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8. CATASETUM PURDM C. G. Nees und Sinning Pl. in hort. Donn. nutrit. tab. 1. Huc 

 C. semiapertum nooii. Ex. Fl. III.213. - B. Mag. 3398.-Lindl. B. Reg. XX. (1835). 1708 

 {Calasetum semiupcrlum Hook) : 



Foliis oblongo-lanceolatis undulatis racemo compacto lon.gioribus, pe- 

 rianthio subpatente secundo: iaciniis lanceoiatis, labelio apice incurvo 

 cucullato marginibus ciliato denliculatis. 



Habitus, pseudobulbi et foiia C. tridentati. Flores diversissimi , odorali, heri)acei, 

 immaculati, sepalis petalisque anguste ianceolatis , saepius dependeiUibus ob labellum 

 posiicum. Labellum subcompressura, carnosum, lobo apicis roiundalo incurvo , late- 

 ralibus cllia tenui , denticulaia tamen, marginatis. 

 Brazil. 



Bot. Reg. XXX. 1844. Misc. 40: 

 Foliis oblongo-lanceolatis multiplicatis racemo cornpacto longioribus, 

 perianthiis subpatentibus, labello galeato apice incurvo; lateribus den- 

 ticulatis. 



Flowers small, green , wbole coloured. 



9. CATASETUM HOOKERI Lindl. Bot. Reg. 840. Coli. Bot. tab. 40: 



Racemo foliis trinervibus alliore, labelli lobo medio incurvo retuso; 

 lateralibus erectis dentalis, sepalis ovalibus acutis nervosis in globum 

 conniventibus. 



Obs. Equidem plantam non novcram, nec unquara intellexi ex descripiione 



Lindleyana. In specimine libri citati , Coll. Bot., quod Drcsdoe exstat in Bibliotheca 

 regis Frederici Augusti, tabulam 40 non reperi. Ex cl. Lindl. (Bot. Rcg. XXX. Misc. 

 pag. 34.) Catasetura globillorum Hook., pulchro illustralum in Bot. Mag. 68. 3942. 

 essel prope idera : „Much like C. Hookeri, and perhaps a variety of it." Inde mihf 

 numquam in mentem venit, hanc cum C, semiaperto crilicam. Inde ipsissimam plantam 

 ipse denuo sub nomine C. tristis descripsi. Coterum moneo , mc iconem Cataseti 

 puri authenticara non vidisse. 



Huc: Catasetum triste Rcbb. III. Bonpl. III. 218: C. Hookeri b. tristc Rchb. fil. Mss. : 

 aff. C. semiaperlo Hook. labello depresso, calceiformi, trilobo, lobis lale- 

 ralibus basi altissime semicordata gynostemium humile amplexanlibus. 

 omnino integerrimis, lobo medio abbreviato erecto humillime transverse 

 subquadrato , medio emarginalo sinum panduratum inter iobos laterales 

 a basi claudente, androciinii apice brevissimo. 



Racemus quinqucflorus. Bracteae squamaeforraes minutae. Sepala oblonga apicu- 

 lata. Tepala subaequalia basi cuneala , medio dilatata. Gynostemii brevissimi trian- 

 gulura anticum in androclinio atrosanguineum. Aus Mexico von llcrrn Consul 

 Schiller eingefuhrt. 



Obs. Calaselum Milleri Loddig. Cf. Bot. Beg. XXIV. 1838. Misc. 1-49: 

 Under ihis name given is compliraent to Dr. Miller of H. M. ship Viclory, a most 

 zealous collector of rarc plants , Mr. Loddiges has distinguishcd a Catasetum from 

 Brazil, with a slem 2' high, and uull purple spotted flowers witb a half green lip, bui 

 otberwise very like C. semiapertum. 



10? CATASETUM VIOLASCENS Rchb. fil. v. Warscew. Bonpl. II. 97: 



aff. C. Russeliano racemo secundo, sepalis tepalisque lanceolalis aciitis, 

 jabello trilobo , lobis basalibus rotundatis ereclis supra calcar conico 

 saccatum, lobo medio ligulato acuto, toto hmbo denticulato. 



Bluihen verwaschen violelt, Lfvpe innerlich 'gelb. Cordilleren bei Iluancabaraba. 

 V. Warscewicz. 



