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CATASETUM LURIDUM. LwuRIp CATASETUM. 
EEK KEE KEK EEK ERE ERE 
Class and Order. 
GynanpriA MonanpriA. 
( Nat. Ord.—OrcuivEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium sepius globosum, nunc explanatum. Se- 
pala et petala subequalia. Labellum crassum, carnosum, 
nudum, ventricosum v. explanatum, fimbriatum ; sub apice 
saccatum obsolete trilobum. Colwmna erecta, aptera, li- 
bera, apice utrinque cirrhosa. Anthera subbilocularis, an- 
tice truncata. Pollinia 2, postice biloba v. sulcata, caudi- 
cula maxima nuda demum elastice contractili, glandula 
cartilaginea subquadrata.—Herbe terrestres v. epiphyte, 
caulibus brevibus fusiformibus vestigiis foliorum vestitis. 
Folia basi vaginantia, plicata. Scapi radicales. Flores 
speciosi, racemosi, virides, nunc purpureo-maculati. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Cataserum luridum; pseudobulbis oblongis compressis, 
foliis lato-lanceolatis, racemo brevi nutante, perianthio 
subgloboso, petalis sepalisque subrotundo -ellipticis 
arcte imbricatis, labello magno carnoso cucullato apice 
producto truncato subreflexo. 
Caraserum luridum, Lind. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. p. 156. 
Bot. Reg. t. 1667. : 
Aneutoa lurida. “ Link in Verhandl. des Vereis, &e. 1. 
p. 289. t. 6.” 
The form of the flowers of this very distinct species of 
Carasetum is no less remarkable than their powerful fra- 
stance: a single raceme of flowers diffusing its odour 
throughout the whole of a large apartment, and which is 
too powerful if we smell closely at the blossoms fheomaiee 
