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et plus minusre arcnatns, paulo conipressus, laevis, laete viridia, 2—3 dm. 

 longus, 4 — 5 mm. en bub; vagixak menibranaceae, a rcte ad preasae, laeves, 

 albidae, npice oblique truncatae, 8—12 mm. longae. PeDIOCLU patentis- 

 sinii, robustiusculi, plus minusve flexuosi, teretiusculi, pallid© virides vel 

 interdum albidi, cum ovario obscure trigouo 8 l /t— 8 cm. longi. Bractkak 

 satis concavae, tenuiter plurinervulosae, pallide vi rides, 7 — 10 mm. longae. 

 Florks patentissimi vel subnutantes, albi flaveacentes vel dilute rosei 

 interdum purpureo-punctati. Srpala leviter coucava, inferne longe atte- 

 nuata, tenuiter multinervulosa, 4— 5 1 /* cm. longa, 14—18 mm. lata, 

 lateralia leviter obliqua. Petai.a membranacea, paulo concava vel sub- 

 plana, inferne longiuscule cuneata, subtiliter multinervulosa, paulo obliqua, 

 sepalo dorsali approxirnata, 4— 5 ! /t cm. longa, l 1 /*— 2 cm. lata. Labkllum 

 patentissimum subreflexum, 4—5 cm. longum, 6—7 cm. latum. Columna 

 erecta, paulo incurva vel subrecta, obtuse trigona, interne satis attenuata, 

 saepius alba, 3— 3 ! /i cm. longa; cirrhi pallid t, 14 — 17 mm. longi. — 

 Florks kf.minki nutantes, breviter pedicellati, ovario crasso, profunde 

 snicato, sigraoideo-flexuoso. Srpala PKTALAque carnosula, reflexa, late 

 lanceolata, breviter acuminata, pallide albo- viridia , 3 ! /« — 4 cm. longa, 

 9 — 12 mm. lata. Labkllum superum, crasse carnosura, rigidum, sepalis 

 lateralibus subaequilongum, flavescens, profunde saccatum, sacco obtusis- 

 simo, 3 — 4 cm. profundo, margine late ovato integerrimo leviter recurvo 

 apice acutiusculo. Columna crassissime carnosa, eeirrhosa, 8—9 mm. longa, 

 apice subrotundata et abrupte rostrata, rostro gracillimo, acuminato, satis 

 incurvo, 7—8 mm. longo. Capsula per feet a ignota. 



Formae hortenses satis numerosae; principales sunt: 



Catasktum BuNfiEROTin var. album Hort. ; Lindenia IV. 8 (1SH8) ; 

 Kew Bull, Addit. Ser. IV. 76. 



— — var. aurantiacum Cogn. in Journ. des Orch. VI. 12 (1S95), 

 in Lindenia X. 57. tab. 459, Diet. Ic. des Orch., Catas. tab. 1. fig. 2. 



— — var. aureum L. Lind. et Rodig. in Lindenia III. 43. 

 tab. 116 (1887); Rolfe in Oard. Chron. ser. 3. VI. 466; N. E. Brown 

 in Oard. Chron. ser. 3. VI. 559; Journ. des Orch. IV. 207; Williams, 

 Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 146; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 617 ; Kew Bull., 

 Addit. Ser. IV. 76. 



— — var. IMPERIALS Cogn. Diet. Ic. des Orch., Catas. tab. 1. A 

 (1897). — Catasetum imperiale L. Lind. et Cogn. in Jonrn. des Orch. V. 

 316 et 347 cum ic. (1895); Cogn. in Lindenia X. 59. tab. 460; Journ. 

 des Orch. VI. 307 ; Oard. Chron. ser. 3. X VII. 10. fig. 44 ; Orch. Rev. 



III. 28 et 85; Journ. of Hort. 1895. I. 25. fig. 5; Oard. Mag. 1896. I. 

 51. cum ic; Sem. Hort. 1897. p. 369. fig. 143; Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. 



