_CATASETUM TRIDENTATUM ; var. THREE- | 
| TOOTHED CATASETUM; var. 
Class and Order. 
GyNANDRIA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium sepius globosum, nune explanatum. Sepala 
et Petala subequalia. Labellum crassum, carnosum, nu- 
dum, ventricosum vel explanatum fimbriatum ; sub apice 
saccatum, obsolete trilobum. Colwmna erecta, aptera, li- 
bera, apice utrinque cirrhosa. Anthera subbilocularis, an- 
tice truncata. Pollinia 2, postice biloba vel sulcata, caudi- 
cula maxima nuda demum elastice contractili, glandula 
cartilaginea subquadrata.—Herbe terrestres vel 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. 
Carasetum tridentatum ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acumi- 
natis, perianthiis compressis conniventibus, sepalis 
petalisque acuminatis, labello cucullato apice triden- 
: tato. Lindl. 
CarAsetum tridentatum. Hook. Exot. Fl. t. 90,91. Sims, 
Bot. Mag. t. 155. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 726. 
Landl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. p. 155. ; 
Cataserum macrocarpum ? Rich. in Kunth, Syn. 2.1. p. 331. 
Cartaserum Claveringi. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 364. 
(8.) floribus majoribus, sepalis petalisque acutis. 
Catasetum Claveringi. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 840. 
Catasetum floribundum. Hook. Exot. Fl. t. 151. 
(y.) sepalis latioribus, labello flavo (tab. nostr. t. 3329.) 
I ed! concur with Professor Linptey in the propriety 
of uniting his Caraserum Claveringi and my C. ———— 
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