'Ste6 ORCHIDES. 



CATASETUM. 



and seiit theiicc lo ilie Royal B. G. at Kew , wliere il lloweied iii ihe Orchid. house 

 in suramer 1842. 



Perigonium viride. Labellum intus flavo pictum. 



Iluc: Rcgel Gartennora V. 121. 



lluc: C. serratum Lindi. cf. Walp. Ann. l. 780. 



5. CATASETUM GLOBIFLORUM Hook. B. M. 3942: 

 Spicaelongala mulliflora, peiianlbio globoso, sepalis petalisque subconfor- 

 raibus ovatis acutis concavis arctissime imbricatis, labello hemisphae- 

 rico globoso, ore contraclo oblongo inferne dilatalo, columnae longitu- 

 dine denticulato, columnae brevis selis rectiuscuiis. 



From IJrazil : Dr. Gogarty, now a resident practitioner at Rio, sent this beautiful 

 plant to ilie Glasnevin Garden. Mr. Moore informs me , thai one speciraen pro- 

 duced 110 less than fifteea of ihese singular flowers. 



Perigoiiium brunneum, viridi marginatum et adspersum. Labellum viride, intus 

 et margine exius violaceo rubroque raaculatum. 

 Bot. Reg. XXVIIL 1842. Misc. 18: 



Very mucb like C. Hookeri and perhaps a varieiy of it. The sepals and petals 

 are olive brown . and. closely applied to a glaucous , globular labell, ihe greater 

 part of which is uncovered. 



6. CATASETUM LURIDUM L. 0. 156. Lindl. Bot. Reg. XX. 1835. 1667: 



Caulibus defoliatis angustis sulcatis, perianthio subgloboso parum ma- 

 culalo , sopalis petaliscjue oblongis apice rotundatis, labello cucullato 

 carnoso mutico apice paulo producto truncato, racemo brevi nutante. 

 Caules deflorati angusti, cinerei, sulcati , 3—5 uncias iongi. 



Folia plicata, subundulata. acuminata. Racemus vix pedalis , apice nutans, pauci- 

 florus . bracteis breviter canaliculalis obtusis. Perianthium globosum sepalis petalis- 

 que herbaceis, oblongis. apice rotundatis maculis quibusdam pallidis notatis. Labellura 

 carnosura, cucullatum, lutescens, antice truncato subemarginatura , marginibus airo- 

 purpureis maculatis nec ciliatis, nec dentatis, nec iiiflexis. Columna bicirrhosa generis. 

 Bahia etc. Brazil, 



lluc : Calaaclum luridum Lindl. Hook. Bot. Mag. 3590. — Anguloa lurida Lk. Ver- 

 handl. des Vereins pp. I. p. 289. t. 6. 



Huc: Cataselum abruplum Hook. B. M. LXVIII. 3929: 

 Pseudobulbis oblongis compiessis vaginis foliorum tectis, foliis lato 

 lanceolatis, racemo oblongo nutante, perianlhio compresso-globoso, pelalis 

 sepalisque subrotundo ellipticis arcle imbricatis, labello magno carnoso 

 trilobo lobis lateialibus abruptis interraedio (seu apice) breviter pro- 

 ducto truncato emarginalo. 



IIuc : Epidendrum ollare Fl. Flum. IX. t. 5, Catachaelum lituratum llltg., squali- 

 dum Hflg., craniomorphum Hflg., turbinatum Hfl^g., purpurascens Hfl"g, 



7. CATASETUM OCHRACEUM Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXX. 1S44. Misc. 55: 



Sepalis petalisque ovatis secundis, labello cucuilato inlegerrimo laevi, 

 apice in rostrum breve iatum obtusum carnosum contracto , cirrhis 

 brevibus. 



In ihe way of C. luridum wilh dcep yellow ochrc-coloured flowers. Tho lip is 

 hooiied , bui contractcd at ihe point iiito a kind of beak, thick at ihe edges and short. 

 Hartweg sent ii, to the Hort. Soc, from the Ilacienda del Hospicio , in the prov. of 

 Bogota. 



