564 ORCHIDES. 



ZYGOSTATES. 



Sepals whiiisli. Pelals grecn yellow. On trees, on ilic highest wooded mountains 

 of the disirict of Bannnal in Drazil, in the midst of dense, cold fogs, which are almost 

 jicrpetual. March. DescourliIz's drawiiigs Nr. 4. 



Uuc : Daclylostylis Scheidw. in Otto nnd Dietr. Allg. Garienztg. 1839. 404: 

 Flores racemosi. Peiigonii explanali dernum deflexi foliola exteriora 

 ovata obtusa aequalia basi libera ; interna unguiculata, transversa, fim- 

 briata. Labellum cum basi columnae adnatum naviculiforme fimbriatum 

 ascendens basi glandula lata bilobala cinctum. Columna elongala , ar- 

 cuala, elastica, applanata, glandulis stipatis ad latera clinandrii, rostello 

 longissimo ascendente. Anthera subbilocularis incumbens. Pollinia 4 

 ovata, caudicula plana, glandula oblonga minima. 



Dactylostylis flmbriala Scheidw. I. c: 

 Epiphyta foliis lanceolatis acutis carinatis margine revolulis distichis; 

 racemis terminalibus, cernuis, floribus bracteatis, pedicellis ante anthesin 

 deflcxis geniculatis demum erectis, perigonii foliolis exterioribus viridi- 

 bus, interioribus flavis labelloque albo fimbriato. 



Brasilia. (Hab. typum a cl. auct. — Rchb. fil.) 



2. ZYGOSTATES CORNUTA Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXXIIL 183T. i. c. 



Cornu unico incurvo ad basin labelli, pelalis rhomboideis. 

 Brazil. Prince Maxirailian of Wied Neuwied. 



3. ZYGOSTATES PELLUCIDA Rchb. fil. Mss. in Herb. Lindl. 1856 : 



Foliis a basi cuneata oblongolanceolatis apice oblique acutis, racemis 

 multifloris cernuis rhachi alato muriculata, bracteis ovariis pedicellalis 

 brevioribus brevi firnbriatis uninerviis, sepalis oblongoligulatis, summo 

 apice obtusato dilatato, lateralibus apice acutis, omnibus uninerviis, le- 

 palis ligulatis obtusatis dorso minule velutinis, supra columnam forni- 

 catis, columnae parte mascula erecta brevi, rostello lineari canaliculato 

 ultra medium pagina inferiori obtusangule tumido, dein lineari, anthera 

 oblonga acuta brevi (non ut in reliquis antice acuminata), processu car- 

 noso tripartito supposito, cruribus lateralibus ligulatis apice retusis seu 

 obliquis, crure medio oblongo ligulato antice retusiusculo lobulato deor- 

 sum inflexo. 



Flores, quam in praccedentibus minores, pallidissimi, tcnuissimi. Radices adven- 

 liiiae velulinae. Canta Gallo Brasiliae. Luschnath 1 



1420. CATASETLTM L C. Rich. 



Kth. Syn. I. 330. 

 Obs. Eadem. quae sub Cycnoche dicia ct hic valeni. 



l. Calaso.ta propria : columna biseta. 



1. CATASETUMMACROCARPUM Rich. I. c. 331. Ilh. Klh. N. Gen. et Sp. 631.11uc : Catasetum 

 tridentalum Hook. Ex. ib. 90. 91. Sims. U. M. 155. C. Clavcriiigi Lodd. B. Cab. 364. 

 B. Rcg. 840. C. (loribuHdum Hook. E.x. 51. C. tridcntatum var. sepalis latioribus, 

 labello navo B. M. 3329. Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXX. 1844. 'Misc. 40: ,.AI1 parts of trop. 

 Souih America east of ihe Andes. — It is a very common variable plant, sometimes 

 even losing its spots, as in C. Wailesii from Honduras"). 



Rchb. fil. in Bonpl. II. 19. Caracas. 2000—4500'. Ociober bis Januar. Wagener. 



') Quod — obiter dictum! — omnino ad C. maculatum periinet. Rchb. fli. 



