Ces 
Catasetum Russetuianum. Tue Deke or 
Beprorp’s CATASETUM. 
Class and Order. 
GynanpRIA MonanpriA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuivez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium sepius globosum, nunc explanatum. Sepala 
et petala subeequalia. Labellum crassum, carnosum, nudum, 
ventricosum v. explanatum, fimbriatum, sub apice saccatum _ 
obsolete trilobum. Colwmna erecta, aptera, libera, apice 
utrinque cirrhosa. Anthera subbilocularis, antice truncata. 
Pollinia 2, postice biloba v. sulcata, caudicula maxima 
nuda demum elastice contractili, glandula cartilaginea 
subquadrata.—Herbe terrestres v. epiphyte, caulibus brevi- 
bus fusiformibus vestigiis foliorum vestitis. Folia basi vagi- 
nantia, plicata. Scapi radicales. Flores speciose, racemost, 
virides, nunc purpureo-maculati. Lindl. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Carasetum Russellianum; pseudo-bulbo elliptico magno, 
foliis lato-lanceolatis, racemo amplo, labello submem- 
branaceo antice inflato ore contracto margine anteriore 
producto undulato fimbriato disco membrana cristato, 
columna nuda (ecirrhosa.) 
This, together with the subject of the following plate, 
were the last Orchideous plants that were communicated to 
me from Woburn Abbey during the life of its late noble 
possessor. They were sent from the gardens on the same 
day that His Grace. was attacked with his alarming illness, 
and ere they could reach me, the news had arrived of his 
lamented death. In him Science and the Arts have lost a 
steady 
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