(C STÄUP® BMTM H ITM IL B o
CYPRIPEDIUM HUMILE.
NOAH’S ARK. PURPLE LADY’S SLIPPER. MOCCASSIN FLOWER.
Gynandria Diandria, Linn. Orchideæ, Juss.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Lip ventricose, inflated, saccate. Petals 4, the under one bifid. The column terminating
behind, in a petaloid lobe.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Scape leafless, one-flowered; radical leaves a pair, oblong-obtuse; lobe of the style
sub-rotund-rhomboid, acuminate, deflexed; lip longer than the lanceolate
petals, with a fissure behind. Willd,
SYNONYM.
C y pr iped ium acaule, Alton.
Root perennial, an irregular bulb, with numerous carnose fibres.
Leaves radical, a pair, ovate-lanceolate, pubescent, grooved by deep
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