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416 



Var. aureo-maculatum Be Bossch. in 111. Bort. ser. 6. III. 91. 

 tab. 54 (1896); Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. IV. 79. 



Var. aureum Cogn. in Journ. des Orch. V. 303 (1894) et in 

 Lindenia X. 38 et 51; Kew Bull., Addii. Ser. IV. 79. 



Var. eburneum Rolfe in Orch. Rev. HI. 86 (1895). 



Var. flavescens Rolfe in Orch. Rev. II. 357 (1894), III 43 et 85; 



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



- Var. Grignani L. Lind. in Sem. Hort. 1897. p. 418. 



Var. Lansbergianum L. Lind. in Sem. Hort. 1897. p. 418; Lindenia. 

 XIII. tab. 611; Qard. Chron. set-. 3. XXIV. 2 (1898). 



Var. Lindeni Rolfe in Orch. Rev. II. 356 (1894); Kew Bull, 

 Addit. Ser. IV. 79; Cogn. Diet. Ic. des Orch., Catas. hybr. tab. 1. — 

 Catasetum macrocarpum var. Lindeni O'Brien in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 

 XVI. 306 (1894); Orch. Rev. II. 294; Journ. des Orch. V. 3. 205. 

 fig. 76. p. 206. 219 et 246 ; Lindenia X. 23. tab. 442; Kew Bull, Addit. 



Ser. IV. 78. 



Var. Luciani Rolfe in Orch. Rev. II. 356 (1894); Kew Bull, 

 Addit. Ser. IV. 79. — Catasetum Luciani Cogn. in Lindenia X. 47. 

 tab. 454 (1895), in Journ. des Orch. V. 365. 



Var. maculatum Rolfe in Orch. Rev. II. 356 (1894); Kew Bull, 



Addit. Ser. IV. 79. 



Var. MiRABif.E Rolfe in Orch. Rev. III. 85 (1895). — Catasetum 



mirabile Cogn. in Lindenia X. 55. tab. 458 (1895), in Journ. des Orch. 



V. 347 cum icon, et p. 366; Sem. Hort. 1897. p. 369. fig. 143; Kew 



Bull, Addit. Ser. IV. 78. 



Var. O'Brienianum Rolfe in Orch. Rev. II 356 (1894), III. 43; 



Kew Bull, Addit. Ser. IV. 79. 



Var. punctatissimum Rolfe in Orch. Rev. III. S5 (1895), IV. 35. ~ 

 Catasetum Lindeni Cogn. in Lindenia X. 45. tab. 453 (1895), in Journ. 

 des Orch. V. 347. Jig. 87 et p. 365 ; Sem. Hort. 1897. p. 369. fig. 143. 



Var. regale Rolfe in Orch. Rev. II. 356 (1894); Kew Bull, 



Addit. Ser. IV. 79. 



Var. revolutum Cogn. — Catasetum revolution Cogn. in Journ. 



des Orch. V. 303 (1894), in Lindenia X. 56 (1895); Kew Bull, Addit. 



Ser. IV. 78. 



Var. rubiginosum L. Lind. in Lindenia XII. 57. tab. 555 (1897). 



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



267 (1895); Lindenia XI. 47. tab. 502-503. fig. 7; Kew Bull, Addit. 



Ser. IV. 79. 



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Var. 8EMIROSEUM Cogn. — Catasetum semiroseum Beck in Wien. 

 Ill Gart. Zeit. 1895. p. 415, 1896. p. 423. tab. 4; Cogn. Chron. Orchid, 

 n. 1. p. 3. 



Var. viride Rolfe in Orch. Rev. II. 356 (1894), III. 43; Kew 

 Bull, Addit. Ser. IV. 79. 



Var. Worthingtonianum Rolfe in Orch. Rev. Ill 336 (1895), 

 V. 29; Journ. des Orch. VI. 195 (1895); Lindenia XL 14; Kew Bull, 

 Addit. Ser. IV. 79. 



E. S 



Habitat in prov. Alto Amazonas secus flum. Rio Negro secund 

 Hand. Etiam in Venezuela secus flum. Alto-Orinoco : Hort. Linden 



21. CATASETUM TIGRINUM Reichb. f. dioicum; 

 pseudobulbis robustiusculis, fusiformi-conicis, paulo compressis, 



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transverse pluriarticulatis , primum vaginis pluribus meni- 

 branaceis majusculis vestitis, demum denudatis; foliis medi- 

 ocribus, lanceolato-subspathulatis , acutis vel breviter acumi- 

 natis, inferne longe attenuates, crassiuscule plurinerviis; scapo 

 masculo radicali, robusto, nutante vel pendulo, foliis circiter 

 aequilongo, basi vaginis paucis brevibus remotissimis acutis- 

 que vestito, superne densiuscule multifloro; bracteis carnosulis, 

 anguste triangularibus , acutis, ovario multo brevioribus; 

 floribus mediocribus , breviuscule pedicellatis; sepalis sub- 

 membranaceis, patentissimis, subaequilongis, ovatis vel ovato- 

 oblongis, acutis; petalis patulis, late ovatis, abrupte acutis, 

 sepalo dorsali aequilongis; labello infero, crasse carnoso, 

 sepalis lateralibus paulo longiore, satis concavo, triangulari- 

 ligulato, medio inferne angulato gibbo, basi tumido, nunc 

 denticulo obscuro in basi utrinque, marginibus lateralibus 



integerrimis , apice subtruncato et minute trilobulato, lobulis 

 triangularibus acutis; columna breviuscula , crassa, apice 

 breviuscule rostrata, rostro triangulari, acuto, satis incurvo, 

 cirrhis brevibus, lineari-subulatis, altero antice porrecto, altero 

 lateraliter incurvo. 



