387 



ORCHIDACEAE: MORMODES— CATASETUM. 



388 



superne laxiuscule pluri— submultifloro; bracteis satis parvis, 

 obiongo-lanceolatis, acurainatis; floribus mediocribus, longius- 

 cule pedicellatis; sepalis patulo-reflexis, leviter undulatis, 

 oblougo-ligulatis, acutis, lateralibus paulo brevioribus ; petalis 

 late lanceolatis, acutis, leviter obliquis, sepalo dorsali sub- 

 aequilongis et satis latioribus ; labello sepalis lateralibus sub- 

 aequilongo, snpero, ascendente, leviter incurvo, fere usque 

 ad medium trilobate ambitu late ovato-subrotundato, basi 

 subtruncato et latiuscule breviterque unguiculato, lobis mar- 

 gine satis undulatis, lateralibus ovato-oblongis, acutis, reflexis, 

 intermedio late triangulari-ovato, sub apice constricto, ab- 

 rupte acuto, disco laevi. 



Mormodes sinuatum Reichb. f. et Warm, ex Reichb. f. 



Warm 



Fl. Bra?. 



Centr.part. XXX. 852. tab. 6. Jig. 5; Jacks. Index Kew. III. 

 265 (M. sinuata). 



Radices satis nnmerosae, breviusculae, satis graciles, simplices, 

 leviter flexuosae. Pseudobulbi erecti, recti, basi rotundati, superne 

 paulo attennati, 12—15 cm. longi, 4 1 /*— 6 cm. crassi ; vaginae arete 

 adpressae, latissime ovatae, acutiusculae, distincte plnrinervulosae, 5—6 cm. 

 longae. Folia ereeta vel erecto-patula, satis concava praecipue ad basin, 

 margine leviter ondulata, 30—40 cm. longa, 5—7 cm. lata. Pedunculus 

 communis basi satis arcuatus, superne rectus vel leviter flexuosus, teretius- 

 culus, laevis, 40—45 cm. longus; vaginae arete adpressae, laeves, apice 



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oblique truncatae et acutae, 1 — 2 cm. longae. Pedicelli plus minusve 

 reflexi, satis flexuosi, robustiusculi, profundiuscule plurisulcati , contorti, 

 cum ovario 3 — 4 cm. longi. Bracteae carnosulae, subadpressae, leviter 

 concavae, 7—8 mm. longae. Flores penduli, segmentis carnosulis, atro- 

 purpureis. Sepala leviter convexa, margine plus minusve revoluta, inferne 

 leviter attenuata, 5-nervulosa, dorsale 3 cm. longum et 8 mm. latum, 

 lateralia satis obliqua, 26 — 27 mm. longa, 9—10 mm. lata. Petala plus 

 minnsve patula, leviter convexa, basi satis attenuata, 5-nervulosa, 28 ad 

 29 mm. longa, 10—11 mm. lata. Labellom carnosum, distincte multi- 

 nervulosnm, convexum , 24—25 mm. longum et fere totidem latum. 

 Columna ereeta, satis incurva, leviter torta, crassiuscula, inferne satis 

 attenuata, acute trigona, violaceo- purpurea, antice dilute viridis, apice 

 satis attenuata, circiter 2 cm. longa. A nth era pallida, subbemisphaerica, 

 apice angustissime longeque rostrata, rostro recto obtusiusculo, 7—8 mm. 

 longa. Capsula perfecta ignota. — Species mihi hand visa; descript. ex 

 op. et icon, supra cit. 



Habitat in sylvis supra arbores ad Ldgoa Santa prov. Minas 

 Geraes: Warming. 





LXIL CATASETUM L.-C. Eich. 



Catasettjm L.-C. Rich, ex Kunth, Syn. PI. Aequin. I. 330 

 (1822), in Hamb. et Bonpl Nov. Gen. et Spec. VII. 157 

 (1825); Spreng. Syst. Veget. Ill 726, Gen. II. 666; Lindl 

 Orch. Seel. 15, Gen. and Spec. Orch. 155, Bot. Reg. XX VII. 

 sub tab. 5 (1841), XXX. Misc. 40 (1844); Endlich. Gen. 

