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lineari, acutissimo, satis inflexo, leviter sigmoideo-flexuoso, 

 cirrhis elongatis, linearibus, acutissimis, altero antice porrecto, 

 altero superne lateraliter valde incurvo. 



Catasetum Christy anum Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. new 

 ser. XVII. 588 (1882); L Orchidoph. 1882. p. 317, 188 G. 

 p. 225. cum ic; Belg. Hort. 1883. p. 341; Warn, el Will. 

 Orch. Alb. II. tab. 83; Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., 

 Bot. XXVII. 223, in Orch. Rev. III. 324; Watson, Orch. 89; 



Grow. Mam 



p. 147 ; L. 



Lind. Orch. Exot. 617: Gard. 



ser 



XVIII. 617-618. fig. 104; The Garden 1898. II. 34; Keu 

 Bull., Addit. Ser. IV. 76. 



Radices satis numerosae, breves, robust iusculae, paulo flexuosae, 

 simplices, albidae. Pseudobulbi erecti vel erecto-patuli, stricti vel leviter 

 arcuati, utrinque satis attenuati , glauco-virides et transverse fusco pluri- 

 annulati, primum laeves, demam leviter multisulcati, 12—18 cm. longi, 

 3— 4 cm. crassi; VAGINAE arete adpressae, tenuiter multistriatae, pallide 

 glauco-virides interdum dilute fuscescentes. Folia submembranacea, plu* 

 minusve patula, superne saepius satis recurva, busi subconduplicata. 

 superne satis concava vel subplana , supra intense viridia, subtus satis 

 pallidiora, 2—3 dm. longa, 4—6 cm. lata; uervis supra leviter impressis, 

 subtus satis promineutibus; nervulis seenndariis numerosis, tenuissimis. 

 Prdunculds communis masculus strictus vel paulo flexuosus, teres, laevis, 

 nitidus, laete viridis, circiter 3 — 4 dm. longus, 3'/i— 5 mm. crassus; 

 vaginae membranaceae, arete adpressae, laeves, pallide fulvae, apice oblique 

 truncatae, 1 — l l /i cm. longae. Pedicelli patentissimi, robustiuscnli, recti 

 vel paulo arcuati, teretiusculi, pallide virides, cum ovario 37»— 5 mm. 

 longi. Bracteae leviter concavae, pallide fulvae, 10 — 13 mm. longae. 

 Flores patentissimi vel subnutantes, segmentis atro-fuscis. Sepala paulo 

 concava, basi leviter attenuata, 4 l /j-5 cm. longa, circiter 1 cm. lata, 

 lateralia leviter obliqua. Petala membranacea, paulo eonvexa, sepalo 

 dorsali conniventia, apice paulo divergentia, inferne leviter attenuata, 

 4 1 /*— 5 cm. longa, 11 — 12 mm. lata. Labeli.um pateutissimum vel satis 

 reflexum, sacco circiter 5*/« cm. profnudo, intus atro-fusco, extus pallide 

 fusco, lobis fusco ciliatis, lateralibus laete viridibus circiter 1 cm. longis, 

 termiuali olivaceo- viridi V/% cm. longo et fere 1 cm. lato. Columna 

 erecta, subrecta, obtuse trigoua, inferne satis attenuata, antice concava, 

 laete viridis, circiter 4 cm. longa; cirrhi virides, satis arcuati, circiter 

 V/% cm. longi. — Flores feminei ignoti. 



Var. p. chlorops Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. neiv ser. 

 XVII. 628 (1882); L Orchidoph.. 1882—3. p. 399; Belg. 

 Hort. 1883. p. 342; Kew Bull, 4idiL Ser. IV. 76. 



Flores fasciculati , paulo minores. Sepala PETAT.Aqne intense 

 viridia. Labellum paulo minus, intense viride, sacco profundiasimo, ore 

 calloso, ciliis brevioribus, lobo termiuali pentagouo, rubescente. 



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Yar. Y- obscurum Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. new ser. 

 XXII. 649 (1884) ; L' Orchidoph. 1885. p. 65; Kew Bull., 

 Addit. Ser. IV. 76. 



Sepala PETALAque atro-purpurea. Labelli lobi laterales obscure 

 purpurei; lobua terrainalis olivneeo-viridis. 



Habitat in prov. Alto Amazonas loco accurate hand indicate: Hort. 



Christy. 



