. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 3. Cypripedium reginae Walt. Showy Ladies'-slipper. Fig. 1356. fC. hirsutum Mill. Gard. Diet. Ed. 8, no. 3. 1768. Cypripedium reginae Walt. Fl. Car. 222. 1788. Cypripedium album Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 303. 1789. Cypripedium spectabile Salisb. Trans. Linn. Soc. 1: 78. 1791. Stem stout, villous-hirsute,. i°-2j° high, leafy to the top. Leaves elliptic, acute, 3'-/ lon
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 3. Cypripedium reginae Walt. Showy Ladies'-slipper. Fig. 1356. fC. hirsutum Mill. Gard. Diet. Ed. 8, no. 3. 1768. Cypripedium reginae Walt. Fl. Car. 222. 1788. Cypripedium album Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 303. 1789. Cypripedium spectabile Salisb. Trans. Linn. Soc. 1: 78. 1791. Stem stout, villous-hirsute,. i°-2j° high, leafy to the top. Leaves elliptic, acute, 3'-/ long, i'-4' wide, flowers 1-3; sepals round-ovate, white, not longer than the lip, the lateral ones united for their whole length; petals somewhat narrower than the sepals, white; lip much inflated, l'-z' long, white, variegated with crimson and white stripes; stamens cordate-ovate. In swamps and woods, Newfoundland to Ontario, Minnesota and Georgia. Nerve-root. Ducks. Whip- poor-will's-shoe. June-Sept. 4. Cypripedium candidum Willd. Small White Ladies'-slipper. Fig. 1357. Cypripedium candidum Willd; Sp. PI. 4: 142. 1805. Stem 6'-i2' high, leafy. Leaves 3 or 4, elliptic or lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 3'-$' long, 8"-i6" wide, with several obtuse sheathing scales below them; bracts i'-2' long, lanceolate; flower solitary; sepals lanceolate, equalling or longer than the lip, greenish, purple spotted; petals somewhat longer and narrower than the sepals, wavy-twisted, greenish; lip white, striped with purple inside, about 10" long; sterile stamen lanceolate. In bogs and meadows, New York and New Jersey to Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri and Nebraska. Ducks. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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