No. 2000. 



CYCNOCHES LODDIGESII. 



Class. Order, 



G YNANDRIA MONA NDRIA 





This extraordinary plant is a native of 

 Surinam : it was sent to us in 1830, by our 

 kind friend Mr. Lance; and it flowered in 

 May, and again in the winter of 1832. Dr. 

 Lindley has given it this name, and pub- 

 lished it in his excellent work on the 

 Genera and Species of Orchideous Plants. 



We have preserved it in the stove, sus- 

 pended from a rafter, and planted in moss 

 and broken bits of pot ; but it has not yet 

 increased. 



Having been enabled to complete our 

 twentieth volume, and thus to place two 

 thousand plants before the public, our 

 labours are closed ; the precarious state 

 of our draughtsman's health not permitting 

 him to go on any farther. We cannot take 

 leave of our kind friends without ex- 

 pressing our sincere gratitude for the 



