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CYCNOCHES (from Icylmoa, a swan, and auchen, a 

 neck; in reference to the long and gracefully curved 

 column). Swan Neck. OBD. OrcTiidece. The species of 

 this genus are deciduous. Flowers large, produced from 

 nearly the top of the bulb. Pseudo-bulbs thick and fleshy, 

 6in. to lOin. 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. aurenm (golden).* fl. light yellow, disposed in long, closely-set 

 racemes. A. 1ft. Central America, 1851. A remarkable and 

 handsome species. (P. F. G. 75.) 



C. barbatnm (bearded).* JL small, bat very pretty ; sepals and 

 petals greenish-white, spotted with pink ; lip the same colour, 

 and^beantifully fringed. June. New Grenada. Very scarce. 



C. cblorochilnm (greenish-yellow-lippedX* fl. large, very 

 fragrant ; sepals and petals yellowish-green ; lip lighter. June, 

 July. A. 2ft. Demerara, 1838. 



C. Egertoniannm (Egerton's).* JL dark purple; sepals and petals 

 membranaceous, recurved ; disk of lip roundish, broken into 

 clavate processes ; column slender, very long ; raceme pendulous, 

 very long. Autumn. A. 2ft. Mexico, 1835. (G. C. 1843, 775.) 



C. Lehmanni (Lehmann's).* JL, sepals salmon-coloured; petals 

 and lip orange; peduncle many-flowered, i. long, petioled, 

 cuneate, oblong acute, very strong. Pseudo-bulbs about 7in. 

 long, elongate, pear-shaped, furrowed. Columbia, 1880. SYN. 

 Luddemannia Lehmanni. 



C. Loddigesii (Loddiges').* JL 4in. across ; sepals and petals of a 

 brownish-green colour, with darker spots, and bearing some 

 resemblance to the expanded wings of a swan ; spikes three or 

 four-flowered. Surinam, 1830. Very curious and desirable. 

 (B. M. 4215.) 



C. macnlatnm (spotted), fl. buff-colour, thickly spotted with 

 purple ; numerously produced on a long raceme. Pseudo-bulbs 

 very short. A. 1ft. Mexico, 1839. a- H. 20, 143.) 



C. mnscifernm (fly-bearing), fl. 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. A, 1ft. 

 Columbia, 1849. (P. F. G. iii. 29, 248.) 



C. pentadactylon (five-fingered). JL very large; sepals and 

 petals pale yellow, tinged with green, with broad chocolate- 

 coloured blotches ; lip of the same colour, divided into five parts, 

 likeji man's hand. A. 1ft. Brazil, 1841. Very curious. (B. B. 



ited). fl. very sweet-scented ; sepals and 

 v, with a white lip. July, August. A. 2ft. 



C. Warscewiczii (Warscewicz's).* /. green, those on one spike 

 much larger and totally different in appearance one from thi- 

 other, so much so that, seen separately, they would be taken as 

 belonging to different genera ; the flowers on the shorter spike, 

 with the broad segments and simple lip, are probably female, 

 while the smaller and more numerous flowers on the longraceme, 

 and which have a much-divided lip, are male. 1879. (G. C. n. s., 

 xii. 493.) 



CTDONIA (from Kydon, in Crete, where the tree grew 

 in large numbers, and where, perhaps, the Greeks first 

 became acquainted with it). Quince. OBD. Rosacece. 

 Hardy deciduous trees and shrubs. Flowers large, either 

 solitary, or few together in a 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). /. light rose-colour ; calyx five-parted, 

 reflexed, downy inside. Spring. L stalked, coriaceous, oval, 

 finely serrated. China. Small tree or large shrub. (B. B, 905.) 



C. japonica (Japanese).* fl. deep scarlet, solitary, or two or three 

 together, produced the greater part of the year ; calyx glabrous ; 

 lobes short, obtuse, entire, fr. green, very fragrant, but not 

 edible, ripening in October. I. oval, somewhat cuneated, crenate- 

 serrated, quite glabrous on bott surfaces ; stipules reniform, 

 serrated. A. 5ft. to 6ft. Japan, 1815. " One of the most desirable 

 deciduous shrubs in cultivation, whether as a bush in the open 

 lawn, trained against a 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 anil 

 numerous flowers give it a rich and striking appearance, especially 

 in early spring. It is difficult to unite with its congeners by 

 grafting ; but, if it could be grafted standard high on the Pear, 

 the Hawthorn, or even the common Quince, it would form a most 

 delightful little tree. Readily propagated by layers or suckers, 

 and it also grows by cuttings.'' See Fig. 587. There are many 

 varieties, including a white, as well as a double red-flowered 

 form. 



Cydonia continued. 



C. Manlei (Maule's).* fl. bright red. April, fr. golden-yellow 

 produced in great abundance! agreeably P perfume! CHSS3 

 ingly acid to the teste ; it, however, makes an excellent conserve. 

 i. somewhat smaller than those of C. japonica, and plant dwarfer 

 and more compact in habit. Japan, 1874. One of the most 

 recently introduced shrubs. SYN. Pynu 



Pio. 587. CYDO.NIA JAPO.MCA, showing Flowering Branch, Fruit, 

 and Single Flower. 



C. vulgaris (common). Common Quince, fl. white or pale 

 red, large, few, disposed in a kind of umbel'. May or June. 

 fr. varying in shape in different varieties, glandular, oblong, 

 ovate, or obovate ; it has a peculiar and rather pleasant apple- 

 like smell, and an austere taste. /. ovate, blunt at the base, 

 quite entire, clothed with white tomentum beneath, as well as 

 the calyces and pedicels. A. 20ft. South Europe, 1573. (Enc. T. 

 and S. 450.) See a U-o Quince. 



Fio. 588. FRUITING BRANCH OP CYDO.MA VULGARIS LUSITANICA 



(PORTUGAL QUINCB)i 



C V. lusltanica (Portuguese). Portugal Quince. This has 

 broader leaves and larger fruit than the two under-mentioned 

 kinds ; and, being of more vigorous growth, it is better adapted 

 for use as a stock for Pears. See Fig. 588. 

 C. v. malifonnis (apple-shaped), fr. apple-shaped. 

 C. V. pyriformla (pear-shaped), fr. pear-shaped. 

 CYIiINDRICAL. Cylinder-shaped ; round. 

 CTLISTA (from Jkylix ; in reference to the calyx being 

 very large). OBD. Leguminosce. 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. 



