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C. cucullata, But in the autumn of 1836, in the garden of the 
Horticultural Society, a plant of Cyenoches produced from the 
opposite sides of the same stem two racemes ; those of one raceme 
were the well-known fragrant flowers of Cycnoches Loddigesii, and 
of the other the scentless flowers of the new C. cucullata.” 
In 1837 a second species of Cycnoches was described and figured 
by Bateman (Batem. Orch. Mex. et Guat. t. 5) under the name of 
C’. ventricosum. It had been introduced from the neighbourhood of 
Istapa, Guatemala, by Skinner, and flowered in Mr. Bateman’s 
_ collection at Knypersley. The figure shows an_ inflorescence, 
flowers, now known to be males, and a seed capsule, the significance 
of which will be presently apparent. Mr. Bateman remarked : 
“ The capsule represented in the drawing adhered to the plant on its 
arrival in this country, and a most interesting relic it is, the huge 
size of the seed vessel being scarcely less remarkable than the 
extreme minuteness of the seeds, with an innumerable quantity of 
which it was at one time filled.” : 
A year later a third species appeared, and was described by 
Klotzsch under the name of C. chlorochilon (Otto und Dietr. 
Allg. Gartenz. vi. p. 225). It had been sent from Caracas by 
Moritz, and flowered at Berlin. Shortly afterwards it flowered 
with Messrs. Loddiges, and was figured (Lindl. Sert. Orch. t. 16). 
About the same time it was figured by Maund (Botanist, ii. t. 54) 
under the name of C. ventricosum, from a plant which is said to 
have flowered with Messrs. Loddiges in August, 1837. It is not, 
however, Bateman’s plant of that name. 
In 1840 another species was described by Lindley, under the 
name of Cycnoches maculatum (Bot. Reg. xxvi. (1840), Misc. p. 10). 
It flowered in the collection of Mr. Barker, of Birmingham, and 
though thought to be Mexican was evidently from Venezuela, for it 
is added, “ The species has also been found in La Guayra, by one of 
the collectors employed by Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., of Clapton ; 
a locality subsequently confirmed. : 
In July, 1842, Bateman figured another species (Batem. Orch. 
Mex. et Guat. t. 40) whose history is so remarkable that it is here 
transcribed verbatim. “ Among Skinner’s earliest Guatemala 
collections, attention was particularly directed to the specimens of a 
scarcely settled in the stove, 
again produced. r. Skinner 
and being then on the t 2 
to take one of the plants under his special care and protection 
during the voyage, which, flowering on the passage, seemed to pre- 
clude the possibility of further confusion or disappointment. 
Specimens produced at sea were exh ; : 3 
was placed in the stove at Knypersley, where it commence Kbit. 
with the utmost vigour. The season of flowering soon arrived, bu 
