CYPBIPEDIUM CALCEOLUS. LADIES’ SLIPPER.
CY PR IP ED IUM Calceolus, caule folioso, lobö column® ovàto-quadrato, labello petalis breviore, subcompressis.
C Y PR IPED IUM Calceolus. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1346. Hiids. Angl. p. 392. With. Bot. A r r : ed. 4. vol. 2.
p. 43. Smith Fl. B rit. p. 9 4L Engl. Bot. t. 1. Decand. Fl. Fr. ed. 3. vol. 3. p.2.64>.
Fl. Gall. p. 173. Redouté PI. Liliac. t. 19- Pers. Syn. PI. ml. 2 .p . 525. Roth. Germ,
vol. 2. p. 411'. Salisb. in A ct. Soc. Linn. lörid. vol. 1. p. 76. t. 2. fig. 1. Willd.Sp. PI.
vol. 4. p. 142; Alton Hórt. Keto. ed. 2. vol. 5. p. 220. Swartz Gen. et Spec. Orchid.
' p . 1*02:
CALCEOLUS radicibus fibrosis, foliis ovato-lauceolatis. Hall. Eelv. n. 1300. cum Ic.
CALCEOLUS Mariæ. Rail S y n .p .3 8 5 ..
Bohem. Strèwjcék. Dan. Frueskoe. Dut. Lieve vrouwe schoen. Priestermuiltje. - Fr. Sabot de k P ie r g e o u
Soulier de Notre-Dame. Germ. Der Venusschuh. Unsaror licben Frauen Schuh. Pantofelchën.
E r-
dei S&rga Ptiputs. It, Pantoffbla. Ö scarpa della Madonna. Pol. Frzewïczek Panny MarÀ
leado de Nucssa Senhora. Russ. Kokuschkiny Saposchki Span. Zuewchap
kalle. Tartar. Kauk Jantschiók.
Port. CV
Swed. Guckuskor. Orms-
Brown
Columna brevis, flava, apice in lobum explanata, oblongo-
quadratum, fig . 5. 6. petaloideum (labium super ins,
Auct. stamm sterile, Br.) flavum, rubro-maculatum, bre-
viter pedunculatum, crassiusculum, incurvatum, supra
planiusculum, subtus linea media carinatum.
Stamina duo: filamenta lateralia, flava, angusto-cuneifor-
mia, paululum curvata, parte inferiore antnerifera.
An t h e r .® parti inferiori filamentorum circa medium affixæ,
fig. 3 .3. orbiculari-hemisphericoe, marginatæ, biloculares,
loculis polline cereaceo mellei coloris repletis. Granula
pollinis minutissitna, sub-sphærica.
Ovarium inferum, curvatum, sexangulatum, inferne atte-
nuatum, pubescens; intus receptaculis parietalibus tri-
bus, longitudinalibus, seminiferis, jig . 9 -10. 11.
Stylus basi column® lobi aflixus, magnus, ovato-triangu-
laris, breviter pedunculatus, punctatus.
nbling
th and others
tut numerous, ’
Class and Order. G Y N Â N D R IA D IANDRÏÂ.
[N atural Order. ÔRCHIDEÆ, Jussieu, Brown, Dëcandolle.]
Gen. Char. Labellum ventriposum, inflatum, (nunc saccatum). Columna postice terminata lobo petaloideo (staminé ste-
rifi) antheras distinguente. Petala duo antica {posteriora, in B r . Prodr.) sæpius connata. Brown in Mort. Kero.
Gen Char . Lip ventricose, inflated, (sometimes saccate). Column terminated behind with a petaloid lobe (or sterile stamen)
separating the anthers. Petals two, the anteriort ones (,posterior in B r . Prodr.) most f | il ■ ■
in Hort. Kero.
Radix horizontalité]* repens, crassa, fusca, ligni semiputridi
frustulum' referens, vix autem, quod Smithius et alii ha-
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, striatis, fuscis, superne foliosus.
Folia quinque vel sex, alterna, sessilia, amplexicaulia, pa-
tenti-recürva, ovato-lanceolata, integerrima, acuta, carinata,
pubescentia, subtus precipue, margine subundulata,
supra striata, striis longitudinalibus exaratis, loete viridia,
subtus nervis longitudinalibus parallelis prominentibus
iUstructa, et colore pallidiore.
