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CYCNOCHES LODDIGESII. 
CycnocHEs LoppiGEsI! is the original species of a very remarkable genus, 
which was established by Lindley, as long ago as 1832, upon a single flower 
sent to him by Messrs. Loddiges (Gen. & Sp. Orch. p. 154), the generic 
Fig. 4. CycNocHes LODDIGESII. 
name, ‘‘ Swan’s neck,’’ being given in allusion to the long, slender column, 
gracefully curved like the neck of aswan. A year later Messrs. Loddiges 
figured the plant (Bot. Cab., t. 2000), remarking :—‘‘ This extraordinary 
plant is a native of Surinam: it was sent to us in 1830, by our kind friend 
