Tas. IT. 
CATASETUM MACULATUM. 
SPOTTED CATASETUM. 
Trisus: VANDE ®.—Linoptey. 
CATASETUM.—Richard. in Kunth Synops. 1. 330. Lindley, Gen. et Species Orch. 136. 
Perriayrinum sepits globosum, nunc explanatum. Sepala et petala sub- 
wqualia. Labellum crassum, carnosum, nudum ventricosum, v. explanatum 
fimbriatum; sub apice saccatum, obsolet? trilobum. Columna erecta, aptera, 
libera, apice utrinque cirrhosa. Anthera sub-bilocularis, anticé truncata. 
Pollinia 2, postice biloba v. sulcata, caudiculA maxim’ nudd demum elasticé 
contractili, glandula cartilagineé subquadrat4.—Hlerbe terrestres v. epiphyte, 
caulibus brevibus fusiformibus vestigiis foliorum vestitis. Folia basi vaginantia, 
plicata. Scapi radicales. Flores speciosi, racemosi, virides, nunc purpureo- 
maculati. 
Carasetum pseudo-bulbis sub-globosis fusi-formibus, foliis lato-lanceolatis acutis plicatis, scapis 
paucifloris foliis subeequalibus; sepalis lanceolatis acuminatis petalisque majoribus oblongis acutis 
. “a “7° . . . . . 2 
labello cucullato apice 1-dentato marginibus ciliatis ; columne cirrhis brevibus crassis. 
Catasetum maculatum, Kunth, Synops. I. 331. 
Habitat in Regno Novo-Granatensi, prope Turbaco, Humpoupr ; in Nicaragué versis littora 
Oceani Atlantici, SKINNER. 
Description. 
AN EPIPHYTE, PSEUDO-BULBS large and inclining to be globular, each bearing several 
broadly lanceolate, plicated, acute LEAVES, of a foot or a foot and a half in length. Scapns radical, 
about the same length as the leaves, bearing from 4 to 8 flowers. SEPALS narrow, acuminate, the 
lateral ones arched after the manner of the half of a bow, whitish on the outer side, and Saintly spotted 
with claret colour on the inner; PETALS broader than the sepals, with blotches of a clear reddish 
chesnut hue. LrP cucullate, with a small circular opening on its face (the sides of which are delicately 
fringed), and furnished in front with a not very prominent tooth ; the lip is of a uniform yellowish green 
on the outside, but is dark brown, approaching to black, within. CoLumwN erect, nearly straight, bearing 
two short and stout bristles, which point downwards and lean towards each other, with their extremities 
almost touching ; spotted on the back after the manner of a frog. 
Fig. | represents the face of the column. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. 
ALTHOUGH the figure on the opposite side does not exactly agree with the description of Catasetum 
maculatum given by M. Kunrn in his Synopsis, still we have little or no doubt that we are correct in 
referring it to that species ; and we have, moreover, the satisfaction of knowing that the opinion of Professor 
* So called from “cara,” downwards, and “ sete,” bristles,—the column of all the species being furnished with two processes like hairs, 
which point downwards. 
