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CYP 
CYPRIPEDIUM. Lin. Gen. Plant. 90 6. Calceo- 
lus. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 436. tab. 249. Ladies Slipper, 
in French, Sabot . 
The Characters are. 
It hath 1 y/wp/e fpadix. The germen fits under the flower * 
which is covered with a fpatha or Jheath. The flowers 
have four or five narrozv fpear-fhaped petals , which ex- 
pand. The nebtarium , which is fituated between the pe- 
tals , w fwollen and hollow , in fh ape of a Jhoe, or flipper. 
It hath two fhort fiamina which fit upon the point ad, and 
are terminated by ere hi fummits , which yftzft /# /A apper 
//V; of the nebtarium below the flower is fixed a flender 
contorted germen , fupporting a floor t ftyle , adhering to the 
upper lip of the nebtarium , crowned by an obfolete fiigma. 
The germen afterward becomes an oval blunt capfulewith 
three corner s, having three furrows, three valves , and one 
cell, which is filled with f mall feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft flection of 
Linnaeus’s twentieth clafs, intitled Gynandria Dian- 
dria, the plants of this clafs and fedtion have two fta- 
mina fixed to the ftyle. 
The Species are, 
1. Cypripedium {Calceolus) radicibus fibrofis, foliis ova- 
to-lanceolatis caulinis. Act. Upfal. 1 740- Ladies Slipper 
with fibrous roots , the leaves on the flalks oval and fpear- 
Jhaped. Calceolus Marias. Ger.3 59. Our Lady's Slipper. 
2. Cypripedium ( Bulbofum ) lcapo unifloro, foliis ob- 
longis glabris petalis anguftis acuminatis. Ladies Slipper 
with one flower in a flocath , oblong fmooth leaves , and very 
■narrow pointed petals. Calceolus Marise luteus. Mor. 
LL R. Blofs. Tellow Ladies Slipper. 
3. Cypripedium ( Ilirfutum ) foliis oblongo-ovatis ve- 
nofis hirfutis, flore maximo. Ladies Slipper with oblong , 
oval, veined leaves, which are hairy , and a very large 
flower. Calceolus flore majore. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 
437. Ladies Slipper with a larger flower. 
The firft fort grows naturally in fome fliady woods in 
the north of England. I found it in the park of Bo- 
rough-Hall, in Lancafhire, the feat of the late Robert 
Fenwick, Efq-, It hath a root compofed of many 
flefhy fibres, from which arife, in the fpring, two, 
three, or more ftalks, in proportion to the ftrength 
of the root ; thefe grow nine or ten inches high, and 
are garnifhed with oval fpear-fhaped leaves, having 
a few longitudinal veins •, in the bofom of one of the 
upper leaves is inclofed the flower-bud, which is 
fupported by a flender foot-ftalk, which generally 
turns a little bud on one fide. The flower hath four 
dark purple petals, placed in form of a crofs, which 
fpread wide open. In the center is fituated the large 
hollow nedtarium, almoft as large as a bird’s egg, 
flhaped like a wooden ilioe, of a pale yellowilh co- 
lour, with a few broken ftreaks ; the opening is co- 
vered with two ears-, the upper one is tender, white, 
and fpotted with purple -, the lower is thick, and of 
an herbaceous colour. The flowers appear about the 
end of May, and the ftalks decay early in autumn. 
The fecond fort grows naturally in Virginia, and 
other parts of North America this hath longer and 
fmoother leaves than the former. The two fide pe- 
tals of the flower are long, narrow, and terminate in 
acute points, and are wreathed, or undulated on their 
fides. The nedtarium is oblong, and narrower than 
in the firft fort, and is yellow, lpotted with brownifh 
red. The ftalks rife near a foot and a half high. 
The third fort grows naturally in America, where 
the inhabitants call it Moccafin Flower ; this rifes a 
foot and a half high. The leaves are of an oblong 
oval form, and are deeply veined. The flower is large, 
of a reddifh brown colour, marked with a few purple 
veins. This fort flowers in the end of May. 
All thefe forts are with difficulty preferved in gar- 
dens ; they muft be planted in a loamy foil, and in a 
fituation where they may have the morning fun only. 
They muft be procured from the places where they 
naturally grow, for they cannot be propagated in. gar- 
dens. The roots Ihould be feldom removed, for 
tranfplanting them prevents their flowering. 
CYSTICAPNOS. SeeFuMARiA. 
C Y T I S O-G E N I S T A. See Spartium. 
c Y T 
C Y T I S U S. Lin. Gen. Plant. 785. Tourn. Loft, 
R. H. 647. tab. 416. [fo called from Cythos, an 
illand in the Archipelago, where it grew in great 
plenty.] Bafe-tree Trefoil, in French, Citife. 
The Characters are. 
