WILD FLOWERS YELLOW AND ORANGE 
yellow, and is purple-spotted like the pouch. The 
narrow, curling sepals and petals are sometimes purple 
or claret-coloured. This species is found in bogs and 
moist, hilly woodlands from ocean to ocean, and from 
Canada south along the mountains to Washington, 
Missouri and Georgia. It possesses the same poisonous 
properties as the larger species. The roots have a dis- 
tinct and heavy odour like Valerian, and are used as a 
general stimulant for nerves and in neuraliga, 
LARGE YELLOW LADY’S SLIPPER 
Cypripedium pubéscens. Orchid Family. 
This large, striking, purple-striped, yellow-flowered 
Orchid is an early bloomer, and is found immediately 
after its lovely pink sister, the Moccasin Flower. It is not 
at all uncommon, yet enough so to warrant our elation 
whenever we happen to run across it. This handsome 
plant is covered with fine hairs, and its leafy stalk 
rises from one to two feet in height. The alternating 
oval, pointed leaves are parallel ribbed, and clasp 
the stalk. The large, showy, pale yellow lip, or pouch, 
is streaked with purple lines, and near the top it 
encloses a tuft of white, jointed hairs. The broad, 
pointed: sepals and very long, narrow, twisted and 
curling side petals, are greenish yellow, streaked with 
brownish purple. The usually solitary and scent- 
less flower swings from the top of the stalk with an 
outward gesture, and is found in bogs and moist hilly 
woods and thickets, from Nova Scotia to Ontario and 
Minnesota, south to Nebraska, Colorado, Arkansas 
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