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THE FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
Catasetum Milleri. This appears to me to be only a variety of 
tridentatum , with differently coloured flowers. A native Demerara. 
Catasetum viridum. This is the Monacanthus viridis of 
Lindley; but it is, in fact, no species at all. This was only a 
form of the Catasetum tridentatum , and it is only a form of Catase¬ 
tum cristatum. There is also a crested variety of this Catasetum 
discolor , which is the Monacanthus discolor of Lindley ; but it is 
nothing more than the Catasetum cristatum in a very different 
form. Catasetum Jimbriatum. —This is the Monacanthus fimbriatus 
of Lindley. This is not even a species, but only a variety of 
Catasetum cristatum. They are natives of South America ; intro¬ 
duced from 1S37 to 1838. All well worth cultivating, from the 
singular forms of their flowers; and also some of the colours are 
striking. 
Catasetum atratum —is a very dark-flowering species. It 
is nearly related to tridentatum. I think this is a pretty good 
species ; but if it is not, still it is worth cultivation, and ought to 
be in every collection, as well as the two above-mentioned spe¬ 
cies. The leaves and habit of this plant are that of tridentatum. 
A native of Demerara ; introduced in 1833. 
Catasetum longifolium.— This is a very distinct species. 
The flower-spikes are pendulous, and the flowers are shaped like 
little pitchers ; the leaves are very long and narrow ; the pseudo¬ 
bulb is not very large, but very short. This species is easily 
known by its long and slender leaves. A native of Demerara ; 
introduced in 1835. 
Catasetum Citrinum. —Another very distinct species; the 
spikes of it are somewhat pendulous ; the flowers are citron- 
coloured ; they also have an agreeable smell ; the leaves are 
narrow, but not very long, and of a whitish green, or rather what 
is called a sea-green; the pseudo-bulb is somewhat compressed 
at the base of the leaves, and there is a rusty appearance, 
which at once distinguishes the plant from all the others. A 
native of Brazil ; introduced in 1834.* 
* In watering the plants, the water ought never to he below the tempera¬ 
ture of the house; for if they are watered or syringed with water much below 
the temperature of the house, they will receive a severe check, which they 
will not recover from the greater part of the year—if indeed they do not damp 
off. I should recommend syringing about twice or three times a week if the 
weather is hot. 
