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Cynorchis (Greek for dog orchid). Orchidaceae. Terrestrial orchids, grown in the warmhouse.

Flower-clusters loose; sepals and petals similar, or the petals smaller, spreading; lip spreading, 3-5-lobed, spurred; anther short, with 2 points, between which arises the middle lobe of the beak.—About 25 species, of the Mascarene Islands and tropical Africa.

The following have been in cult.: C. compacta. Reichb. f. Fls. white, the disk of lip red-spotted. Natal. B.M. 8053. O.K. 19:265. —C. Lowiana, Reichb. f. Lateral sepals light green, the lip bright rose-purple, the spur clavate. Madagascar. B.M. 7551. (as C. purpurascens). O.K. 19:273. G. C. III. 43: 184.—C. Morlandii, Rolfe. Racemes 5-9-fld.; fls. medium-sized, lilac. Mozambique. — C. purpurascens, Thomas. Fls. numerous in a spike-like raceme or head, rose, with the disk of the lip white. Mascarene Isls. B.M. 7852. O.K. 14:305; 15:121; 19:272. G. C. III. 29: 87; 35:227.—C. villosa. Rolfe. Raceme spike like, densely fld.; fls. rose-purple, the sepals glandular-hairy. Madagascar. B.M. 7845.
George V. Nash.

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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
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