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under ea-ah of them. Stigma terminal. — Perennial herhs, 

 with iitflsd fibrous roots, large many-nerved plaited haves, sheathing 

 at the base, and solitary or few large and showy fowers. 



* Men leaf j, 1 to Z-flowcred. Flowers yellow and white 



1. C. PUBESCENS,Willd. Large Yelhw Lady's Slipper- 

 Stem leafy: sepals and linear wavy-twistid petals longer than the lip, pointed.; 



lip flattened laterally, very conTex and gibbous above ; sterile stamen triangular. 



Begs and damp low woods, rare. May, June. Stem 2 feet high, pubescent. 

 Leaves large, pubescent, 3 to 6 inches long, ovate-lanceolate, plaited, acute. Florv- 

 >.rs 1 to 3, greenish-yellow, spotted >\ ith purplish-brown. Lip 1% to 2 inches long, 

 much inflated, pale yellow. 



2. C. PARVIFLORUM, Salisb. Small Yellow Lady's Slipper. 



Leaves oval, pointed ; sepals ovate or ovate-lanceolate; lip flattish above and be- 

 low; sterile stamen triangular, acute. 



Rich low woods. May, June. Stem 10 to 15 inches high. Zeave$ clamping the 

 base, pubescent, 3 to 5 inches, wide, strongly veined. Flowers yellowish, frag 

 the perianth more brown-purple than in C. pubescens. Lip bright yellow, % to 1 

 inch long. 



3. C. candidum, Muhl. White Lady's Slipper. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute ; scjials ovate-lanceolate ; Up flattish, laterally 

 convex above ; sterile stamen lanceolate. 



Low grounds, rare. May. Stem 5 to 10 inches high, slightly pubescent. 1-flow- 

 ered. FeSaU and sepals greenish. Lip white, 2i inch long. 



* * Scape naked, 24eaved ad ihe bass. Flowsrs purplish^ 



4. C. ACAULE, Ait. Common Ladi/s Slipper. 



Downey; scape leaflets. 1-flowered ; leaves 2, oblong, obtuse; sepals oblong- 

 lanceolate, pointed, nearly as long as the linear petals; lip drooping, obovoid, with 

 a fissure in front; sterile stamen rhomboid, pointed. (0. huruila, Salisr.) 



Moist woods and sides of mountains, common. May, June. Scape 3 to 12 inohes 

 high, with a bract at the top. Luntu 5 to 7 inches long. 2 to 4 inches wide, plaited 

 and downy. Flowers solitary, large purplish or pale pink. Li 'p new 

 long, veiny, purple or sometimes nearly whits. 



ORDER 118. CANNAGE2E — Indian Reed Family. 



Tropical plants with the nana of tf<.e. leaves diverging from a midrib, the irregular 

 perianth with Z petaloid filaments, only one of which is fertile, with a 1-ceUid a 

 Fnui a 3-celled capsule. Seed round, not winged. 



CANNA, Linn. Indian Reed. 



The Hebrew name of the re«d. 



Perianth uneqoaE, variable in the number of its part?, 

 scarcely lip-shaped. Stamens petaloid, only one with half 

 an anther on its edge. Style fiat, strai ght, nearly free. 

 Ovary 3-celled, with many ovules. Fruit membraneous, 

 3-celled ; with a deciduous granular surface. Seeds round, 

 smooth. — An extensive genus of herbaceous tropical plants } 



