132 
THE FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
Catasetum luridum. —This is another most singular species ; 
the sepals and petals are light green, spotted, or rather, dotted 
with purple. The lip is much longer than the sepals and petals, 
and of a lurid green; the column is very small in this species, 
and has, as well as in the others, the form of a bird ; the external 
appearance of the flower is that of the lower portion of a monkey’s 
head, with the under lip projecting beyond the upper one ; the 
spike is somewhat pendent from the weight of flowers. A native 
of Brazil—introduced 1832. 
Catasetum semiapertum. — The flowers of this species are 
nearly or altogether closed, and the portion that is open has the 
appearance of a small shell with both edges crimped ; the whole 
flowers and plant are of a pale green; the spikes of flowers are 
very large, and rather handsome; the flowers are numerous on 
the spike. A native of Brazil—introduced in 1825. 
Catasetum purum. —This species is very nearly allied to 
semiapertum , but differs in the size of the flowers and that of 
the pseudo-bulbs ; the whole flower is of a pale green, with the 
sepals and petals lying close over the column ; the lip is also 
very small, and is without the crimping that is to be found in 
semiapertum. A native of Brazil—introduced in 1824. 
Catasetum barbatum. —This is another beautiful species. 
The lip is covered with a beard of a pinkish colour ; and each of 
the hairs is about the size of a small needle, and nearly half an 
inch long ; the sepals and petals are finely spotted with dark 
brown ; the colour of the sepals and petals is pale green. This 
belongs to the open-flowering species of Catasetum, or rather, the 
Myanthedes , or that portion of the genus resembling flies, as they 
throw the sepals and petals up so that they have the column and 
the lip perfectly free. A native of Demerara ; introduced in 1834. 
Catasetum cernuus. —A very fine species. The spikes 
of flowers are nodding, and are very beautiful; the sepals and 
petals are green, spotted with purple; they are thrown open as, 
in the other species of Myanthedes . This is a species well worth 
cultivating; in fact, I should recommend them all to a selecter 
of orchideous plants, for such of the species as are not beautiful in 
colour, are compensated by singularity of form, which most of the 
species have. A native of Brazil ; introduced in 1832. 
Catasetum. laminatum. — This is a most splendid species. 
The pseudo-bulbs are short, and covered over with white scales. 
