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had elapsed it burst into blossom in the stove of the Hor- * 
ticultural Society. 
It is a native of the woods not only of Bahia, but pro- 
bably of the greater part of Brazil, the Prussian specimens 
and those of the Horticultural Society having been imported 
from Rio Janeiro. Like all the species with similar habits, 
it grows freely in decayed vegetable matter, mixed with a 
little pure loam, among quantities of potsherds, and it pro- 
bably willsoon become common. Although it cannot be 
compared for beauty with Catasetum tridentatum, it is never- 
theless a very interesting species; the spots on the margin 
of the lip are of the deepest and richest ruddy-brown ; while 
the horns of the column may be compared to the forelegs 
of some spider lurking in the bosom of the flower to seize. 
upon the victims that may enter it. 
