* CYCNÓCHES Loddigésii. 
Loddiges’ Swanwort. 
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GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Orcmiver $ VanDza, (Introduction lo the Natural System 
of Botany, p. 262.) 
CYCNOCHES, Lindl. Perianthium explanatum. Sepala lateralia 
lanceolata, basi paululúm sub labello connata; supremo angustiore. Petala 
latiora, falcata, decurva. © Labellum liberum, ecalcaratum, columna continuum, 
lanceolatum, integerrimum, ungue abrupto calloso. Columna elongata, arcuata, 
teres, apice clavata, auriculis 2 falcatis ad latera clinandrii. Anthera bilocularis. 
Pollinia 2, postice sulcata, subpedicellata ; caudiculd lineari ; glandulá grossá.— 
Habitus Cataseti (sed racemus lateralis). Lindl. Gen. § Sp. Orch. p. 154. 
Cycnoches Loddigesii, Lindl. l. c. Bot. Cab. t. 2000. 
Caulis erectus, carnosus, cylindraceus, subpedalis, pallide viridis, cor- 
rugatus, basi vaginis membranaceis, apice foliis vestitus. Folia omnind 
Cataseti cujusdam. Racemus multiflorus, pendulus, e latere caulis erumpens, 
flexuosus. Flores maximi ordinis, initio inodori, mox Vanillam gratissime 
spirantes, presertim manè. Bracteæ ovate, cucullate, obtuse, pedicellis 
breviores. Sepala viridia apice fusca, et obscure maculata, mox rufescentes ; 
supremum lineari-oblongum, arcuatum 3-pollicare ; lateralia 2-poll. longa 
imá basi connata, ovato-oblonga, subundulata, pendula. Petala ejusdem 
coloris cum sepalis, sed minis conspicue maculata, oblongo-lanceolata, in- 
eguilatera, decurva, 24-poll. longa.  Labellum patentissimum, cum columná 
continuum, angustě oblongum, convexum, carnosum, medio album, apicem ver- 
sus tenuius, sordido lutescens, undique maculis latis inequalibus sanguineis 
notatum; ungue brevi alato maculoso, alis lutescentibus, disco convexo albo. 
Columna gracillima, arcuata, utrinque clavata ; dimidio inferiore atropur- 
pureo, superiore complanato virescente purpureo maculoso. Anthera citò de- 
cidua, membranacea, bilocularis, feré pellucida, omnind mutica. Clinandrium 
posticè bicorne, cornubus falcatis compressis supra antheram incurvis. 
For the discovery of this most extraordinary Epiphyte the 
public is indebted to John Henry Lance, Esq. who discovered 
it, and a great number of other new plants in the woods 
* So called from kúxvoc a swan, and abyùv the neck; in allusion to the 
column of this plant, which is gracefully curved, like the neck of the swan. 
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