Tab. 6998. 

 CATASETUM Bukgekotm. 



Native of Venezuela. 



Nat. Ord. Oechide^e. — Tribe Vande.e. 

 Genus Catasetum, Richard; {Benth. et Hooh.f. Gen. Plant, vol.iii. p. 551.) 



Catasetttm Bungerothi ; pseudobulbis breviusculis cylindraceis v. fuaiformibua 

 sulcatis, foliis elliptico-lanceolatis acuminatis, raoemii rnultifloris, floribua 

 amplis concoloribus eburneis pallide stramineis v. aureis labelli basi ocli>-aceo, 

 sepalis oblongis petalisque paullo majoribus obovato-oblongis abrupte oandato- 

 acuminatis, labello maximo explanato orbiculari transverse oblongo v. Bub- 

 triangulari, basi truncato-cordato breviter obtuse calcarato, columnar ramia 

 crasse subulatis, anthera in cornu porrecto producta. 



C. Bungerothi, N. E. Br. in Lindcnia, vol. ii. p. 21, tab. 57; Gard. Chron. Ser. 

 3, vol. i. (1877), p. 139, cum Ic. Xylog.; Em. Bodigas in L'lllust. Sortie. 

 1887, p. 31, t. 10; Lindenia, vol. iii. p. 19, t. 104 (var. Pottsianum), and 

 p. 43, t. 116 (var. aureum). 



This very striking plant was first made known by Mr. 

 N. E. Brown's description, published in 188G, and drawu 

 up from very imperfect materials sent by M. E. Bungeroth 

 (Collector for the Compagnie Continentale d s Horticulture), 

 from Venezuela. These consisted of dried specimens and 

 a sketch, a reproduction of which accompanies the descrip- 

 tion in Lindenia, and which giving, as these did, very 

 certain proofs of the remarkable character of the species, 

 excited great interest in the Horticultural world. In 

 January," 1887, a more complete description and figure 

 appeared in the "Gardener's Chronicle," supplied by a 

 specimen that flowered in the collection of F. G. Tautz, 

 Esq., of Studley House, Hammersmith^ In the article 

 accompanying this description and figure, it is stated that a 

 plant in full flower was shortly before sold in Stevens's 

 rooms for fifty guineas. 



G. Bungerothi is subject to a good deal of variation, in 

 the colour of the flower and form of the lip -and petals. 

 In the original drawings and specimens that first bloomed 

 in this country, the parts are all ivory-white, with the 

 hollow of the spur ochreons, which colour is different on 

 the lip around the mouth of the spur. In var. awrum the 



JUNE 1st, 1888. 



