 | John Lee Comstock - 1848 - 510 páginas
...the distant woods, seldom being found near the habitations of man. Dr. Bigelow describes it thus : " The present species differs from the rest in having...The leaves are two, springing from the root, large, oval lanceolate, plaited, downy. Flower commonly single, terminal, nodding. Petals four, spreading,... | |
 | Asa B. Strong - 1855 - 294 páginas
...tribe. Dr. Bigelow describes the present species as being different from the rest, in respect to its having no stem leaves. " The leaves are two, springing from the root, large, oval, lanceolate, plaited, downy ; thejloieers are generally single, terminal and nodding : the petals... | |
 | Joseph Breck - 1886 - 492 páginas
...the elegant slipperlike form of the label luin.] Cypripldium acatile, differs from the other species in having no stem leaves. The leaves are two, springing from the root, large, oval-lanceolate, plaited, and downy. This is the most common species, sometimes called Twoleaved Lady's Slipper, or Whip-poor-will's... | |
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Petals four, spreading, the two lateral ones narrower, and somewhat waved or twisted. Nectary a large, purple, inflated bag, veined, villous, and longer than the petals. Style over the base of the nectary, supporting two lateral anthers... 