CYCNO’CHES VENTRICO'SUS. 
_"" VENTRICOSE CYCNOCHES. 
ENDOGENZ, “3 MONOCOTYLEDONES. 
Natural division 
to which 
this plant belongs. 
NATURAL ORDER, ORCHIDACE. 
GYN. ce aime {i a. GYNANDRIA, 
ich MONANDRIA, 
robe: io Plant ‘alae or LINNEUS. 
No. 54. 
GENUS. Cycnocnes. Linvprey. PERIANTHIUM explanatum. Srp 
lateralia lanceolata, basi paululum sub labello connata; supremo suigtialicte 
Peraza latiora, falcata, decurva. LaBELLUM polio: eealeara aratum, columna 
continuum, lanceolatum. integerrimum, ungue abru alloso. CoLumMNa 
25 OR sae teres, apice clavata, auriculis aber seas atis ad latera cli- 
andrii. ANTH bilocularis. Poxxinia 2, posticé suleata, subpedicellata, 
caudicula sae ete dul grossi. LinpLey, Genera and species of Orchi- 
ideous Plants, p. 154. 
SPECIES. Cyrcnocnes vENTRIcosts. SeEpatis petalisque lanceolatis acu- 
minatis reflexis, labello integro ventricoso acuminato, basi calloso, ungue bre- 
yi; columna arcuata sepalo supremo duplo breviore. Barzman. Orchidacer 
of ‘Mexico and Guatemala, pl. 5 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, CYCNOCHES. PERIANTH spread 
out. Sepats lateral, lanceolate, slightly united at the base under 
the lip ; upper sepal narrower. Perraxs broader than the sepals, fal- 
cate, curved downwards. Lip free, without a spur, continuous with 
the column, lanceolate, entire, claw abrupt, callous. Coxtumn elon- 
gated, arched, round, club-shaped at the point, with two faleate auri- 
cles at the sides of the clinandrium. ANTHER two-celled. PoLien- 
MASSES two, furrowed behind, on a short pedicel, the tail linear, gland 
large. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES, CYCNOCHES VENTRICOSUS. An 
epiphyte. Stems about a foot high, fleshy, slightly compressed, pro- 
ducing 5 or 6 lanceolate, acute, plaited leaves, of which the superior 
are the longest; these, after the flowering season, fall off, when the stem 
becomes shorter, and more swollen, and then is marked by longitudi- 
nal lines, as well as the horizontal contractions at the points whence 
the leaves fell. INFLORESCENCE racemose ; racemes proceeding from 
the axils of the upper leaves, sometimes two or more at one time, but 
more frequently in succession ; each raceme bears about five flowers, 
which open simultaneously, and continue expanded about three days. 
The racemes are at first horizontal, but are afterwards recurved by the 
