—, = 
Va 
1861 
* MORMÓDES atropurpúrea. 
Dark-purple Mormodes. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDACEA, $ VANDEA. 
MORMODES. Lindl.  Sepalum superius subfornicatum, angustum; 
lateralia conformia reflexa. Petala latiora, conformia, erecta. Labellum sel- 
Izeforme, ascendens, trilobatum, subcuneatum, apiculatum, cum columna articula- 
tum. Columna semiteres, mutica; gynizus longus angustus; clinandrium 
postice acuminatum. Pollinia 4, per paria connata, caudicule crasse affixa, 
glandule carnose crassee adherenti.— Habitus Cataseti. Lindl. Nat. Syst. of 
Botany, ed. 2. p. 446. 
Mormodes atropurpurea. 
Pseudobulbi caulescentes, Cataseti facie, polyphylli, oblongi, basibus 
foliorum distantibus vaginantibus imbricati. Folia plicata (Cataseti), 3-5- 
costati, erecti, apice recurvi. Racemus lateralis, densus, oblongus, pedun- 
culatus, pseudobulbo altior. Flores atropurpurei. Sepala lineari-oblonga 
equalia, reflexa, basibus lateralium paulo obliquis et ungui labelli adnatis. 
Petala ovata, erecta, supra columnam conniventia. Labellum replicatum, 
retrorsum arcuatum, circumscriptione cuneatum, leviter unguiculatum, trilo- 
bum, lateribus deflexis venosis, lobo intermedio magis carnoso, cuspidato, sub- 
trilobo. Columna compressa, rostrato-acuminata, cum labello continua, 
erecta, mutica, antherà postice rostratá, gynizo oblongo. Pollinia 4, per 
paria connata, caudicule subcucullate adnata, glandulá concavá crassá. 
Sent to me in December last from the garden of John 
Willmore, Esq. of Oldford near Birmingham, with whom 
it then flowered for the first time. It had been imported 
from the Spanish Main in 1834. It is a new genus, differing 
from Catasetum and Myanthus in the want of cirrhi upon the 
column, and from Monachanthus in its lip (fig. 1. being 
membranous and curved upwards, with the sides turned down- 
* From poppò a frightful-looking object, a goblin, in allusion to the strange 
appearance of the flowers. 
