CYPRIPEDIUM SPECTABILE. 



LARGE WHITE LADIES SLIPPER. 



Gynandria Diandric! , Linn. Orchidex, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Lip ventricose, inflated, saccate. Petals 4, the under one bifid. The column termi- 

 nating behind, in a petaloid lobe. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Stem leafy; lobe of the style elliptical-cordate, obtuse; exterior-petals broad-ovate, 

 obtuse, the lip longer than the petals ; cleft behind, mild. 



SYNONYMS. 



Cvpripedium album, Ait. Kew. 3. p. 303. 

 C. canadense, Mich. Fl. Am. 2. p. 161. 

 C. regina, Walt. Fl. Car. 222. 

 C. calceolus, Sp. PI. 1346. 



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