 PI 198; Meissn. PI Vase. 376 (282); Schomb. in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. Lond. XVII. part. 4. p. 551 (1837); Mutel, Mem. 

 Orch. Nouv. part. I. 21; Beer, PraJct. Stud. Fam. Orch. 205; 



Gen. des PI. IV. 516; Reichb. f. Xenia 



Man 



Walp 



Linn. Soc. Lond., Bot. VI. 151 et Fertilis. Orch. 236; Griseb. 

 Fl. Brit. W.-Ind. hi. 631; Du Buyss. I] Orchid. 225; Benth. 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., Bot. XVIII. 322, in Benth. et 

 Hook. Gen. PI III. 551; Hemsl. Biol. Centr,Amer., Bot. III. 

 260; Pfitz. in Engl. u. Prantl, Naturl. Pflamenfam. II. 6. 



p. 159; Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc Lond., Bot. XX VII 

 206—225, in Orch. Rev. III. 138- 



143; N. E. Brown 



Gard. Chron. ser. 3. VI. 559 (1889); Watson, Orch. 87 - 

 Stein, Orchideenb. 108; Bois, Orch. 106; Kerch. Livre des 

 Orch. 266; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 145; L. 

 Lind. Orch. Exot. 615; Cogn. in Lindenia, X. 48, in Journ. 

 des Orch. VI. 49 et 92. — Monachanthus Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 

 XVIII. sub tab. 1538 (1832), Gen. and Spec. Orch. 157. 

 Myanthus Lindl. in Bot. Reg. XVIII. sub tab. 1538 (1832) 



Gen. and Spec. Orch. 154. 



Cuculina Rafin. Fl. Tellur. 



IV. 49 (1836). 



Catachaetum Hoffmsg. ex Reichb. Nomencl 



235 (1841); Hoffmsg. Verzeichn. Orch. 38 et 45 (1842)- 



Linnaea, XVI. Litt. 231 (1842). 



Clowesia Lindl. in Bot. 



Reg. XXIX. Misc. 25 et tab. 39 (1843); Wittst. Etym. 

 Handw. 208 (Clowesea); Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 

 686; Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., Bot. XVIII. 323, 



in Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. III. 554. 



Flores dimorphi, dioici vel fortuito monoici, 

 rarissime hermaphroditi vel polygamo-trimorphi. Sepala 

 et petala libera, saepius subaequalia, nunc omnia 

 lata, crassa, in globum conniventia, nunc angustiora 

 omnia yel sepalum posticum cum petalis conniventia, 

 vel sepala lateralia vel interdum omnia patula vel 

 deflexa. Labellum carnosum, ad basin columnae 

 sessile, valde variabile, crassiusculum vel crassissimum, 

 angustum vel latissimum, saepius valde concavum inter- 

 dum subplanum vel plus minusve convexum, margine 

 integerrimum dentatum laciniatum vel longe fimbriatum. 

 Columna ereeta, crassa, carnosa, apoda; in floribus 

 masculis saepissime elongata, margine utrinque infra 

 stigma siccum seta vel cirrbo reflexo instructa, cli- 

 nandrio postice in acumen longum producto; in floribus 

 femineis multo brevior nunc brevissima et crassior, 

 absque cirrbis, stigmate perfecto. Anthera terminalis, 

 opercularis, incumbens, convexa, uniloculars vel im- 

 perfecte bilocularis, in floribus masculis dorso longe 

 acuminata, in floribus femineis multo minor; pollinia 

 in floribus masculis 4, per paria sibimet incumbentia 

 vel bisulcata vel biloba, cerea, oblonga, inappendiculata, 

 anthera dehiscente stipiti longo loriformi affixa, glan- 

 dula magna crassa, in floribus femineis imperfecte 

 evoluta. Capsula oblonga, maxima, erostris. 



Herbae terrestres vel saepius epiphyticae, Americae 



a 



bulbum ovoid eum 



Mexicum \ 

 urifoliatis 



fusifi 



incrassatis. Folia 



ampla, plicato-venosa , in vaginas contracta. Scapi ad 

 basin pseudobulborum simplices, erecti vel penduli. 

 Flores speciosi, in racemo numerosi vel pauci, erecti 

 vel interdum reversi, labello infero vel saepius super o. 











