Genus i. 



ORCHID FAMILY. 



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2. Cypripedium passerinum Richards. North- 

 ern Ladies'-slipper. Fig. 1355. 



Cypripedium passerinum Richards, App. Frank. Journ. 34, 

 1823. 



Stem villous-pubescent, leafy, 6'-io' high, bearing 1 

 or 2 flowers at the top. Leaves oblong to elliptic-lanceo- 

 late, acute; sepals and petals shorter than the lip, the 

 upper sepal broad, nearly orbicular, yellowish; lip nearly 

 spherical, magenta, deeper magenta within toward the 

 base. 



Woods and along streams, Ontario to Alberta and the 

 Yukon Territory. Summer. 



3. Cypripedium reginae Walt. Showy 

 Ladies'-slipper. Fig. 1356. 



fC. hirsutum Mill. Gard. Diet. Ed. 8, no. 3. 1768. 

 Cypripedium reginae Walt. Fl. Car. 222. 1 788. 

 Cypripedium album Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 303. 1789. 

 Cypripedium spectabile Salisb. Trans. Linn. Soc. 1 : 

 78. 1791. 



Stem stout, villous-hirsute, . i°-2j° high, leafy 

 to the top. Leaves elliptic, acute, 3'-/ long, i'-4' 

 wide, flowers 1-3; sepals round-ovate, white, not 

 longer than the lip, the lateral ones united for 

 their whole length ; petals somewhat narrower 

 than the sepals, white; lip much inflated, l'-z' 

 long, white, variegated with crimson and white 

 stripes ; stamens cordate-ovate. 



In swamps and woods, Newfoundland to Ontario, 

 Minnesota and Georgia. Nerve-root. Ducks. Whip- 

 poor-will's-shoe. June-Sept. 



4. Cypripedium candidum Willd. Small 

 White Ladies'-slipper. Fig. 1357. 



Cypripedium candidum Willd; Sp. PI. 4: 142. 1805. 



Stem 6'-i2' high, leafy. Leaves 3 or 4, elliptic or 

 lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 3'-$' long, 8"-i6" 

 wide, with several obtuse sheathing scales below 

 them; bracts i'-2' long, lanceolate; flower solitary; 

 sepals lanceolate, equalling or longer than the lip, 

 greenish, purple spotted; petals somewhat longer and 

 narrower than the sepals, wavy-twisted, greenish; 

 lip white, striped with purple inside, about 10" long; 

 sterile stamen lanceolate. 



In bogs and meadows, New York and New Jersey to 

 Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri and Nebraska. Ducks. 

 May-July. 



