CYCNOCHES. 



ORCHIDES. 561 



anther , tlie middle one being ihe narrowesl; it hcnds away from the lip so grace- 

 fully, that tlie 2 taken togclher almost descrihe ihe segments of a circle, 

 Rchb. fil. Conjil. It. 9. Caracas 4000'. Juii. Wagener, 



■f f Labellum in appendices solulum, 



4. CYCNOCFIKS PENTADACTYLON Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXIX. 43. 22. Misc. 26 : 

 Racemo brevi striclo, sepalis pelalisque lanceolatis reflexis, supremo 



incurvo, labelli flnguiculati margine revoluto dorso adnato , hypochilio 

 cornu recto incurvo auclo, metachilio quadrilobo medio foveato laciniis 

 2 posticis obtusis carnosis , inciirvis, anticis subulatis , apiculo lingui- 

 formi acuto laevi. 



..Brasilia.'' Veitch. 



Iis lip is quite remarkatle having 5 flnger-like lobes and no more instead of the 

 lateral coms-like fringes of C. maculatum. 



5. CYCNOCHES AUREUM Lindl. Paxt. Fl. G. IIL Tab. 75. (1852): 



Racemo longo pendulo compacto, sepalis lanceolatis planis , petalis 

 conformibus ab apice revolutis, labello brevi unguiculato apice ovato 

 acuto disci rotundati margine in processubus brevibus arcualis apice 

 furcatis soluto, 2 basilaribus majoribus discretis rectis, columna labelli 

 longitudine. 



VVhole coloured, pale clear yellow, — Ara. central. — Lera. III. 264, 



6. CYCNOCHES DIANAE Rchb. fll. in v. Schl. B. Z. 1852. 636. 



Perigonii phyllis oblongis acutis, cuneatis, subaequalibus, labelli un- 

 guiculati lamina cochleari basi utrinque cornu semilunato aucta , mar- 

 gine lobulata, lobulis denticulatis , lamina brevi lancea , nunc recurva, 

 antrorsa sub margine elevato apicis ; gynostemio gracillimo, flliformi, 

 apice clavato, androclinio postice falculis geminis semilunalis antrorsis 

 onusto. 



BluthenliuIIe carmoisin, mit braunen Punkten , Lippe weiss. Saule grun. Aehre 

 vielbluthig, hangend , in der Achsel alter Schuppen des kleinen walzigen Stammes. 

 S§ule sehr viel langer als Lippc. Bluthen etwa so gross , wie die des Cycnoches 

 Egertonianum, viel kieiner als die des C. atireum Lindl. — Mittelamerika. v. Wscwz. 



7. CYCNOCHES EGERTONIANUM Bat. 0. Mex. Guat. FI. 40 ; 



Foliis vaginantibus undulatis lanceolatis acuminatis racemis multi- 

 floris nutantibus brevioribus ; sepalis petalisque subaequalibus ovatis 

 acutis, labello columna continuo obovato raargine incurvo, digitis clavatis 

 utrinque instructo, epichilio lineari membranaceo digilis vix longiore. 



Flowers chocolatc colour inside , greenish outside, ground colour of the lip green, 

 flngers tinged with purple. Column dark purple. 

 Guatemala. Skinner. 



Bot. Reg. 1846. Tab. 46. „C. Egertonianum Lindl." C. stellifenm Lodd. (fl. pal- 

 lide virentibus). Oaxaca. 



8. CYCNOCHES MACULATUM Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXVI. (1840j. Misc. 8: 



Racemo longissimo multifloro , labello linearilanceolato , hypochilio 

 lineari, metachilio basi cornuto glandulis utrinque teretibus elongatis 

 genuflexis pinnatifide marginato, epichilio lanceolato membranaceo acuto 

 margine incurvo. 



Long pendulous , many nowered racemes of dull yellowish-brown flowers spoited 

 wiih brown. 

 VL 71 



