CYPRIPEDIUM CALCEOLUS. LADIES’ SLIPPER.
DYRRIPUDIUM-CMceoft«, cauTe Yöliósó, loBo'column® 0väto-quaärata,Iäbello petalis breviore, subcompressis.
CYPRIPEDIUM Calceolus. Linn. Sp. P l. p . 1346. Huds. Angl. p . 392. With. Bot. Arr. ed. 4. vol. 2.
p- 43. Smith Fl. Brit. p . 941. Engl. Bot. t. 1 . Dccand. Fl. Fr. ed. 8. ‘vól. 3. p . 864.
FI. Gall. p . 173, Redouté P l. Liliac. ■ 1. 19. Pers. Syn. PL vol. 2 . p . 52$. Roth. Gern,
vól. 2. p . 4M. Salisb.-in Act.fSoc. Linn. Ltind. vol. 1. p . 76. t. fi. fig. 1. Witld.<Sp. Pl.
vól. 4. p . 142. Alton Hort. Kcw. ed. 2. vol. 5. ,p. 220. Swartz Gen. et 'Spec. 'Orchid,
p . ÏÖ2.
CALCEOLUS radicibus fibrosis, foliis ovato-lanteolatis. Hall. Helv. n. 1300. cum Ic.
CALOEOUUS Man®. •Raii Syh. p . 385.
Bbhetii. ‘Strèztjcék. Dan. Frueskoe. Dut. Lieve vrouwe scheen. Priestcminhltje. -Fr. Sabot de 3a Vierge m
Soulier de Wotre-Bamc. Germ. D e r Vénusschuh. TJnsaror lieben Frauen Schuh. Pantöffelchen. Hung. Erdet
Sórga Piiputs. It. Pantqffbla. O sCarpa della Madonna. Pol.. Frzewiczek Fanny Margi. Port. Ca-
le'ddó de Nuessa Senhora. Äuss. ‘Kolcuschkiny Saposchhi. Span. Zuemehapin. Swed. Gackuskor. Orms-
källe. Tartar. ICauk Jaiitschick.
Class a nd Ord e r . GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA.
{N atural Ord er . 'ORCHID EiE, Jussieu, Brown, Deoandollc.wM
Gen. C har. Labellum ventricosum, inflatum, (nunc saccatum). ‘Colutnna p o lic e terminata lobo petaloideo (stamine sfe-
i rili) anthems distinguente. PetUla duo mtica-fpOstcriorb, in Br. Prodr:) s®pius connata. Brown in Bort. Rezo.
Gen. Char. Lip ventricose, inflated, (sometimes saccate). Column terminated behind with a petaloid lobe (or sterile sta-
[ men) separating the anthers. Petals two, the anterior ones (posterior in Br. Prodr.) most frequently connate. Brown
| in Hort. Kew.
F Radix horizontaliter repens, crassa, fusca, ligni semiputridi
i frustulum referens, vix autem, quod Smithius e t alii ha-
F bent, tuberosa, nodosa: fibras emittens numerosas, car-
nosas, longas, crassiusculas, simplices.
[Caulis herbaceus, pedalis et ultra, erectus, viridis, paululum
[ flexuosus, teres, pubescens, inferne vaginatus, vaginis
subcylindraceis, obtusis, striads, fuscis, supeme foliosus.
•Rolia quinque vel sex, alterna, sessilia, amplexicaulia, pa-
i tenti-recurva, ovato-lanceolata, integerrima, acuta, cari-
i nata, pubescentia, subtus precipue, margine subundulata,
t supra striata, striis longitudinalibus exaratis, læ te viridia, I
I subtus nervis longitudinalibus parallelis prominentibus
f instructa, et colore pallidiore;
Flos terminalis, solitai'ius, rarius geminus, nutans, magnus,
I speciosus. ~
iRedunculus, qui nil nisi caulis est productus, bi-triuncialis,
gf erectus, teres, pubescehs.-
pRACTEA solitaria, erectiuscula, foliacea, biuncialis, ovato-
I lanceolata, pubescens.
|Perianthium superum, sex-divisum ; foliolis patentibus,
inæqualibus; quorum quinque petaloidea, sesquiuncialia,
fusco-purpurea, striata, basi flavescentia, fusco-maculata,
paululum barbata; exterior um trium anticum majus,
ovatum, apice tortuosum : posteriora duo (flore expanso,
inferiora) angustiora, per totam fere longitudinem connata,
apicibus solummodo liberis, acutis: interiorum
trium, duo lateralia valde angusta, linearia, acuminata,
spiraliter torta, patentissima ; tertium, quod vulgo labellum
audit, dependens, flavum, amplissimum, foliolis
tarnen reliquis brevius, calceiforme, ventricosum, lateri-
bus compressis, camoso-membranaceum, striatum, læve,
basi maculis obliquis fenestrati ; ore irregulari, margini-
bus incurvis, intus flavum, maculis in lineas dispositis,
rubris, atque basi barbatum.
quadratum, Jig. 5. 6. petaloideum (labium superius
1 Auct. stamen sterile, Br.) flavum, rubro-maculatum, bre-
vj^er. pedunculatum, crassiusculum, incurvatum, supra
L plamusculum, subtus linea media carinatum.
pTAMiNA duo: filamenta lateralia, flava, angusto-cuneifor
mia, paululum curvata, parte inferiore antherifera.
p NTHER^parti inferiori filamentorum circa medium affix®.
