OnvER 138—THE ORCHIDS. 287 
f Leaves all green. Lip obtuse, erect. Ladies’ Tresses. Sprran/tTuxs, 5 
f Leaves netted with white. Lip pointed, reflexcd. 
Rattlesnake Plantain. Goopye’Ra. 
f Lvs. all green. Lip 3-lobed, recurved. South. Cranichis. CRAN/ICHIS. 
zg Lip on the upperside of the fl., bearded. Leaflinear. Grass Pink. CaLopo’aon. 6 
g Lip on the lower side (ovary twisted as in the other genera)... .h 
h Column free from the lip. Flowers purplish. Beard Pink. Poao'nta. 7 
h Column growing tothelip. Yellow. Ontrees. 8S. Zree Orchis. Epiwin’pRUM. 
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 large, plaited. Flowers large and showy, one or few. 
May-July. 
* Flowers yellow, one or more. Stems leafy....5, 6 
* Flowers white or rose-purple....1 
1 Stem leafy. Flower one or more....2-4 
1 G.acau’le. Stemless L. (Figs, 642-644.) Scape naked, with 2 leaves at the base, 
and | large flower at top. e¢. 
2 0, can/didum. White Z. Two lower sepals united. Flowers 1 only, smaller, 
white. W.S. 7. 
8 C. spectab’ile. Showy Z. Two lower sepals united. Flowers few, very large, 
purplish. e. : 
4 0. Arieti‘num, Ham’s-Head L. Two lower sepals separate. Flower J only, 
small, purplish. 
5 ©. pubes’cens. Large yellow L. Moccasin Fl. Sepals narrow-lanceolate. Lip 
flattened at sides, pale yellow. oe. (Fig. 89.) 
6 ©. parvifio’rum. Srnaller yellow LZ. Sepals ovate-lanceolate. Lip flat above 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 lobed, 
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.—F lowers generally showy, in spikes or racemes. June-Aug. mostly. 
Nore.—Under this genus we include two others, viz.: Gymnadenia and Platanthera The 
beginner would find it difficult to separate them. See Class Book of Botany, p. 652, &c. No.4, 
is the true Orchis, Nos. 8, 9, 10, are Gymnadenia, and all the others belong to Platanthera, 
