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IIODRIGUEZIA secunda. 
Side-flowered Rodriguezia» 
GYNAmULlAMOXANDniA. 
Xdt. oj-d. OncuiDEM. Sect. Epidendrete. 
IIODRIGUEZIA. Fl. Peruv. Perianthium tetraphyllum riugens : 
foliolis siiperioribus erectis ; infeviore labello supposito. Labellum integrum an- 
ticuin unguiculatiim basi cornutum medio callosum : unguecolumna parallelo. 
Columna teres apice barbata. ^/iMera unilocularis. Pollinia 2 postic^ ex- 
cavata filo elastico adhserentia. Gynizus lobatus. Herbee epiphytee. 
(Americee sequinoctialis.) Folia carnotttrnvemd di^ha wigmanHa. Spicce 
axiUares secundce. Flores speciosi. 
R. secunda ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis apice obliquis emai^natis basi laxis 
vaginantibus. 
R; secunda. Humboldt, Bonpl. ct Kunth. nov. gen. et sp. pi. 1 p. 367. t. 92. 
synops. 1.348, 
R. lanceolata. Bot. Cab. 676. 
Pleurothallis ? coccinea. Hooker, exot. flora, 129. 
Planta epiphyta, acaulis. Folia disticha, hasi vaginantia, decidua, 
patentia, ovali-lanceolata, complicata, enervia, apice obtusa, mucronulata, 
vhliqiia ; superius basi incrassato, compresso, ancipite, corrugate, bulboideo. 
'Spiciv axiUares, miiltiflori, cerntti, pedunculati, foliorum longitiidine ante 
expfLHsionem tritici sp>vam reforcntes. Florcs pulchrc rosei, secundi. Peri- 
anthium 4-partitiim, ringcns, laciniis superioribiis ovalibits, conniventibus, 
inferiore cymbiformi, emarginato, labello supposito. Labellum liberum, 
wiguiculatum ; ungue faciei columnce applicito, marginato, basi extus car- 
noso, cornuto; lamina cuneata, emarginata, obsolete trinervi, medio camosd, 
basi callosd, callo elevate marginato. Columna teres, clavata, pubescenSf 
apice bidentata. Clinandrium nudum, retrorsiim declive, antice pulvinatum. 
Pollinia duo, albida, cereacea, postici excavata, filo communi elastico glan- 
dule^ affixa. Anthera tmiloculariSj camosaf antici truncata. Gynizus stdh 
apertuSf utrmque comutus, apke demUm emarginattu. 
A beautiful parasitical orchideous plant, which was 
introduced about the year 1818, from Trinidad. It is 
more easily cultivated than the greater part of its tribe, 
growing freely, and flowering in abundance in a damp 
stove among rotten tan and decayed vegetable monld. 
