Tas. 8093. 
CATASETUM GaterituM, var, PACHYGLOSSUM. 
Brazil. 
Orcuipacke®. Tribe VANDEX. 
CatasETuM, Rich.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 551; Rolfe. in 
Journ. Linn, Soc. vol. xxvii. p. 206. 
Catasetum galeritum, Peichd. f. var. pachyglossum, Reichb. f. in Gard. 
Chron. 1889, vol. i. p. 73; Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. vol. iii. pars 5, p. 398 ; 
ab typo labelli lobo intermedio orbiculari vel fere quadrato obtusangulato 
et crassissimo differt. 
Herba epiphytica, cespitosa. Pseudobulbi ovoideo-oblongi, 3-5 poll. longi, 
vaginis imbricatis membranaceis tecti. Folia petiolata, oblongo-lanceolata 
breviter acuminata, plicata, 6-12 poll. longa, 1-1} poll. lata. Scapi sub- 
erecti, apice arcuati, circa 1 ped. longi, circa 8~[2-flori. lores, masculi 
solum noti, speciosi. Bractese ovato-lanceolate, acuminate, 4~-5 lin. 
long. Pedicelli 3-1 poll. longi. Sepala lanceolata. acuminata, circa 1-1} 
poll. longa, viridia, purpureo-maculata, posticum erectum, lateralia 
patentia. Petala suberecta, lanceolata, acuminata, viridia, purpureo~ 
maculata, cum sepalo dorsali subconniventia, et ei equilonga. Labellum 
inferum, trilobum, crasse carnosum, 1-1} poll. longum; lobi laterales 
oblongi, erecti, lobus intermedius orbicularis vel fere quadratus, obtusus, 
crassissimus ; saccus oblongus, antice productus et conicus, obtusus. 
Columna, clavata, rostrata, circa 1 poll. longa; antenne graciles, incurver, 
in saccum descendentes. 
Catasetum galeritum, Reichb. f., is a very rare species 
which was introduced from the Upper Amazon region by 
the late Mr. E. S. Rand, of Para, and was described in 
1886 by Reichenbach. Three years later the variety 
pachyglossum, Reichb. f., was described, from a plant which 
flowered in the collection of Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., 
at Burford, Dorking. It was said to differ from the type 
in having the front lobe of the lip nearly square, exceed- 
ingly thick, and obtuse-angled, with very thick borders 
underneath, leaving a groove in the middle. This plant 
is, fortunately, still alive, and from it the annexed plate 
has been prepared, from materials sent by Sir Trevor in 
February last. The type we only know from description 
and a figure (Lindenia, vol. ii. t. 67), showing the flowers 
to be much less blotched with brown, and the lip less 
distinctly three-lobed, conical and pointed in front. 
Nothing further is known about its history, but pre- 
sumably it was introduced from the same region as the 
type. 
SEPTEMBER Ist; 1906. 
