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terminali brevissimo, incurvo, late rotundato, margine leviter 

 recurvo integerrimo; columna longiuscula, crassa, apice longe 

 rostrata, rostro triangulari, acuto, recto vel paulo incurvo, 

 cirrhis elongatis, subulatis, antice porrectis. 



Catasetum purum C. G. Nees PI. in Hort. Bonn. Icon. 1. 

 tab. 1 (1824); Spreng. Syst. VegeL, Cur. Post. 307; Lindl 

 Gen. and Spec. Orch. 156, in BoL Regist. XXVII. sub tab. 34, 

 XXX. Misc. p. 34; Hook, in Bot. Mag. tab. 3398, Cent. 

 Orch. tab. 51; Drapiez, Encyclogr. Eigne Veget. III. Mars 

 1835 (Bot. Mag.), fig. 1; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 

 567; Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., Bot. XXVII. 223, 

 in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. VI 96 (1889). 



Catasetum semiapertum Hook. Exot. Fl. III. tab. 213 

 (1826); Sweet, Hort. Brit. 1830. p. 488; Lindl. Gen. and 

 Spec. Orch. 156, in Bot Regist. XX. tab. 1708, XXVII. sub 

 tab. 34, XXX. Misc. p. 33; Drapiez, Encyclogr. Regne Vigil. 

 II. Oct. 1834 (Bot. Reg.). Jig. 3. 



Catasetum inapertum Steud. Nomencl. Bot. edit, secund. 



I. 311 (1840). 



Catachaetum purum Hoffmsgg. Vers. Orch. 38 (1842). 



Catachaetum semiapertum Hoffmsgg. Verz. Orch. 38 (1842). 



Kadice8 numerosae, densiuscule fasciculatae, robustae, longi usculae, 

 simplices, satis flexuosae, pallide fuscescentes. Pseudobulbi erecti vel 

 erecto-patuli, recti vel leviter nrcuati, utrinque leviter attenuati, laete 

 virides vel dilate fuscescentes et transverse pallide fusco-anuulati, primum 

 laeves, riemum profundiuscule multisulcati, 8 — 12 cm. longi, 2 1 /* — 4 cm. 

 crassi; vaginae arete adpressae tenuiter multistriatae, pallide virides. 

 Folia submenibranacea, plus minusve patula, basi subconduplicata, 

 caetermu leviter concava vel subplana, snpra saturate viridia, subtus paulo 

 pallidiora, 3 — 4 dm. longa, 4 — 6 cm. lata; nervis robustiusculis , supra 

 profundiuscule impressis, subtus satis prominentibus ; nervulis secundariis 

 numerosis, tenuissimis. Pedunculus communis masculus at rictus leviter 

 flexuosus vel plus minusve arcuatus, teres, laevis, nitidus, laete viridis, 

 25 — 40 cm. longus, 5 — 7 mm. crassus; vaginae subcoriaceae, arete adpressae, 

 laeves, tenuiter multistriatae, pallide virides vel dilute fulvae, 1 — l*/i cm. 

 longae. Pedicelli patentissimi vel subreflexi, satis graciles, leviter flexnosi 

 vel arcuati, teretiusculi, laete virides, cum ovario SJ*/t-^S l /i cm - longi* 

 Bracteae satis concavae, tenuiter plurinervulosae, pallide virides, 8 ad 

 12 mm. longae. Flores patentissimi vel subnutantes, odorati, segmeutis 

 viridibus vel flavo-viridibus, immaculatis vel vix maculatis. Sepala leviter 

 concava, inferne satis attenuata, subtiliter 9— 11-nervulosa, circiter 2 1 /* cm. 

 longa, 6—7 mm. lata, lateralia leviter obliqua. Petala membranacea, 

 leviter convexa, basi satis attenuata, tenuiter 7— 9-nervulosa, paulo obliqua, 

 circiter 2 1 /* cm. longa, 7—9 mm. lata. Labelldm 15—18 mm. longum, 

 12—15 mm. latum. Columna erecta, leviter incurva, obtuse trigona, 

 inferne paulo attenuata, viridi-coerulea, circiter 15 mm. longa; cirrhi 

 viridi-flavescentes, satis arcuati, 12—15 mm. longi. — Flores feminei 

 ignoti. 



Habitat in sylvis umbrosis Brasiliae loco accurato haud indicato: 

 B. E. Lloyd; in prov. Bahia: Dr. Dundas, Lhotzky, Blanchet. — Floret 

 Februario—Maium. 



Sect. II. MYANTHUS Lindl. in Bot. Regist. XXVII. 

 sub tab. 34 (1841); Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., Bot. 

 XXVII. 223 (1889), in Orch. Rev. III. 141; Cogn. in 

 Lindenia X. 54. 



