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Lindenia VII. 29, in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. X. 69, in Joum. 

 des Orch. II. 178; Stein, Orchideenb. 167; Veikh, Man. Orch. 

 PI. IX. 139; Kerch. Livre des Orch. 266; Williams, Orch. 

 Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 215; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 415 et 

 676; Cogn. in Joum. des Orch. VI. 95. — Cycnaoken 

 Lemaire in Fl. des Serres, I. 207 (1845), edit. nov. 87. 



Flores unisexuales, dimorphi. — Flores masculi: 

 Sepala subaequalia, libera, patentia vel reflexa, car- 

 nosula vel membranacea. Petala sepalis similia vel 

 paulo latiora. Labellum cum basi columnae continuum, 

 patens, carnosum , basi plus minus ve in unguem con- 

 tractum, superne lanceolatum vel orbiculatum, integrum 

 vel varie lobatum, cristatum vel fimbriatum. Columna 

 apoda, elongata, tenuis, valde arcuata, exalata, apice 

 incurvo-clavata ; clinandrium postice elevatum, acumi- 

 natum. Anthera terminalis, opercularis, incumbens, 

 unilocularis; pollinia 2, cerea, globosa, sulcata, in- 

 appendiculata, anthera dehiscente stipiti liueari rigidulo 

 affixa; glandula magna, crassa; stigma abortivum. — 

 Flores feminei: Sepala subaequalia, libera, patentia, 

 carnosula. Petala sepalis similia vel paulo latiora. 

 Labellum cum basi columnae continuum , patens, 

 carnosum, basi in unguem brevem contractum, superne 



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ovatum vel elliptico -oblong am , integrum, carnosum. 

 Columna apoda, brevis, crassa, valde arcuata, breviter 

 rostrata, alata; alae carnosae, rigidae, deflexae, ovato- 

 triangulares ; stigma inter alas situm. Anthera abortiva. 

 Capsula .... 



Herbae epiphyticae, a Guiana et Peruvia usque 

 ad Mexicum incolae, CAULIBUS plurifoliatis mox longe 

 carnoso-incrassatis vel pseudobulbos oblongos plurivaginatos 

 formantibus. Folia ampla , plicato-venosa. Scapi ad 

 axillas pseudohdborum nutantes vel rarius suberecti, 

 simplices. F LORES speciosi vel mediocres, in racemo 

 pauci vel numerosi. Bracteae parvae. 



CONSPECTUS SPECIE RUM BRASILIENSIUM. 



Sect. I. EUCYCNOCHES. — Flores masculi et feminei 

 paulo diversi; florum masculorum labellum indivisum. 



A. Labellum longe unguiculatum, disco laevi, inappendicnlato 



1. C. Loddigesii Lindl. 



B. Labellum sessile, disco basi calloso. 



I. Flores ampli; petala obtusiuscula; labellum obovato- 



oblongum, basi unicallosura . . . 2. C. chlorochilon Klotzscb. 

 II. Flores mediocres; petala acuta; labellum ovatum vel rotundato- 

 ovatum, basi bicallosum. 



a. Bracteae triangulari-ovatae ; sepala acuminata, sub- 

 aequilonga; labellum rotundato- ovatum, abrupte 

 acuminatum, basi cordatum, sepalis lateralibns paulo 



breviu8 3. C. Haagh Barb. Rodr. 



b. Bracteae ovatae; sepala acuta, lateralia paulo 



breviora; labellum anguste ovatum, acntum, basi 

 subrotundatum, sepalis lateralibus satis brevius 



4. C. versicolor Reichb. f. 





Sect. II. HETERANTHAE. 



Flores masculi et 



feminei valde dimorphi ; florum masculorum labellum profunde 



angusteque lobatum 



5. C. pentad a ctylon Lindl. 



Sect. I. EUCYCNOCHES Rolfe in Lindenia VII. 

