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The fragrant white moccasin flower (C. tnontanum) is 

 the only perfumed Cypripcdiuni of the Pacific region, and it is 

 closely related to the fragrant yellow moccasin flower C. 

 pavz'iflorinii) of the East. The leafy stem produces a terminal 

 cluster of two or three pure white, shoe-shaped flowers, a trifle 

 larger than those of C. candidiiiu. The interior of the slippers 

 are adorned with purple spots ; and the sepals and side petals 

 are of a brown-pink color. The species has a rang"e from 

 British Columbia, southward to AA'ashington, Oregon, Alon- 

 tana, Idaho and California. It is easily cultivated. 



The varigated moccasin flower (C. guttatinn) ranges 

 nearer the Xorth Pole than any other Cypripcdiuin in the 

 world. It has been collected in Lapland, Sweden, Siberia and 

 Russia, from which region it may have migrated to Alaska. 

 The plant is smaller than the A^ellow lady slipper (C calceolus) 

 of northern Europe. The scape rises from the earth between 

 two basal leaves and produces a terminal shoe-shaped flower. 

 The labellum is varigated with pale yellow, dark pink, purple, 

 green, and gold, and the alert sepals and side petals are of a 

 dark green. The species ranges from the spruce forests of 

 Alaska in latitude 68° North, southward to Montana. Mr. 

 John Burroughs, a member of the Harriman expedition, col- 

 lected the plant on Kadiak Island in Alaska. 



The green moccasin flower (C. fasciculatuni) is one of 

 the pigmy Cypripediuuis. It is closety related to the dwarf 

 yellow moccasin flower (C pusiUuin) of Florida, with which it 

 has been confused. The scape of the Rocky Mountain species 

 rises six inches in height between twO' basal leaves, two to four 

 inches in length. The scape produces a terminal raceme of 

 two or three small, shoe-shaped, greenish flowers. The alert 

 sepals and side petals are of a yellowish hue. The species 

 resembles the varigated moccasin flower of Alaska, and has 

 a range from Oregon, Idaho and Nevada to California. It is 

 rarely cultivated. 