Flos terminalis, solitarius, rarius geminus, nutans, magnus,
vKMeeiosus.
Pedunculus, qui nil nisi caulis est productus, bi-tnuncialis,
erectus, teres, pubescens.
• Bractea solitaria, erectiuscula, foliacea, biuncialis, ovato-
: I : lanceolata, pubescens.
Perianthium superum, sex-divisum; foliolis patentibus,
inæqualibus; quorum quinque petaloidea, sesquiuncialia,
fusco-purpurea, striata, basi flâvescentia, fusco-maculata,
paululum barbata; exteriorum trium anticum majus,
ovatum, apice tortuosum : posteriora duo (flore expanso,
inferiora) angustiora, per totam fere longitudinem connata,
apicibus i solummodo liberis, acutis : iriteriorum
trium, duo lateralia valde angusta, linearia, acuminata,
spiraliter torta, patentissjmaj tertium, quod vulgo labellum
audit, dependens, flavum, amplissimum, foliolis
tamen reliquis brevius, calceiforme, ventncosum, lateri-
bus compressis, carnoso-membranaceum, stiiatum, loeve,
basi maculis obliquis fenestrati ; ore irregulari, martini-
bus incurvis, intus flavum, maculis in lineas dispositis,
rubris, atque basi barbatum.
Root creeping horizontally, thick, brown,
of decaying wood, but scarcely, as
describe it, tuberous, nodose: throw
fleshy, long, thickish, simple fibres.
Stem herbaceous, a foot long and more, erect, green, a little
flexuose, round, hairy, below sheathing, with the sheaths
subeylindrical, 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 strife 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, erebt, round, pubescent.
Bractea solitary, nearly erect, foliaceous, two inches long,
ovato-lanceolate, pubescent.
Perianth superior, six-cleft, with the folioles patent, unequal;
of which five are petaloid, an inch and a half
long, purplish brown, striated, yellowish at . 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 ex-
* panded flower the 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 com-
- pressed, between carnose 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 at the base.
Column 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, jig. 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.
Ovary 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,
ovatb'-triangular, on a. short footstalk, dotted.
Fig. i. The labellum. fig . 2. The inferior side of the column, fig . 3. The stamens and anthers. Jig. 4. The stigma
seen beneath the- large lobe of the column. Jig. 5. Superior view of the column, showing the opposite side of the
stamens and the lobe of the column {sterile stamen of Brown.) Jig. 6. Under side of the lobe of the column. Jig. 7. Lateral
view of a stamen, showing the insertion of the anther. Jig. 8. Pollen. Jig. 9- Ovary. Jig. 10. The same dissected
longitudinally. Jig. 1 1. An ovary cut through transversely.—All but Figg. 1. 9- and 10. more or less magnified.
Our British Flora can boast very few plants indeed superior in beauty of form and colour, or in singularity of appearance,
to the Cypripedium Calceolus, which consequently, like the Orchis (Br. Satyrium, Auct.) hircina, Cyclamen europceum, and
many other species of showy exterior, but rare occurrence, are objects of constant search by gardeners and cultivators, and
likely soon to add to the number of those which have been natives of our isle*. ,
It was on account o f its beauty selected by Mr. Sowerby to be placed a t the head of English Botany, but most unfortunately,
it is impossible not to suspect, from the form of the lobe of the column, that the specimen he has figured, rather be-
Botanist's Guide are, near Keswick, Cumberland; Castle Eden Dean, Durham; near Woodchester, Glou-
e ; Helk’s-wood, by Ingleton; woods and hilly pastures about Kilnsay; about Arncliffe (where I have
* The stations given for this plant
ceMershirc; Borough-hall Park, Lai
gathered it, flowering in June 1808, in company wish si
" 'd Chapel-in-the-Dale, Y o rk sh ireFrom this lattei
' ’ ' Rev. James Dalton and Mr. Joseph Woods); Litten and Kettlewell; and between Ingleton
iounty our flowering specimen was brought this year i* '<* ,!*5'nn' state by TM' r. Malcolm, of