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

 XV. 40 (18S1), XXVI. 6S1, in Lindenia I. 59. tab. 27; 

 LOrchidoph. 1887. p. 193; Stein, Orchideenb. 112; Williams, 

 Orch. Groiv. Man. edit. 7. p. 149; Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. 

 IV 80. 



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Radices numerosae, dense fasciculatae, longiusculae, robustiuscnlae, 

 leviter flexuosae, simplices, cauescentes. Pseudobulbi erecti vel erecto- 

 patuli, recti vel leviter arcuati, basi breviter constricti, superne longe 

 attenuati, nitidi, intense virides et transverse fusco pluriannulati, primum 

 laeves, demuin leviter plurisulcati, 8—10 cm. longi, 2— 27 2 cm. crassi; 

 vaginae arete adpressae, tenuissirae striatae, pallidae. Folia submem- 

 branacea, plus niinusve patula, superne satis recurva, inferne subcondupli- 

 cata, superne saepius satis concava, supra saturate viridia, subtus paulo 

 pallidiora, 15—25 cm. longa, 3—4 cm. lata, exteriora saepius multo 

 breviora; nervis supra profunde impressis, subtus valde prominentibus; 



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nervulis secundariis numerosis, gracillimis. Pedunculus communis mas- 

 culus paulo flexuosus et plus miuusve arcuatus, teretiusculus vel superne 

 obtuse augulatus, laevis, laete viridis, 15—20 cm. longus; vaginae iuem- 

 branaceae, arete adpressae, laeves, albidae vel pallide fulvae, circiter 1 cm. 

 longae. PbdiCBLM patentissimi , robustiusculi, recti vel leviter flexuosi, 

 teretiusculi , pallide virides, cum ovario 2— 272 cm. longi. Bracteae 

 rigidiusculae, satis concavae, pallide virides, 6—8 mm. longae. Flores 

 nutantes vel subpenduli. Sepala basi breviter attenuata, circiter 2 cm. 

 longa, 12 — 15 mm. lata, alba et maculis satis numerosis parvis trausverais 

 pallide purpureis ornata, dorsale satis concavum, lateralia paulo obliqua 

 leviter convexa. Petala membranacea, paulo concava vel subplana, basi 

 subrotundata, leviter obliqua, alba et maculis numerosis parvis transversis 

 purpureo-violaceis sublineata, circiter 2 cm. longa et fere totidera lata. 

 Labei.lum patentissimum vel leviter reflexum, pallide albido-lnteolum, 

 circiter 272 cm. longum, inferne 7—10 mm. latum. Columna erecta, 

 paulo incurva, obtuse trigona, antice coucava, basi breviter attenuata, 

 pallide flava, dorso purpureo- punctata, 15—18 mm. longa, 6—7 mm. 



crassa. — Flores feminei ignoti. 



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, Habitat in prov. Para loco accurato haud indicato : E. S. Rand. 



22. CATASETUM CHRISTYANUM Reichb. f. dioi- 



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cum; pseudobulbis robustis, fusiformibus , paulo compressis, 

 transverse pluriarticulatis, primum vaginis pluribus mem- 

 branaceis majusculis vestitis, demum denudatis; foliis medi- 

 ocribus, lanceolato-loratis, breviter acuminatis, inferne longe 

 attenuatis, plurinerviis ; scapo masculo radicali, robusto, erecto 

 vel paulo patulo, foliis ut videtur paulo longiore, inferne 

 vaginis pluribus brevibus remotis acutisque vestito, superne 

 laxiuscule 6 — 7-floro; bracteis submembranaceis, triangulari- 

 linearibus, longiuscule acuminatis, ovario multo brevioribus; 

 floribus magnis, longe pedicellatis; sepalis submembranaceis, 

 subaequilongis, lanceolato-ligulatis , longe acuminatis, dorsali 

 erecto-patulo, lateralibus horizontaliter patentissimis; petalis 

 erecto -patulis, anguste lanceolatis, breviuscule acuminatis, 

 sepalo dorsali aequilongis ; labello infero, crassiuscule carnoso, 

 sepalis lateralibus multo breviore, profunde trilobato, profuude 

 saccato, sacco inflato conico obtuso, ore contracto transverse 

 oblongo antice lamellato et emarginato, lobis reflexis, late- 

 ralibus quadrangulis margine longe fimbriatis, terminali 

 anguste obovato apiculato apice recurvo margine longe ciliato; 

 columna longissima, crassa, apice longissime rostrata, rostro 







