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CatTasetum WaAtesir. Mr. Wat.e’s 
CATASETUM. 
Se ee eo 
Class and Order. 
GyYNANDRIA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—OrcuipeEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium sepius globosum, nunc explanatum. Se- 
pala et petala subequalia. Labellum crassum, carnosum, 
nudum, ventricosum vel explanatum, fimbriatum; sub apice 
saccatum obsolete trilobum. Columna erecta, aptera, libera, 
apice utrinque cirrhosa. Anthera subbilocularis, antice 
truncata. Pollinia 2, postice biloba vel sulcata ; caudicula 
maxima nuda demum elastice contractili ; glandula cartila- 
- ginea subquadrata.—Herba terrestris vel epiphyta; caulibus 
brevibus fusiformibus vestigiis foliorum vestitis. Folia basi 
vaginantia, plicata. Scapi radicales ; Flores speciost, race- 
most, virides, nunc purpureo-maculati. Lindl. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Carasetum Wailesii ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, perianthiis 
ovatis compressis conniventibus, sepalis petalisque a- 
cuminatis, labello subconico-cucullato, ore contracto 
integerrimo, antheris hemispherico-compressis umbo- 
natis umbone subtus squamifero. 
The strange forms exhibited in the different parts of the 
flower of the several kinds of Caraserum have often attract- 
ed notice. Inthe present instance, the most striking pecu- 
liarity is to be found in the anther-case, which, instead of 
being carried out into a very long point or beak, is singu- 
larly short and flattened, in the centre of which is an umbo 
or elevated tubercle, and beneath this, a pretty large, mem- 
branaceous, spreading scale. Whetlier this be simply a 
sport 
