GYN ANDRIA DI ANDRIA. Cypripcdium. sg5 
C. Calceolus y. Sp. pi. 1346. 
Icon. Bot. mag. 21 6 . Pluk. viant, t. AIS. f. 3. Moris, 
hist. 3. s.\2. t. 11 ./. 17 . 
In low meadows and bogs, particularly in the mountain- 
ous tracts : Canada to Carolina. 11. May, June. v. v. 
From eighteen inches to three feet high. The plant in 
its foliage resembles Heltelorus viridis ; the flowers ' 
are generally by two, sometimes three, very large, the 
lower lip white with red veins, and crimson spots in- 
side. 
5: C. caule folioso, lobo styli orbiculato obtusiusculo, peta- jlrietinum. 
lis 5. duobus inferioribus lineari-lanceolatis deflexis, 
lateralibus linearibus horizontalibus, supremo ovato- 
oblongo acuto, labello longitudine petalorum an- 
tice obverse-conico saccato. — -Ait. kew. ed. 2. torn. 5. 
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In shady sphagnous woods, about' Montreal, Canada. 
McKenzie. % . May. v. v. Flov/er small, petals 
greenish-brown ; lower lip white, with crimson 
veins 5 of a very singular structure, resembling at a 
front view a sheep’s head, the two lateral petals form- 
ing the horns. The stem is pubescent, not a span 
high j leaves smooth, in general alternately by four. 
It distinguishes itself very strongly from all the rest 
by having five petals, and by the singular structure of 
its lower lip. 
5 . C. scapo aphyllo unifloro, foliis radicalibus geminis ob~ humile. 
loogis obtusis, lobo styli subrotundo-rhombeo acumi- 
nato deflexo, labello petalis lanceolatis longiore antice 
fisso. JVilld. sp. pl. 4. p. 144. 
C. acaule. Ait. kew. 3. p. l 6 l . 
Icon. Bot. mag. I92. Salisb. in linn. trans, i. t. 3. f. A. 
Catesl. car. app. t. 3. Pluk. mant. t. 418./ 1 . 
In shady rocky situations and on dry mountain bogs : 
Canada to Carolina. 1/. May, June. v. v. Not 
much above a span high 3 flower purple, large. I have 
observed a white variety on the Broad-mountains, 
Pensylvania. The whole of this genus is known 
among the inhabitants by the name of Mocassim 
Flower;^ or sometimes Ladies Slippers. 