It hath a butterfly- flower * with a fhort bell-floaped emb 
palement of one leaf, divided in two lips , the upper being 
bifid and acute, the tinder indented in three parts. The 
ftandard of the flower is rifing , oval, and reflexed on the 
fides. The wings are obtufe , erebl, and the length of the 
flandard. The keel is bellied and acute. It hath ten 
fiamina, nine joined, and one ftanding feparate , termi- 
nated by rifing fummits. It hath an oblong germen, fup- 
porting a Jingle fiyle , crowned by an obtufe fiigma. The 
germen afterward becomes an oblong blunt pod, narrow at 
their bafe, filled with kidney-Jhaped flatted feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the third fedtion of 
Linnteus’s feventeenth clafs, intitled Diadelphia De- 
candria, from the flowers having ten ftamina di- 
vided into two bodies. 
The Species are, 
1. Cytisus ( Laburnum ) foliis oblongo-ovatis, racemis 
brevioribus pendulis, caule arboreo. Cytifus with ob- 
long oval leaves, fhort fpikes of flowers hanging down- 
ward, and a tree-like ftalk. Cytifus Alpinus latifolius* 
flore racemofo pendulo. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 648. 
Commonly called Laburnum. 
2. Cytisus ( Alpinus ) foliis ovato-lanceolatis, racemis 
longioribus pendulis, caule fruticofo. Cytifus with oval 
fpear-fhaped leaves , long pendulous bunches of flowers , and 
a fhrubby ftalk. Cytifus Alpinus anguftifolius, flore 
racemofo pendulo longiore. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 648. 
Commonly called long-fpiked Laburnum. 
3. Cytisus ( Nigricans ) racemis fimplicibus eredtis, fo- 
liolis ovato-oblongis. Hort. Cliff. 354. Cytifus with 
Jingle erebl bunches of flowers, and oval oblong leaves. 
Cytifus glaber nigricans. C. B. P. 390. Black fmooth 
Cytifus. 
4. Cytisus ( Sejfilibus ) racemis eredtis, calycibus brac- 
tea triplici audtis, foliis floralibus feflilibus. Lin. Sp. 
Plant. 739. Cytifus with erebl bunches of flowers, three 
lamina under the empalement, and the leaves on the flower* 
branches fitting clofe. ■ Cytifus glabris, foliis fubrotun- 
dis, pediculis breviffimis. C. B. P. 390. Commonly 
called by the gardeners, Cytifus fecundus Clufii. 
5. Cytisus ( Hirfutis ) pedunculis fimplicibus laterali- 
bus, calycibus hirfutis trifidis ventricofo-oblongis. 
Hort. Upfal. 211. Cytifus with Jingle foot -ftalks on the 
Jide of the branches, trifid hairy empalement s, oblong and 
bellied. Cytifus incanus filiqua longiore. C. B. P. 390^ 
Commonly called hairy , or Evergreen Cytifus of Naples . 
6. Cytisus ( Argenteus ) fioribus feflilibus, foliis tomen- 
tofis, caulibus herbaceis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 740. Cytifus 
with flowers Jitting clofe to the branches, woolly leaves , 
and an herbaceous ftalk. Cytifus humilis argenteus an- 
guftifolius. Tourn. Inft. 648. 
7. Cytisus ( Supinus ) fioribus umbellatis terminalibus, 
ramis decumbentibus, foliolis ovatis. Lin. Sp. 1042, 
Low Cytifus with umbellated flowers terminating the 
branches , which are trailing, and oval leaves. Cytifus 
fupinus foliis infra & filiquis molli lanugine pubefcen- 
tibus. C. B. P. 390. 
8. Cytisus (. Auftriacus ) fioribus umbellatis terminalibus, 
caulibus eredtis foliolis lanceolatis. Lin. Sp. 1042. 
Cytifus with umbellated flowers terminating the branches , 
erebl ftalks and fpear-fhaped leaves. Cytifus fioribus 
capitatis, foliolis ovato-oblongis, caule fruticofo. 
Didt. Flort. Commonly called Siberian Cytifus. 
9. Cytisus [TEthiopicus) racemis lateralibus ftridtis, ra- 
mis angulatis, foliolis cuneiformibus. Lin. Sp. 1042. 
Cytifus with narrow bunches of flowers proceeding from 
the Jide of the branches , which are angular, and wedge- 
fhaped leaves. Cytifus fEthiopicus, fubrotundis inca- 
nis minofibus foliis, fioribus parvis luteis. Pluk. 
Aim. 128. 
10. Cytisus ( Gracus ) foliis fimplicibus lanceolato-line- 
aribus, ramis angulatis. Lin. Sp. 1043. Cytifus with 
Jingle, linear , fpear-fhaped leaves, and angular branches. 
Barba Jovis linar-iae folio, flore luteo parvo. Tourn. 
Cor. 44. 
11. Cytisus 
