394. 
strictis multifloris, bracteis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis, sepalo postico 
erecto oblongo-lanceo olato aeuto coneavo lateralibus patentibus ovato- 
ari dg acutis concavis, petalis erectis elliptico-ovatis acutis con- 
vexis, labelio galeato trilobo ore late obcordato, lobis lateralibus 
quit) eotada da denticulatis intermedio triangulari acuto reflexo, 
columna oblonga rostrata antennis gracilibus apice  confertis.— 
rh td roseum, Rodr. Gen. et Sp. Orch. Nov., L, p. 128 {non 
Rehb. f.). 
Har. Brel, Rio de Fabrica, Ile de Marajo, Rodrigues. Upper 
Amazon, Lem 
Prowdobuidé 5-6 poll. iongi. Folia 8 poll. longa, 24 poll. lata. 
Scapi. i-l ped. longi. Bractee 4-5 poll. longæ. Pedicelli 7-9 lin. 
longi. iot 9 lin. esa 3 lin. lata. Petala 9 lin. longa, 5 lin. lata. 
Labellum 7-8 longum; 6—7 lin. latum. Columna 4-5 lin. longa. 
his species was s imperfectly deseribed by Barbosa Rodrigues, in 
1877, under the name of Catasetum roseum, but as there is already a 
for the mei ie of Pará, who collected and gave it to Mr. E. S. Rand, 
; from whom a fine drei been received at Kew. It is 
allied to C.a "Phe sepals and petals are brownish flesh- 
EDS dictate ase tawny yellow, and the lip light green with 
me yellow inside. Rodrigues describes fe as rose, but they are not 
so in his coloured drawing, nor in a specimen which flowered in the 
collection of M. Robinow, Esq., HuwthóP6doif “Palatine Road, Didsbury, 
in May 1892. The female flowers are still unknown 
107. Catasetum Randii, Bo; Ve pennis ovoideo-oblongis, foliis 
oblongo-lanceolatis acutis, floru scapis arcuatis 9-floris, bracteis 
oblongo-Janceolatis acutis, Sepalo te erecto  oblongo-lanceolato 
acuto con erali i i 
lateralibus late oblongis obtusis fimbriatis intermedio oblongo mar- 
gine et facie nen setaceo-fimbriato apice rostrato recurvo medio 
saccato basi cristato, crista erecta lata apice tuberculato-fimbriata, 
columna ir rostrata antennis incurvis contractis, florum | 9 
scapis erectis bifloris, braeteis ovato-oblongis acutis, sepalis petalisque 
reiiexis oblongis subacutis, labello supero  galeato prelate margine 
minute denticulato, columna brevi crassissima apiculata 
Has.— Brazil, Rand. 
Pseudobulbi 14-2} poll. longi. Folia 5-7 poli. longa. Scapi 4 poll. 
longi. Bractee fl. g 2-3} lin. longæ, 1 lin. late. Sepala et petala 
10-12 lin. longa, 3+4 lin. lata. Labellum 6 lin. longum, basi 4 lin. 
latum. Columna 6 lin. — -Braetec Ai. 9 4 lin. longs, 2 lin. me 
Sepala et petala 7 lin. longa, à a" lata. Labellum 74 lin, longum, 
6 lin. latum. Columna 3 lin. lon 
A very interesting little plant, sen to Kew by E. S Are Esq., of 
Pará, who obtained it from the Upper Amazon, above When 
under cultivation at Pará a male dn foia noresi were ere produced 
on either side of the same pseudobulb, and these were put in spirit and 
sent to Kew ther with a living plant. [tis allied to C. garnet- 
— Rolte, w it closely resembles in habit, but is quite different 