IV. 77. — Catasetum splendens var. imperiale Rolfe in Orch. Rev. III. 

 18 (1895). 



var. Lindkni Hort; Journ. des Orch. V. 326 (1894). 



— — var. Pott8Ianum L. Lind. et Rodig. in Lindenia III. 19. 

 tab. 104 (1887); Stein, Orchideenb. Ill; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. 

 edit. 7. p. 146; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 617; Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. IV. 76. 



var. Randi Rodigas in III Hort. 1890. p. 117. tab. 117; 



Oard. Chron. ser. 3. VIII. 447 (1890); Journ. des Orch. I. 261, IV. 207; 

 L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 617; Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. IV. 76. 



— — var. regale Hort.; Joun* des Orch. V. 326 (1894). 



Habitat in prov. Alto Amazonas: E. S. Rand; in rupibus ad 

 cataractas Maypures: Spruce n. 3740. Etiam in Venezuela secus flum. 

 Orinoco: Bungeroth; in sylvis humidis secus flum. Alto- Orinoco ad cata- 

 ractas Zamuro, et ad cataractas Atures inter Puerto- Zamuro et Rio 

 Cataniapo: Chaff aivjon; secus flum. Rio Meta prope Cabuyare et Orocue: 

 Lehmann; in ins. Trinitatis secund. E. S. Rand. — Floret Junio. 



20. CATASETUM SPLENDENS Cogn. dioicum; 

 pseudobulbis robtistis , fusiformi - conicis , paulo compressis, 

 transverse multiarticulatis , primum vaginis satis numerosis 

 submembranaceis vestitis, demum denudatis; foliis majusculis, 

 late lanceolatis, acutis, inferne longe attenuates, trinerviis; 

 scapo raasculo radicali, robustiusculo, suberecto plus minusve 

 patulo vel nutante, foliis saepius satis breviore, inferne vaginis 

 pluribus brevibus remotissimis acutisque vestito, superne 

 laxiuscule 8— 10-floro; bracteis submembranaceis, arete ad- 

 pressis, triangular i- lanceolatis, breviter acuminatis, ovario 

 multo brevioribus ; floribus amplis , breviter pedicellatis ; 



Orchid. II. 





sepalis membranaceis, oblongo-spathulatis, longiuscule acumi- 

 natis, dorsali erecto, lateralibus paulo longioribue et latioribus 

 erecto-patulis; petalis erecto-patulis , ovato-oblongis, breviter 

 acuminatis, sepalo dorsali approximates et paulo longioribus; 

 labello infero, crasse carnoso, rigido, margine integer- 

 rimo submembranaceo , sepalis lateralibus subaequilongo, in- 

 diviso, late suborbiculari, apice rotundato, basi subcordato, 

 profunde concavo, fere ad medium late saccato, sacco late 

 conico obtusissimo, apice leviter reflexo, lateraliter subpatulo, 

 disco sub apice leviter incrassato et obscure dentato; columna 

 longissima, crassa, longissime rostrata, rostro lineari, acuto, 



plus minusve incurvo, cirrhis elongatis, lineari -subulatis, 

 laevibus, altero antice porrecto, altero lateraliter apice valde 

 incurvo. 



Catasetum sjdendens Coijn.! in Journ. des Orch. V. 302 

 (1894) ; in Lindenia X. 88 et 51, XI. 47. tab. 502—503. 

 fig. 1. 2. 3; Rolfe in Orch. licr. 11. 355 (pro parte), 111. 1. 

 43 et 85; Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. IV. 79. 



