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by the male that they can be best distinguished, the in- 

 termediate form being apparently confined to C. macro- 

 carpum. Sixteen species, the first three growing on 

 sand and nearly allied :— 



1. C. discolor ... Flowers yellowish green, hood slightly 



fringed. 



2. C. cristatum ... Flowers green, fringed at the crest. 



3. C. fimbriatum ... Flowers pinkish-white, much fringed. 



4. C. macrocarpum ... Flowers green, blotched with crimson. 



5. C. trifidum ... Similar to the last, lip of male flower 



with a white fringe. 

 .. Male flower ; lip fringed, heart-shape with 



a horn. like appendage. 

 ,. Male flower ; lip bag-like, fringed. 

 .. Male flower; lip flat, triangular. 

 .. Male flower; lip flat, heart-shaped. 

 .. Male flower? lip bag-like. 

 .. Male flower; lip bearded with fleshy hairs 

 . Male flower ; lip oblong, green with dark 



spots. 



6. C. cornutum 



7. C. saccatum 



8. C. deltoideum 



9. C poriferum 



10. C luridum 



11. C. barbatum 



12. C. Darwinianum 



13. C. recurvatum 



14. C. planiceps 



... Male flower; lip roundish, compressed, 

 serrated. 



15. C. scurra ... Male flower? white, lip fringed. 



16, C. longifolium ... Leaves long, ribbon-like, flowers orange 



scarlet. 



15. Cychnoches. — Another interesting genus, in habit 

 much like Catasetum, the flower-stems borne on the 

 sides of the pseudo-bulbs above the base but not on the 

 apex. The flowers have been compared in shape to a 

 swan, the long arched column forming the neck and the 

 remainder of the flower the body. Three species, all 

 handsome : — 



I, C. Loddigesii ... Flowers brownish green, lip white with 



crimson spots. 



2. C. chlorochilon ... Flowers yellow. 



3, C. purpureas ... Flowers purple. 