 34 (1891), in Reichenbachia ser. 2. I. 83; Cogn. in Jdurn. 

 des Orch. VI. 96; Rev. Hort. Belg. XXV. 26. 



Flores masculi et feminei paulo diversi; florum mas- 



culorum labellum majusculum , indivisum. 



Species 1 — 4. 



1. CYCNOCHES LODDIGESII Lindl. pseudobulbis 

 majusculis , anguste oblongo-fusiformibus , multiarticular, 

 primum vaginis numerosis majusculis membranaceis vestitis, 

 demum denudatis; foliis majusculis, oblongo-ligulatis, acutis 

 vel breviter acuminatis, inferne longe attenuatis, crasse 

 3— 5-nerviis; pedunculo communi masculo subterminali, pen- 

 dulo, 5 — 7-floro, foliis paulo breviore ; bracteis subraembrana- 

 ceis, anguste ovatis, breviter acuminatis, ovario multo brevi- 

 oribus; floribus magnis, longiuscule pedicellatis; sepalis mem- 

 branaceis, breviuscule acuminatis, dorsali lineari-oblongo, 

 lateralibus satis brevioribus latioribusque, ligulato-lanceolatis, 

 falcatis, basi breviter connatis; petalis oblongo-lanceolatis, 

 breviter acuminatis, sepalo dorsali satis brevioribus; labello 

 snpero, carnoso, sepalis lateralibus circiter aequilongo, longe 



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unguiculato, ungue crasso convexo margine breviuscule alato, 

 limbo convexo anguste oblongo acuto margine in tegerrirao, 

 disco laevi inappendiculato ; columna longissima, gracili, valde 

 arcuata, utrinque clavata, clinandrio postice bicornuto, cor- 

 nubus falcatis supra antheram incurvis. 



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Cycnoches Loddigesii Lindl ! Gen. and Spec. Orch. 154 



(Dec. 1832), in Lodd. Bot. Cab. XX. tab. 2000 (1833), in 



Bot. Regist. XXI. tab. 1742 et sub tab. 1951*, in Paxt. Flow. 



Gard. III. 6 et sub tab. 75; Drapiez, Encyclogr. Regn. Veg. 



I. Dec. 1833 (Bot. Cab.), fig. 10, III. Mars 1835 (Bot. Reg.) 



fig. 1 ; HooJc. Cent. Orch. 43. tab. 48, in Bot. Mag. tab. 4215 ; 



Ch. Morren in Ann. de Gand II. 146; Harting. Parad. 



Vindob. II. tab. 3; Lemaire in Jard. Fleur. III. sub tab. 264; 



Beer, Prakt. Stud. Fam. Orch. 224; Duchartre, Man. Gen. 



des PL IV. 520; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 559, 



Linnaea XLI. 129; Du Buyss. L Orchid. 264; Stein, 



Orchideenb. 167; Veitch, Man. Orch. Pi. IX. 142; Williams, 



Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 217; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 677; 



Rolfe in Orch. Rev. II. 66. 277 et 354, III. 97; Joum. des 



Orch. V 150 et 359; Lindenia X. 11. tab. 436. 



Cycnoches cumllatnm Lindl. in Bot. Regist. XXIII mb 

 tab. 1951* (1837). 



Radices numerosae, densissirae fasciculatae, breviusculae, robustius- 

 culae, tortuosae, albidae, satis ramosae. Pseudobulbi erecti vel ascendentes, 

 snbrecti vel plus minusve flexuosi , 15— 35 cm. longi, 2—4 cm. crassi, 

 paulo compressi, pallide virides vel dilute fusci ; vaginae arete adpressae, 

 tenniter multistriatae, pallidae. Folia membranacea, erecto-patula, superne 

 plus minusve recurva, basi conduplicata caeterum subplana, supra intense 

 viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, 2-3 dm. longa, 3-6 cm. lata; nervis 

 pallidis, supra leviter impressis, subtus valde prominentibus; nervulis 

 seenndariis numerosis, tenuissimis. Peddnculus communis masculus 







