The Cypripedium, a species of orchid. Examples 1700, 1748, &c. (N.E.D.)
1705. The Moccasin Flower, and a Thousand others, not yet known, to English Herbalists.—R. Beverley, ‘Virginia,’ ii. 24.
1854. The flaming, cardinal-fringed gentian, the yellow moccasin, and troops of lilies, still crowded the swales and water-courses, braving out the first frost.—H. H. Riley, ‘Puddleford,’ pp. 212–3 (N.Y.).
