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CATASETUM GLOBIFLORUM. GLOoBE- 
FLOWERED CATASETUM. 
RK KEKE EERE KKK KKK KEK 
Class and Order. 
GynanpriA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipea. ) 
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 ; glan- 
dula cartilaginea subquadrata.—Herbe terrestres vel epi- 
phyte ; caulibus brevibus fusiformibus vestigiis foliorum ves- 
tits. Folia bast vaginantia, plicata. Scapi radicales. Flo- 
res speciosi, racemosi, virides, nunc purpureo-maculati. 
Lindl. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Catasetum globiflorum ; spica elongata multiflora, perian- 
thio globoso, sepalis petalisque subconformibus oyatis 
acutis concavis arctissime imbricatis, labello hemi- 
sphezrico-globoso, ore contracto oblongo inferne dila- 
tato basi columne longitudine denticulato, columnz 
brevis setis rectiusculis. 
A most distinct and well-marked species ofa very varia- 
ble Genus. I am indebted to Mr. D. Moore of the Glas-. 
nevin Botanic Garden for specimens, from the stove of that 
valuable establishment, which had been received from Bra- __ 
zil in 1840. Dr. Gogarty, now a resident medical prac- 
titioner at Rio, sent this beautiful plant to the es | 
arden ; 
