1 86 ORCHIDS. 



C. Catasetum cornutum. Demerara . . M. O. P., 5. 



B. R, 27, 5. 



Flowers green, marked with dark purple ; lip light- 

 green, marked with darker shade ; very floriferous. 



C. Catasetum integerrimum. Guatemala B. M., 3823. 



M. O. P., i. 



Large flowers with powerful odor ; perianth marked 

 with purple ; lip yellow, richly marked inside. 



This species should have plenty of moisture at the 

 period of the formation of the flower-buds. 



C. Catasetum Naso. Caracas B. M., 4792. 



B. M, 2559. 



Perianth almost white; delicately shaded with greenish- 

 yellow, plentifully spotted with crimson-purple. The lip 

 is lengthened into the shape of an elephant's trunk. 



C. Catasetum tridentatum. Brazil . B. M., 2559, 3329. 

 SYNS. Catasetum macrocarpum Hook. Ex., 90, 91. 



(Richard). B. R., 840. 



C. Claveringii (Lodd. Sert. Bot, 7. 



Cab., 1344). 



C.floribundum (Hooker). 



Sepals yellowish-green ; petals green, more or less 

 marked with purple, and sometimes wholly purple; the 

 tip of the lip egg-yellow, inner part spotted. This plant 

 v tries much according to its vigor. 



The flowers of this genus are remarkable for singular- 

 :ty of form, and some are very beautiful. The same 

 plant will frequently produce what seem to be totally dif- 



