222 ORCHIDS. 



A. Cycnoches Loddigesii. Surinam . Lodd. Cab., 2000. 



Fl. Cab., 15. 



B. R, 1742. 



B. M., 4215. 



B. M, 3855. 



Perianth brownish green, marked with yellowish brown ; 

 lip white, marked with red ; very fragrant. 



The flowers are four inches across, and resemble the 

 expanded wings of a swan. Blooms in July and August, 

 continuing long in perfection. 



A. Cycnoches leuchochilum. Guiana . . . B. M., 3853. 

 Perianth greenish yellow, marked with brown ; lip 



white, marked with greenish yellow. Flowers very large 

 and fragrant. 



C. Cycnoches maculatum .... Maund, Bot, 4, 156. 



I. H., 3, 143. 



Sert. O., 33. 



A small species, with long flower-spikes, bearing a 

 profusion of pale brown flowers, marked with yellowish 

 brown. 



B. Cycnoches pentadactylon. Brazil. . . B. R., 29, 22. 

 Flowers very large, yellow and brown. 



B. Cycnoches ventricosum. Guatemala. Maund, Bot., 2, 54. 



B. M., 4054. 



Bat, 5. 



Flowers pale, whitish yellow; lip yellow, edged with 

 white. Flowers fragrant, in June, July, and August. 



These plants are all deciduous, losing their leaves as 



