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weight of the flowers, which are, consequently, always seen in an in- 
verted position. FLowers of a yellowish green. SEpats lanceolate, 
acuminate, the upper one being rather narrower, and the lateral ones 
slightly unguiculate. Petats broader than the sepals, curved down- 
wards. Lip somewhat heart-shaped, very much swollen on the upper 
side, hollow beneath, of the purest white, communicating with the co- 
lumn by a short claw, which, at its junction with the base of the lip, 
presents a black callosity. CoLumn round, and club-shaped, only 
half the length of the upper sepal, and at-its extremity bearing two 
small faleate horns, which guard the anther. CapsuLe very large, 
oblong, bearing innumerable minute seeds. 
Poputar anD GeoGcrapHicaL Notice. This remarkable plant, 
“simillima cyeno” is a native of Guatemala, and was discovered in 
the asc lea) of acini by ne pais cise ee us cel 
Skinner. F. 
to some members of the animal kingdom, it dis reserved for this ge- 
nus, to present the likeness of a swan, which is more observable in the 
Se FSROSES Searels a aki of Surinam, than in the present plant. 
To discover th , in both species, to reverse the 
flowers, which bowiver.; is only rato them to their original posi- 
tion. The observation of these singular forms excites the mind to en- 
quire, what is the object of their formation. This enquiry however, 
cannot at present end in a satisfactory result, unless we look upon 
them as designed perhaps chiefly to vary the mantle with which the 
Author of all has covered the surface of our globe.— 
“For not to use alone did goat 
Abound, but large example gav an. 
Of grace, and ornament, and elections rich, 
Tn bird, beast, a hy winged and creeping thing, 
In herb, and flow 
InrRopDUCTION; WHERE Grown; CuLTure. It was first received 
in Britain, in 1832, sent by Mr. Skinner, to James Bateman, Esq., of 
Knipperslay Hall. Our plant flowered in August, 1837, in the stove 
of Messrs. Loddiges. The mode of culture is the same as for that of 
Dendrobium, already detailed under No. 5. 
DerivaTion OF THE NaMES. 
CycyocuEs. Swanwort, from cicvoc, aswan, and avynyv, a neck, in allusion 
to the graceful curve of the ‘column of this plant, which resembles a swan’s neck. 
Ventricosvs. turgid, or swelling, from the swollen appearance of the upper 
side of the lip. a 
SyNONYMEs. 
Cresoc HES VENTRIcOsUs. Bateman. Orchidace® of Mexico and Guatemala, 
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