Uuuck.8 numerosae, deiiHiuHCule fa*e.iculatae , elongatae, rolm*tius- 

 eulae, leviter flexuosae, siraplices, albidae. PsKunosuLiii ci«*<ti \el pin* 

 minusve pattili, recti vel leviter arcuali, basi brev in settle ronstrieti, su|>erne 

 longe attenuali, intenne virides vel interdum dilute fuNecHcrntes et trnns- 

 verse fusco plurianuulati , primum laeves, demum ptofundiUNcule mulli- 

 sulcati, 15 — 25 cm. longi, 11 — 4 cm. crassi; vauikak arete adpreasae, 

 distincte multistriatae, pallide virides vel albidae. Folia submembianacea, 

 erecta vel erecto- patul a, superne plus minusve recurva, basi subeondupli- 

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

 paulo pall idiom, 2—3 dm. longa, 5— 8 cm. lata, exteriora saepius multo 

 breviora, nervis crasHis, supra profundi uscule imptessis, subtus satis pro- 

 minentibus, nervulis secundariis numerosis gracillimis. rKiniNCULus com- 

 munis masci i.rs plus minusve flexuoNtis vel areuatus, ter«tiusculus vel 

 superne obscure angulatus, laevis, laete viridis, 2 — 3 dm. longus, 3—5 mm. 

 crassus; vaoinak membranaceue, arete adpressae, laeves, albidae, apice 

 oblique truneatae, 10—12 mm. longae. Pkdicklli patentissimi, robustius- 

 culi, satis flexuosi, terctiusculi, pallide virides, cum ovario obscure trigouo 

 2— 27* cm. longi. Bkactkar rigid iuseulae, satis concavae, tenuiter pluri- 

 nervulosae, pallide virides, 7—10 ram. longae. Florks patentissimi vel 

 saepius nutantes, pallide virides flavescentes rosei atropurpurei vel albi, 

 interdum purpureo-punctati vel lineati. Skpala satis coneava, inferne 

 longe attenuata, tenuiter multinervulosa, dorsale 4 cm. longum et 9 ad 

 10 mm. latum, lateralia leviter obliqua 4'/t cm. longa et 11 — 12 mm. 

 lata. I'ktala membranacea, leviter concava, basi valde attenuata, tenuiter 

 9— 11-nervulosa, satis obliqua, circiter 4'/j cm. longa, 20—23 mm. lata. 

 Labellum patentissimum subreflexum, intus nitidura, 3 1 /* — 4 cm. lougum 

 et latum. Columna erecta, leviter incurva, obtuse trigona, inferne satis 

 attenuata, nitida, saepius alba, 3 l /t — 4 cm. longa; cirrhi albi, 15 — 18 mm. 

 longi. Florks fkmikki ignoti. — Verisimi liter hybrida uaturalis inter 

 C. pileatum Rkichb. f. et C. macrocarpum k. Rich. 



Formae hortenses uumerosissimae; principales sunt: 



Var. acutipktalum L. Lind. in Lindenia XL 48. tab. 502—503. 

 Jig. 7 (1896); Journ. de* Orch. VI. 347; Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. 

 IV. 79. 



Var. albo-purpurkum Cogn. — Catasetum albo-purpureum L. Lind. 

 in Lindenia XI. 48. tab. 502—503. fig. 6 (1896); Journ. des Orch. VI. 

 347; Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. IV. 76. 



Var. album L. Lind. et Cogn. ex Cogn. in Journ. des Orch. VI. 



12 (1895) et in Lindenia X. 49. tub. 455 ; Rolfe in Orch. Rev. III. 85 ; 



Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. IV. 79. 



Var. Aliciak L. Lind. et Cogn. ex Cogn. in Journ. des Orch. VI. 



13 (1895) et in Lindenia X. 53. tab. 457 ; Rolfe in Orch. Ren. III. 85; 

 Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. IV. 79. 



Var. atropurpurkum L. Lind. et Cogn. ex Cogn. in Journ. des 

 Orch. IV. 13 (1895) et in Lindenia X. 51. tab. 456; Rolfe in Orch. 

 Rev. III. 85 ; Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. I V 79. 



Var. aurantiacum Rolfe in Orch. Rev. II. 356 (1894); Keic Bull., 

 Addit. Ser. IV 79. 



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