83. IRIDACE^. 
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ovate, spraading:, 2 tinning upwards. Lip superior, erect, 3- 
veined, its base siuTOundiug the column. L. fringed at the end 
with little bulbs. Forming a small bidb at its base. — This plant 
and the next rather grow upon the moss as epiphytes than 
f amongst it. — Spongy bogs. P. "VJii. IX. E. S. I. 
16. Sturm'ia Reich. 
1. S. Loesel'ii (R.) ; 1. oblong-lauceolate, st. ti-iangular, lip 
obovate exceeding the petals. — Malaxis Sm., E. B. 47. Liparis 
Eich., Hook., Lindl.— St. 6—10 in. high.' Fl. 6—12, in a lax 
spike, yellowish. Sep. lanceolate. I'et. linear. Forming a 
large ovate bulb at its base, inclosed in the whitish sheaths of 
the decayed leaves. An epiphyte ? — Liparis is the name of a 
genus of insects, and also of fish. I foUow Koch in adopting 
Stunnia. — Spongy bogs in Norf., Suft", and Camb., very rare. 
P. VI. E. 
Tribe V. Cypripediea. 
17. CTPHrpE'DiTTM Linn. Lady's Slipper. 
1. C. Calccolus (L.) ; st. leafS', middle lobe of the column 
nearly ovate blunt deflexed, lip slightly compressed falling short 
of the calyx. — E. B. 1. — St. 12 — 18 in. high, downy, bearing 3 
or 4 lai-ge ovate pointed leaves. Fl. usually solitary or 2, large ; 
Sep. 1 — 15 in. long, dark brown ; pet. dark brown, rather narrower 
than sen. ; lip 1 in. long, inflated, yellow, netted with darker 
veins.— Dense Northern woods, veiy rare. P. V. VI. E. 
Order LXXXIII. IRIDACE^. 
Perianth tubular, 6-parted, petal-like, in 2 often unequal rows. 
Stam. 3, epigynous, opposite the outer segments of the perianth. 
Anth. bursting outwards. Ovary inferior, 3-ceUed. Style 1. 
Stigmas 3, dilated, often like petals. Caps. 3-ceUed, 3-valved ; 
valves bearing the dissepiments in the middle. Seeds many. 
Embryo cylindiical, inclosed in homy or fleshy albumen. Ra- 
dicle pointing towards the bile. 
1. SiSYEiNCHiUM. Perianth 6-cleft ; segments nearly equal, 
patent. Style short. Stigmas 3, rolled inwards, filiform. 
Filaments connate below. 
2. Ibis. Perianth 6-cleft ; alternate segments reflexed. 
Stigma 3, like petals, covering the stamens. 
3. Gladiolus. Perianth in-egular, 6-eleft, 2-lipped; seg- 
