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OYPRIPEDITJMS, OR LADY SLIPPERS, 
Wmmm Flowers, a name far more appropriate than “Slipper,” 
WvM Mm m inasmuch as the shape of the inflated sac requires a con- 
siderablo stretch of imagination to discover much resem- 
mm bianco to a lady’s slipper, although it might answer for 
Ifflw an Indian’s buckskin moccasin. 
(UP The most common native species ares—The Ram’s 
Head (C. arietirum), found in the wet, low lands of the 
>mfm Northern States. Tho flower Rtems are quite slender, 
wIl ' H growing six to ten inches high, supporting a single, dingy 
tJ 1 wgm'* ' purplish flower, The Yellow Lady flipper (C. PnOewens), 
ijr// j\ is more common, reaching further South than the latter. 
■mMM/ 11’) The sac is of a light yellow, and occasionally two flowers 
■«Wl. | vifjk'l ) k arc produced upon one stem. There is also tho smaller 
WmMl! Yellow Lady Slipper (C. puntflorum), and a small white 
\MmMU; /./ /i species (C'. candidum) t the latter more common at the 
ITront and Side View of Colvunn. Twioe Nat’l Size). 
If one kind of plant could be truly designated as 
more curious or wonderful than another, then the Cypri- 
pediums would rank veiy high in the list. The flowers 
of these plants arc of a singular form, being generally 
composed of two sepals and two petals with what is 
termed a lip, which Is a large inflated sac, becoming in 
some of the species as large as a common lion’s ogg. In 
some this sac is open at the upper end, into which the 
stigma is declined, afterwards enlarging into a soed-pod 
filled with minute seeds. 
The species are quite numerous and found in all parts 
of the world, several being native of the United States, 
where they are usually knowu by the name of Moccasin 
CYPRIPEDIUM JAPONICUM (Nat’l Size 