Flores dioici, dimorphi. Masculi: labellum inferum, 

 planum vel paulo concavum; columna elongata, margine 

 utrinque infra stigma cirrho elongato reflexo instructa. 

 Feminei: labellum superum, crasse carnosum, galeiforme; 



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columna brevis, crassa, ecirrhosa. 



Species 19 — 45. 





A. Columnae cirrhi dissimiles, alter antice porrectus, 

 alter lateraliter porrectus. — Species 19—23. 



19. CATASETUM PILEATUM Reichb. f. dioicum 

 vel rarissime monoicum; pseudobulbis robustis, fusiformibus 

 vel interdum subconicis, paulo compressis, transverse pluri- 

 articulatis, primum vaginis pluribus majusculis submembrana- 

 ceis vestitis, deraum denudatis; foliis majusculis, ligulato- 

 lanceolatis, acutis, inferne longe attenuatis , 3— 5-nerviis; 

 scapo masculo radicali, robustiusculo , nutante, foliis saepius 

 breviore, inferne vaginis pluribus brevibus remotissimis 

 acutisque vestito, superne densiuscule pluri— submultifloro 

 bracteis submembranaceis , arete adpressis, oblongis, acutis, 

 ovario multo brevioribus ; floribus amplis, breviuscule pedicel- 

 latis; sepalis membranaceis , subaequilongis, late lanceolatis, 

 acutis, dorsali patulo vel erecto-patulo , lateralibus paten tis- 

 simis; petalis patulis, late lanceolatis, acutis, sepalo dorsali 

 aequilongis; labello infero, crassiuscule carnoso, rigido, 

 margine submembranaceo , sepalis lateralibus paulo breviore, 

 transverse oblongo vel subsemirotundato, indiviso, profundius- 

 cule concavo, paulo supra basin breviter et obtuse calcarato, 

 apice saepius leviter emarginato, margine integerrimo leviter 

 undulato vel interdum subtiliter denticulato ; columna elongata, 

 crassiuscula, longissime rostrata, rostro lineari-subulato, acuto, 

 plus minusve incurvo, cirrhis elongatis, subulatis, altero antice 

 porrecto, altero lateraliter apice valde incurvo. 



Catasetum pileatum Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. new ser. 

 XVII. 492 (1882), XXVI. 616; LOrchidoph. 1882. p. 398, 

 1887. p. 2; Sander, Reichenb. ser. 1. II. 91. tab. 90; Rolfe 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., Bot. XXVII. 220 et 223, in 

 Orch. Rev. III. 335; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. 

 p. 148; Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. IV. 78; Sander, Orch. Guide 20. 



Catasetum Bungerothi N. E. Brown! in Lindenia II. 

 21. tab. 57 (1886), in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. V. 461. Jig. 83 

 A et B, VII. 735; Rodigas in 111. Hort. XXXIV. 31. tab. 10 

 (1887); LOrchidoph. 1887. p. 352, 1890. p. 64, 1891. p. 134; 

 Gard. Chron. new ser. XXVI. 785, ser. 3. I. 139. mm tab. 

 etp. 142. fig. 32; Bot. Mag. tab. 6998; The Garden, XXXIII. 

 388 cum ic. (1888) ; Warn, et Will. Orch. Alb. VIII. tab. 352; 

 Rolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. VI. 466; Watson, Orch. 88. 

 fig. 22; Journ. des Orch. I. 168 et 184, IV. 206; Lindenia 

 VI. 18; Stein, Orchideenb. 110; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. 

 edit. 7. p. 146 cum ic; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 512. fig. 77 et 

 p. 616; Orch. Rev. III. 2, IV. 292, VII. 244; Cogn. in 

 Lindenia X. 57, Diet. Ic. des Orch., Colas, tab. 1. fig. 1; 

 Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. IV. 76, Lehm. in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 

 XXVIII. 317 (1900). 



Gallo bianco Brasiliensibus (secund. Chaff auj on). 



Radices satis numerosae, elongatae, robustiusculae, leviter flexuosae, 

 canescentes. Pseudobulbi erecti vel plus minusve patuli, recti vel leviter 

 arcuati, basi breviuscule constricti, superne saepius longe attenuati, laete 

 virides et transverse fusco pluriannulati, primum laeves, demum leviter 

 multisulcati, 15— 25 cm. longi, 2 1 /*— 5 cm. crassi; vaginae arete adpressae, 

 tenuiter multistriatae, pallide virides vel albidae. Folia submerabranacea, 

 erecta vel patula, superne saepius plus minusve recurva, basi subcondupli- 

 cata, caeterum leviter concava vel subplana, supra saturate viridia, subtus 

 paulo pallidiora, 2—372 dm. longa, 4-7 cm. lata, nervis supra pro- 

 fundiuscule impressis, subtus satis prominentibus, nervulis secundariis 

 numerosis, gracillimis. Pedunculus communis masculus leviter flexuosus 





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