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CATASETUM PURUM. SporTLeEss Oarasnroné? 
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( Nat: Ord.—Orcuipem.) 
Generic Character. iy 
Perianthium sepius globosum, nunc explanatum. Sepala 
et Petala subequalia. Labellum crassu 1, carnosum, nu- 
dum, 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 Joliorum ves- 
titis, Folia basi vaginantia, plicata. Scapi radicales. 
' Flores speciosi, racemosi, virides, nunc purpureo-maculati. 
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Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Caraserum purum ; spica multiflora, perianthii foliolis con- 
cavis deflexis immaculatis, labello ore contracto in- 
tegro lateribus denticulatis. in eggs 
Caraserum purum..~Nees Pl. Hort. Med. Bonn. 1824. 
Tab. I, uur 
Cavaserominapertum. Hook. Exot. Fl. v. 3. t. 213. (1826.) 
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This is one of the-best-characterized of all the Carasera, 
and although introduced to the Liverpool Botanic Garden, 
48 mentionedin the Exotic Flora, more than eight-years 
480, it appears to be still a rarity in our collections. So 
is confinéd. to two of the gardens of Liver- 
ar as I know, it 
Pool, which: rank high in the Orchideous department, 
Namely, the Botanic Garden and that of Cuartes Ho a, 
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