Tas. 4792. 
CATASETUM Naso, varr. 
Proboscis Catasetum, vars. 
Nat. Ord. OncHIDEe.—GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. Perianthium sepius globosum, nunc explanatum ala et 
tala subaequalia. Labellum cial, ae. ee aad pi : 
om fimbriatum, sub apice saccatum, obsolete trilobum. Columna erecta, aptera, 
ibera, apice utrinque cirrhosa. Anthera sub-bilocularis, antice truncata. Pol- 
linia 2, postice biloba vel sulcata ; caudicula maxima nuda demum elastice con- 
pit glandula cartilaginea, subquadrata.—Herbee terrestres, epiphyte ; caulibus 
evibus fusiformibus, vestigiis foliorum vestitis. Folia basi vaginantia, plicata. — 
Scapi radicales. Flores speciosi, racemosi, virides, nunc purpureo-maculati.— 
t . 
Catasetum (§ Myanthus) Naso ; spica brevi erecta, sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis 
complicatis petalisque lanceolatis adscendentibus equalibus, labello hemi-— 
spherico apice abrupte in appendicem carnosam ovatam obtusam pro- 
ducto, marginibus basi tenuibus laceris amplexicolumnibus, linea intramar- 
ginali carnosa inflexa connivente ostium cordiforme efficiente. Lindl. 
oe a aris Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1843. Mise. p. 71. n. 11, and 1844, Mise. 
p. 36. . 18. 
“Native of Caraccas, Mr. Linden. This is a singular plant, 
_whose flowers before opening might be mistaken for C. tridenta- 
tum, but when expanded they are totally different. The sepals 
and petals, which are very pale dull green outside, are slightly 
pink inside, and richly spotted, in irregular bars, with a deep — 
crimson-purple. ‘The lip is a most singular organ, and very dif- 
ficult to describe. Viewed from the side it has a hemispherical 
nt, where it is extended into 
Seen in front it is almost wholly 
were a solid hemi- 
-shaped hole ; 
which rises 
within the true edge of the lip, and directing itself inward | ; 
JULY Ist, 1854. 