I M- 3.3. orbiculari-hemispheric®, marginat®, biloculares,
I . P°^*ne cereaceo mellei coloris repletis. Granula
J Polunis minutissima, sub-sphoerica.
^yvARiuM inferum, curvatum, sexangulatum, inferne atte-
I °uatum, pubescens ; intus receptaculis parietalibus tri-
l c , vr, Vongnudinalibus, seminiferis, tig. 9. 10. 1 1 .
I LUS basi column®, lobi affixus, magnus, ovato-triangu-
I lans> breyiter pedunculatus, punctatus.
Root creeping horizontally, thick, brown, resembling a piece
of decaying wood, but scarcely, as Smith and others
describe it, tuberous, nodose: throwing out numerous,
fleshy, long, thickish, simple fibres.
Stem herbaceous, a foot long and more, erect, green, a little
flexuose, round, hairy, below sheathing, with the sheaths
subcylindrical, obtuse, striate, brown, above leafy.
Leaves five or six, sessile, amplexicaul, patent and recurved,
ovato-lanceolate, entire,, acute, carinate, pubescent, principally
beneath, having the margin somewhat waved,
above striated, with the stri® longitudinally grooved, of
a rather deep green, Beneath furnished with longitudinal,
prominent nerves, and of a paler colour.
Flower terminal, solitary,rarely two together, nodding,large;
showy.
Peduncle which is but a continuation of the stem, two or
three inches long, erect, round, pubescent.
Bractea solitary, nearly erect, foliaceous, two inches long,
ovato-lanceolate, pubescent.
Pe r ia n t h superior, six-cleft, with the folioles patent, unequal
; of which five are petaloid, an inch and a half
long, purplish brown, striated, yellowish a t the base,
spotted with brown, and a little bearded; of the three
exterior ones, the anterior one. is the largest, ovate,
twisted at the apex: the two posterior ones (in the expanded
flower tie inferior) are narrower, connate, for
nearly their whole length, having the apices alone free, •
acute: of the three interior petals, the two lateral ones
are very narrow, linear, acuminate, spirally twisted, very
patent; the third, usually called the labellum, is pendant,
yellow, very large, yet shorter than the rest o f the
petals, calceiform, ventricose, having the sides compressed,
between camose and membranaceous, striated,
smooth, at the base having oblique window-like spots;
the mouth irregular, its margins incurved, within yellow,
with red spots disposed in lines, and bearded a t the base.
Co l u m n short, yellow, at the apex expanded into a lobe,
oblongo-quadrate, Jig. 5. 6. petaloid, (the superior lip o f
authors, and the sterile stamen o f Brown,) yellow, spotted
with red, a little pedunculated, thickish, incurved, above
plane, beneath having a carinated middle line.
Stamens two: filaments lateral, yellow, narrow-cuneiform,
a little curved, bearing anthers on the inner side.
Anthers affixed near the middle to the inferior part, fig. 3 .
3. o f the filaments, orbicular, hemispherical, marginate,
two-celled, having the cells filled with cereaceous pollen,
the colour of honey. Grains of pollen extremely minute,
nearly spherical.
O vary inferior, curved, sexangular, below attenuate, pubescent;
within having three longitudinal, parietal, seminiferous
receptacles, fig . 9-10. 11.
Style affixed to the base of the lobe of the column, large,
ovato-triangular, on a short footstalk, dotted.
f een 2 ? i f c ^ ie inferior side of the column, fig . 3. The stamens and anthers, fig . 4. The stigma
■ stamen* nn^ lu i i *obe °* ^le co*umn- f g - 5 - Superior view of the column, showing the opposite side of the
f tera| vipw f ' °^e ° ‘ p°iumn (sterile stamen o f Brown.) Jig. 6. Under side of the lobe of the column, fig. 7. La-
B loneitudinnU 8 st^inen’ shbvving the insertion of the anther. Jig. 8. Pollen, fig . 9■ Ovary. Jig. 10. The same dissected
B q v H*' An ovary cut through transversely.—All but Figg. 1. 9- and 10. more or less magnified.
to the &/fl!iv^0ia/^a,n k°ast ve!’y few plants indeed superior in beauty of form and colour, or in singularity o f appearance, .
Knany other Lal<xolus, which consequently, like the Orchis (Br. Satyrium, Auct.) hircina, Cyclamen europeeum, and
likely soon tn a?8. , owy exterior, but rare occurrence, are objects of constant search by gardeners and cultivators, and
! i ' R Was add to the number of those which have been natives of our isle*.
■lately, it is infn °U n*i *** beauty selected by Mr. Sowerby to be placed at the head of English Botany; but most unfortu-
■ possible not to suspect, from the form of the lobe of the column, that, the specimen he has figured rather be-r
^tetsWre-Crnn'h2? ^ ri his P,ant in the Botanist's ------- . . . Guid
----------- , -----Keswick, Cumberland; Castle Eden Dean, Durham; near Woodchester, Gloui8
Ptheredit, p" k. Lancashire;. te ’ HclkWooc.Hel.h’s-wood, byMngleton;I „ woods and ____hilly pastures _________________ about Kilnsay;__________ about Arncliffe ___ ___ (where ___ | _____
I have
I?3 ?Sei-in-the-E»flI.n v 'V1?®8’ in ®omPany with tlie Rev.James Dalton and Mr. Joseph* Woods) fLitten and’KettieweUV andbetween Ingleton
| ensington. ’ ork8ture >—From tliig latter county our flowering specimen was brought this year in a living state by Mr, Malcolm, of