. 



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V. Fertile anthers 2, lateral, with a central one sterile and 



petaloid, Cyprip^bieje. 



15. Cypripedium Linn. Lady's Slipper. 

 Lip large, inflated. Column with a large terminal, dilated 



stamen) 



Two lateral 



or lower outer sepals often combined. — ISFamed from KvKpiq, 

 Venus, and tvoSiov, a sock or slipper ; i. e. Venus^ slipper. 



{common Lady's Slipper) ; stem leafy, 



1. C. Calceolus L, 

 terminal lobe of the column nearly oval, lip shorter than the 

 calyx somewhat laterally compressed. E. B.i. I. 



Wood 



5. 



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One of the most beautiful and interesting of our native plants. 



Ord. XC. IRIDACE/E. 



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Limh of the perianth 6-cleft, or 6-partIte, sometimes irregular. 

 Stamens 3, Inserted into the base of the outer segments. Fila- 

 ments sometimes united. Anthers fixed by their base, opening 

 outwards. Ovary 3-celled, many-seeded. Style 1. Stigmas 3, 

 :0V 1 with 3 divisions, often petaloid or 2-lIpped. Capsule S- 

 celled, 3-valved ; valves bearing the dissepiments in the middle. 

 Seeds round, hard. Albumen horny or firmly fleshy. Embryo 

 with the same direction as the seed, 

 ishrubs. Leaves equitant 



ceous, sometimes partly subterranean. 

 Florentina. 



Plerbs, rarely under- 

 {except in Crocus). Flowers spatha- 



Orris-root is from Iris 



'1. Iris. Perianth 6 -cleft; alternate segments longer and reflexed. Stig 



mas 3, petaloid, covering the stamens. 



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