Nat. Ord. Orchidacile. 
Gypripedium parvifldrmn and Gypripedium pubSscens. 
“ And golden slippers meet for Faries’ feet.” 
| HIS ornamental family are remarkable alike for the singular 
beauty of their flowers, and the peculiar arrangement 
of the internal organs. In the Linmean classification they 
were included in common, with all the Orchis tribe, in 
the class Gynandria, but in the Natural Order of Jussieu, which we 
have followed, the “Lady’s Slipper” ( Gypripedium ), forms one of 
the sub-orders in the general Order Orchidaceae. 
Of the two species represented in our Artist’s group, the larger 
and central flower is Gypriptedium pub&scens , the smaller, G. parviflorum, 
or Lesser Lady’s Slipper. The latter is, perhaps, the more elegant 
and graceful plant, and is also somewhat fragrant. The sepals and 
petals are longer and more spiral, but the colouring of the lip is not 
so rich and vivid as in the larger flower, G. PubSscens. 
The small flowered plant affects a moist soil, such as low wet 
meadows and open swampy w r oods; while the larger species, better 
known by its more familiar name Moccasin flower, loves the open 
woodlands and drier plains ; where, in the month of June, it may be 
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