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CYCNOCHES PERUVIANUM ro rz. 
THE PERUVIAN CYCNOCHES. 
CYCNOCHES. Herbae epiphyticae, caulibus plurifoliatis mox longe carnoso-incrassatis v. pseudobulbos 
oblongos plurivaginatos formantibus. Folia ampla, plicato-venosa. Scapi ad axillas pseudobulborum nutanti v. rarius 
suberecti, simplices. Flores speciosi v. mediocres, in racemo pauci v. numerosi, dimorphi. — ¢. Sepala subaequalia, 
libera, patentia v. reflexa, carnosula v. membranacea. Petala sepalis similia vy. paullo latiora. Labellum cum basi 
columnae continuum, patens, carnosum, basi plus minus in unguem contractum, superne lanceolatum v. orbiculatum, 
integrum v. varie lobatum, cristatum v. fimbriatum. Columna apoda, elongata, tenuis, valde arcuata, exalata, apice 
incurvo-clavata; clinandrium postice elevatum, acuminatum. Anthera terminalis, opercularis, incumbens, unilocularis; 
pollinia 2, cerea, globosa, sulcata, inappendiculata, anthera dehiscente stipiti lineari rigidula affixa; glandula magna, 
crassa, stigma abortivum. — 9. Sepala subaequalia, libera, patentia, carnosula. Petala sepalis similia v. paullo latiora. 
Labellum cum basi columnae continuum, patens, carnosum, basi in unguem brevem contractum, superne ovatum 
v. elliptico-oblongum, integrum, carnosum. Columna apoda, brevis, crassa, valde arcuata, breviter rostrata, alata ; 
alae carnosae, rigidae, deflexae, ovato-triangulae; stigma inter alas situm. Anthera abortiva. 
Cycnoches LINDL. Gen. & Sp. Orch. Pl. (1832), p. 154. — BreNTH. et Hook. Fr. Gen. Plant. Il, p. 552. 
excl. syn. — ROLFE in Gard. Chron., 1891, pt. 2, p. 69. 
Cycnoches peruvianum, Pseudobulbi fusiformes, 4-6 poll. longi. Folia lanceolata, acuta, plicata, 4-7 poll. longa. 
o Racemus pendulus, gracilis, laxiflorus, g poll. longus. Bracteae lanceolatae, acuminatae, 9-12 lin. longae. Pedicelli 
circa g lin. longi. Sepala lanceolata, acuta, 1 poll. longa. Petala similia, subfalcata. Labellum unguiculatum, unguis 
3 lin. longus, limbus orbiculatus, margine in processibus clavatis obtusisque 2 lin. longis soluto. Columna tenuissima, 
I poll. longa. — ¢ Ignotus. 
Cycnoches peruvianum ROLFE, supra. 
his interesting form — we cannot yet say whether it will prove to be 
a distinct species — is a native of Peru, whence it was introduced 
by Messrs Linpen, L’Horticutture INTERNATIONALE, Pare Léopold, 
Brussels, and flowered in that establishment during May of the present year. 
The male flowers only are at present known, and these are closely allied to the 
corresponding sex of C. ventricosum in structure, though they are not identical, 
and in colour they are quite distinct. Instead of being of a dark purple shade, 
they are light green, with numerous small brown spots, with a white lip, as 
shown in the annexed plate. C. ventricosum, moreover, is a native of Mexico and 
Guatemala. C. stelliferum Linvt., which has pale green flowers, has been sup- 
posed to be a variety of the same species, but it, too, is a native of Mexico. 
I have compared the present form with every described species, but have failed 
to identify it, and therefore propose for it the above name. 
The sportive character of this singular genus is now well known, and it is 
to be hoped that with care the plant will gain in strength, and in due time 
produce female flowers, which in all probability will enable us to form a more 
decided opinion than at present. We may safely predict that they will be three 
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