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*CYC\OCHES Loddii^esii. 



Loddigcs^ Sivanwort. fjit^W VOU*^ 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



B*VIaMCAL 



Nat. ord. Orchide.^e § Vande^, {Introduction to the Natural System 

 of Botany, p. 262.) 



CYCNOCHES, Lindl. Perianlhium explanatum. Sepala lateralia 

 lanceolata, basi paululiim sub labello connata ; supremo angustiore. Petala 

 latiora, falcata, decurva. Labellian liberum, ecalcaratum, columna continuum, 

 lanceolatum, integerrimum, ungue abrupto calloso. Columna elongata, arcuata, 

 teres, apice clavata, auriculis 2 falcatis ad latera clinandrii. Anther a bilocularis. 

 Pollinia 2, postice sulcata, subpedicellata ; caudiculd linear! ; glanduld grossa.— 

 Habitus Catasefi (sed racemus lateralis). Lindl. Gen. ^ Sp. Orch. p. 154. 



Cycnoches Loddigesii, Lindl. I. c. Bot, Cah. t. 2000. 



Caulls erectus, carnosns, cyli?idraceiis, suhpedalis, pallide viridis, cot" 

 rugatus, basi vaginis membranaceis, apice foliis vestitus. Folia omninh 

 Cataseti cujusdam. Racemus multijlorus, pendulus, e latere caiilis erumpens, 

 Jiexuosus. Flores maxinii ordinis, initio inodori, mox Vanillam gratissimk 

 spirantes, prcesertim mane. Bracteae ovatce^ cucullatce, obiuscB, pediccllis 

 hreviores. Sepala viridia apice fusca, et obscure maculata, mox rufescentes ; 

 supremum lineari-oblongiun, arcuatum S-pollicare ; lateralia 2-poll. longa 

 imd basi connata^ ovatooblonga, subundulata, pendula. Petala cjusdein 

 coloris cum sepalis, sed minus conspicue maculata, oblongo- lanceolata, in- 

 cequilatera, decurva, 2\-poll. longa. Labellum^ja^e^i/issi^wj^m, cum columna 

 continuum, atiguste oblongum, convexum, curnosum, medio album, apicem ver" 

 sus tenuius, sordidt lutescens, undique maculis latis incBqualibus 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 cito de~ 

 cidua, membranacea, bilocularis, f ere pellucida, omninu mutica. Clinandrium 

 postice 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 nev^ plants in the woods 



* So called from kvkioq a swan, and avyi]v the neck ; in allusion to the 

 column of ihis plant, which is gracefully curved, like tlie neck of the swan. 



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