Puate 2617. 
CATASETUM LABIATUM, Rodr. 
ORCHIDEA., 
C. labiatum, Rodr. Gen. et Sp. Orch. nov. ii. p. 218; a C. globi- 
florum, Hook., labello longiore recedit. ‘ 
Pseudobulbi_fusiformi-oblongi, 21-3 poll. longi, 4—-5-phylli. 
ust 1 
Folia 
oblongo-lanceolata, acuta, plicata, 7-11 poll. longa, 14-2 poll. lata. 
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pollinia perfecta. Stigma abortivam Scapus femineus erectus, 11 ped. 
altus, circiter 2 florus. Bractew oblong, subobtuse, 5-6 lin. longe. 
Pedicelli 1} poll. longi. Sepala et petala patentia, elliptico-oblonga, 
subobtusa, 7—9 Jin. longa. Labellwm posticum, carnosum, galeatum, 
9-10 lin, longum, 8—9 lin. Jatum, margine et apice reflexum. Coluwmna 
crassa, brevis, ecirrhosa. Anthera abortiva. Stigma cavum. 
Braziz: Organ Mountains, Barbosa Rodrigues. Figured from a 
plant grown in the Royal Gardens, Kew. 
The male of this species was described by Barbosa Rodrigues in 
1881, since which time nothing further seems to have been known 
are green, except that in the males the lip is dull yellow internally. A 
dried male flower and sketch of a plant which flowered in the 
collection in April 1861 are preserved in the Herbarium, and clearly 
belong to this species, for they agree in structure and colour, but there 
18 no note as to the origin of the plant. ‘The present species is the 
