570 ORCHIDES 



CATASETDM. 



Boih ihis and ihe last (barbaiuin) have o strong smell of Tarragon; tliey are 

 probably varieties from each oiher. 



Monstrous State. — Has been found to sport into C. tridentatum; see B. R. 1951. 



22. CATASETUM BARBATU.M Lindl. B. Reg. XXX. 1844. Misc. 44: 



Petalis veisus apicem serralis, labelli infra medium saccati margine 

 pilis tenuibus succulenlis albis longe fimbiialo apice anguste attenuaLo 

 recurvo supra ad basin spina triparlila, infra apicem spina magna den- 

 tata porrecta, crislae pilis opacis subulalis apice saepe bifidis per paria 

 Iria qualuorve basi connatis. 



Brazil. Demerara. 



Sepais und peinls narrow, green, blotched wiih purple. Lip green or pink , wiih 

 narrow delicate lil)rcs arising from its margin. No doubt the supposcd species quoted 

 above are mere varieties of the same natural fonn. 



Huc : MyauUnis barbalus Lindl. B. Reg. 1778. ilyanUius barbalus v. lcibello albo 

 Hook. B. Mag. 3514. — Catasclum simosum Lindl. B. Reg. XXIV. Misc. 136. Myan- 

 thus spinosus Hook. B. Mag. 3802. 



var. proboscideum Liiidl. Bot. Rcg. 1841. XXVH. 5, f. 3 : I confess my inability 

 upon a formal examinalion of it , lo disiinguisii it specitically from C. barbatum. It 

 is a diflerent loioking plant , owing lo the beard of llie lip being green and not pink. 



Huc; Calaselum proboscideum Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1839. XXV. 140: 



Labello deflexo multifido; laciniis filiformibus laceris; columna apice 

 proboscidifoimi: cirrhis deflexis columna longioribns. 



Georg Wailes tlsq. of Kew-Castlc, who received it from Mr. Gardner , marked 

 ,,Nr. 2, new, found growing on a small species of Palu» , uear Seiiao". The plant is 

 nearly relaied to Caiaseiuni cornutum and barbatum. from which its deeply lacerated 

 lip, and the longer proboscis of ihe column, seeni lo distinguish it; it may however 

 be a mere var. of the latlcr spccics . like C. trilldum in growih. 



23. CATASETUM CERNUUM. Huc: Myauthus ccrnuus Lindl. Bot. Reg. XX. 1835. 1721: 



Racemis elongaLis ceruuis, niullifloris, sepalis petalisque lanceolatis 

 convergentibus, labello Iransverso plano alte trifido, lacinia intermedia 

 minore. 



Drazil. Trinidad. 



Flowers green witli a few purplc spots. 



Huc: Catasetum Irifidum Hook. Bot. Mag. 3262: ~~ 



Floribus maculatis, petalis duobus cum sepalo supremo conniventi- 

 bus, labello paLenLissimo plano Lnfido, sogmenlis lateralibus acuminaLis, 

 inlermedio crasso obtuso breviorc. 



Pcrigoniuni viride, brunneo punclulatum. 



Glasgow Boi.Grd. is indebied to Mr. Lockhart for tliai spccies, who sent the living 

 plani from Trinidad. 



24. CATASETUM BICOLOR Klolzsch in Olto und Diellrich Gartenz, 1854. 337: 

 Pseudobulbis fusiformibus arliculatis foliosis; foliis amplexicaulibus 



elongatis acuminaLis plicalis cum vai;inae atlenuatae apice arliculaLis ; 

 racemo laxifloro pendulo basilari brevipeduncidaLo pallide-viridi ; pedi- 

 cellis germinibusque sanguineo-purpureis nilidis patenlibus; perigonii 

 foliolis pallide purpura.^cenlibus angusLis acuLis, exterioribus campanu- 

 latim incurvis, exlus convexis, inLus concavis, interioribus latioribus 

 lanceolatis divaricatim subrecurvis planis; labello cyathiformi galeato 

 parvo nudo, extus candido, inlus versus marginem roseo-punclalo Lri- 

 lobo, lobis iateralibus elongalis obLusiuscuIis erecLis, medio profunde- 