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23 CATASETUM SACCATUM Lindl. dioicum ; 

 pseudobulbis robustiusculis, subconicis, leviter compressis, 

 transverse pauciarticulatis, primum vaginis paucis majusculis 

 submembranaceis vestitis, demum denudatis ; foliis majusculis, 

 lanceolato-subspathulatis, breviter acuminatis, inferne longe 



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attenuatis, plurinerviis ; scapo masculo radicali, robustiusculo, 





erecto vel subnutante, foliis paulo breviore, inferne vaginis 

 pluribus brevibus remotissimis acutisque vestito, superne 

 laxiuscule 5— 8-floro; bracteis submembranaceis, triangulari- 

 lanceolatis, breviuscule acuminatis, ovario raulto brevioribus; 

 floribus amplis, longiuscule pedicellatis; sepalis submembrana- 

 ceis, lineari-lanceolatis, longe acuminatis, dorsali erecto, late- 

 ralibus paulo brevioribus borizontaliter patentissimis ; petalis 

 erectis, liueari -lanceolatis, longiuscule acuminatis, sepalo 

 dorsali paulo brevioribus; labello infero, crasse carnoso, sepalis 

 lateralibus satis breviore, profundiuscule trilobato, paulo supra 

 basiu profunde saecato, sacco obtuse conico antice curvato 

 compresso, ore paulo contracto incrassato verruculoso trans- 

 verse oblongo subreniformi, lobis arete reflexis margine longe 

 fimbriatis, lateralibus late subrotundatis , terminal! satis 

 longiore late linguiformi vel subrhomboideo abrupte breviter- 

 que acuminato; columna longissima, crassiuscula, apice longis- 

 sime rostrata, rostro lineari, acutissimo, satis inflexo, leviter 

 sigmoideo-ilexuoso, cirrhis elongatis. linearibus, acutissimis, 

 altero antice porrecto, altero superne lateraliter valde incurvo. 



Catasetum saccatum Ijindl. in Bot. Beg ist. XXVI. Misc. 

 p. 76 (1*40), XXVII. sub tab. 34, XXX. Misc. 40, Serf. 

 Orch. tab 41; Beer, Pratt. Stud. Fam. Orch. 207 ; DucMrtre, 

 Man. Gen. dc3 PI. IV. 517 ; Reicltb.f. in Bonpland. IV. 214, 

 m Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 571; liolfc in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 Lond., Bot. XXVII. 22::, in Lindenia VI. 61. tab. 269; 

 Watson, Orch. 90 ; Stein, Orclndcenb. Ill; Williatns, Orch. 

 Grow. Man., edit. 7. p 148 cum icon.; L. Lind. Orch. 

 Exot. 617. 



Catasetum incurvum Klotzsch in Otto d Dietr. Allg. 

 G art cm. 1854. p. 178; Gard. Chron. 1^55. p. 4 cum icon. 



Catasetum Baraquinianum Lemair<- in 111. Hort. IX. 

 Misc. p. 81 cum icon, et p. 90 (1869). 



Catasetum secundum et C. hi^trio Klotzsch ex Reichb. f. 

 in Bonpland. IV. 214 (1856, — nomen tantum). 



Radices satis numerosae, breviusculae, satis graciles, leviter flexuosae, 

 simplices, albescentes. Pseddobulbi erecti vel plus minusve patuli, stricti 

 vel leviter arcuati, basi subrotundati, superne longe attenuati, glauco- 

 virides vel dilate fuscescentes et transverse fusco 2 — 5-annulati, primum 

 laeves, demum profundiuscule multisulcati, 7 — 20 cm. longi, 2 , /« — A l jt cm. 

 crassi; vaginae arete adpressae, tenuiter multistriatae, pallide virides. 

 Folia submembranacea , erecta vel plus minusve patula, superne saepius 

 leviter recurva, basi subconduplicata, caeterum leviter concava vel sub- 

 plana, supra intense viridia, subtus satis pallidiora, 2—4 dm. longa, 4 ad 

 G cm. lata, exteriora saepius multo breviora ; nervis robustis, supra pro- 

 fundiuscule imprcssis, subtus valde acuteque prominentibus; nervulis 

 Recnndariis numerosis, gracilibus. Pkdunculus communis masculus leviter 

 flexuosus vel plus minusve arcuatus, teres, laevis, intense purpureo-fuscus, 

 2 I /*~4 dm. longus, 4 — 5 mm. crassus; vaginas membranaceae, arete 

 adpressae, laeves, pallide virides vel dilute rubrae, circiter 1 cm. longae. 

 Pedicelli patentissimi, satis graciles, subrecti vel satis arcuati, teretius- 

 culi, intense purpureo-vinosi, cum ovario tenuiter 6-sulcato 4 — 5 1 /* cm. 

 longi. Bracteak leviter concavae, pallide virides, 8 — 13 mm. longae. 

 Fi.ores patentissimi vel subnutantes, odorati, segmentis inteuse olivaceo- 

 brunneis et viridi marraoratis. Sepala leviter concava margine involuta, 

 inferne paulo attenuata, tenuiter 9-nervulosa, 9 mm. lata, dorsale 6 l /i cm. 

 longum , lateralia recta vel leviter arcuata 6 cm. longa. Prtala mem- 

 branacea, leviter eonvexa margine revoluta, inferne leviter attenuata sepalo 

 dorsali contigua, superne satis divergentia, subtiliter 9-nervulosa, sub- 

 falcata, 58 mm. longa, 8 mm. lata. Labellum reflexum, 2Vt— 3 cm. 

 longum, disco et lobo termiuali purpureo- fusco, lobis lateralibus viridibus, 

 sacco lVi— 2 cm. profunde ore albo. Columna erecta, leviter incurva, 



