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OF | HORTICULTURE. 419 
CYCNOCHES (from kyknos, а swan, and auchen, a 
neck; in reference to the long and gracefully curved 
column). + Swan Neck. ORD. Orchidew. The species of 
this genus are deciduous. Flowers large, produced from 
nearly the top of the bulb. Pseudo-bulbs thick and fleshy, 
6in. to 10in. high, with three or four leaves on the top 
of each. Propagation is effected by dividing the bulbs 
when they commence to start into growth. For cultural 
and structural remarks, see Catasetum. 
C. aureum (golden)* jl. light yellow, disposed in long, closely-set 
racemes. KE 1%. Е America, 1851. A remarkable and 
handsome species. (P. F. G. 75.) 
ded)* jl, small, but very pretty; sepals and 
petals greenish-white, spotted with pink; lip the same colour, 
and beautifully fringed. June. New Grenada. Very scarce. 
(B. M. 4479.) 
C. chlorochilum  (greenish-yellow-lipped). f. large, very 
er sepals and petals yellowish-green ; lip lighter. June, 
July. А. 2ft. Demerara, 1838. 
c. um (Egerton’s).* fl. dark purple; sepals and petals 
membranaceous, recurved; disk of lip roundish, broken into 
clavate processes ; column slender, very long ; raceme pendulous, 
very long. Autumn. л. 2ft. Mexico, 1855. (С. С. 1843, 775.) 
C. Lehmanni (Lehmann's)* fl., sepals salmon-coloured ; petals 
and lip orange; peduncle many-flowered. /. long, petioled, 
cuneate, oblong acute, very strong. Pseudo-bulbs about Tin. 
long, elongate, pear-shaped, furrowed. Columbia, 1880. бух. 
Luddemannia Lehmanni, 
C. Loddigesii (Loddiges).* fl. 4in. across ; sepals and petals of a 
brownish-green colour, with darker Spots, and bearing some 
resemblance to the expanded wings of а swan; spikes three or 
four-flowered. Surinam, 1830. Very curious and desirable. 
(B. M. 4215.) 
C. maculatum греч; Л. buff-colour, thickly spotted with 
purple ; numerously go on à long raceme. Pseudo-bulbs 
very short.— A. 1ft. exico, 1839. (I. H. 20, 143.) 
C. musciferum (fly-bearing). /. pale brown ; sepals linear-lanceo- 
late, dorsal one refracted ; petals linear ; lip membranous, hastate; 
lateral segments linear, ascending, middle one bearded at base, 
tongue-formed at apex; racemes loose. Early spring. Л. lit. 
Columbia, 1849. (P. F. G. iii. 29, 248.) 
C. pentadactylon (five-fingered). Л. ve large; sepals and 
рее yellow, ed with green, with broad chocolate- 
colo blotches; lip of the same colour, divided into five ws 
r^ d лк h. lft. Brazil, 1841. Е 
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C. ventricosum (inflated) fi. very sweet-scented ; sepals and 
pum a with a white lip. July, August. A. 2ft. 
uatemala, 1835. 
С. Warscewiczii (Warscewicz’s).* ji. green, those on one spike 
much larger and totally different in appearance one from the 
other, so much so that, seen separately, they would be taken as 
belonging to different genera; the flowers om the shorter spike, 
with the broad segments and simple lip, are probably female, 
while the smaller and more numerous flowers on the long raceme, 
and which have a much-divided lip, are male. 1879. (G. C. m. s., 
xii. 493.) 
CYDONIA (from Kydon, in Crete, where the tree grew 
in large numbers, and where, perhaps, the Greeks first 
became acquainted with it) ^ Quince.  Omn. Rosacea. 
Hardy deciduous trees and shrubs. Flowers large, either 
solitary, or few together in а kind of umbel. Pome closed, 
five-celled ; cells cartilaginous, many-seeded; seed covered 
with mucilaginous pulp. Leaves undivided, quite entire, 
or serrated. For culture, &c., see Quince. 
C. chinensis (Chinese) Л. light rose-colour; calyx five-part 
reflexed, downy inside. Spring. 1, stalk Жа PL 
finely serrated. China. Smalltree orlarge shrub. (B. R.905)" 
C. japonica (Japanese).* jl. deep scarlet, solitary, or two or three 
ors nm produced the greater part of the year: calyx glabrous; 
lobes short, obtuse, entire. jr. green, very t, but not 
edible, ripening in October. J. oval, somewhat cuneated, crenate- 
serrated, quite glabrous on both" surfaces; stipules reniform, 
serrated. 1. 5ft. to 6ft. Japan, 1815. “ Опе of the most desirable 
deciduous shrubs in cultivation, whether as a bush in the open 
lawn, trained against а wall, or treated as an ornamental hedge 
plant. It has also been trained up with a single stem as a 
standard; and, in this character, its pendent branches and 
numerous flowers give it à rich and striking appearance, especially 
Very curious. ( 
in early spring. It is difficult to unite with its congeners by 
jd but, if it could be grafted standard high on the Pear, 
a 
orn, or even the common Quince, it would form a most 
little tree, Readily iy qim by layers or suckers, 
and it also grows by cuttings. Fig. 587. There are many 
ке » including a White. as well as a double red-flowe 
Cydonia— continued. 
C. Maulei (Maule’s).* fl. bright red. April. fr. olden-yellow, 
produced in great abundance, agreeably perfumed, but exceed- 
ingly acid to the taste ; it, however, makes an excellent conserve. 
1. somewhat smaller than those of C. japonica, and plant dwarfer 
and more compact in habit. Japan, 1874. One of the most 
beautiful of recently introd b $ 
КЕР у oduced shrubs. SYN. Pyrus Maulei. 
Fig, 587. CYDONIA JAPONICA, showing Flowering Branch, Fruit, 
and Single Flower. 
C. vulgaris (common) Common Quince. . white or e 
red, large, few, disposed in a kind ы с ga Мау ог e 
jr. vary: in shape in different varieties, glandular, oblong, 
ovate, or obovate; it has a peculiar and rather pleasant apple- 
like smell, and an austere taste. J. ovate, blunt at the 
uite entire, clothed with white tomentum beneath, as well as 
the calyces and pedicels. A. 20ft. South Europe, 1573. (Enc. T. 
and S. 450.) See also Quince. 
Fic. 588. FRUITING BRANCH OF CYDONIA VULGARIS LUSITANICA 
(PORTUGAL QUINCE) ——— 
C. v. lusitanica (Portuguese) Portugal Quince. Be ns 
inact, leaves and lager frait Шан Seth, i is better adapted 
for use as a stock for Pears. Fig. 588. 
C. v. maliformis (apple-shaped) Jr- apple-shaped. 
C. v. pyriformis (pear-shaped). fr. pear-shaped. 
CYLINDRICAL. Cylinder-shaped ; round, 
CYLISTA (from kyliz; in reference to the calyx being 
veer mé. ine adios. A stove evergreen 
woody twiner, with axillary simple racemes of yellow. 
flowers, pinnately-trifoliolate leaves, and rhomboid or 
ovate, acute, stipellate leaflets; bracts large, caducous. 
