151 
Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 691, in Nederl. Kruidk. 
Arch. IV. 325, in Linnaea XLI. 126; Griseb. FI. Brit. W.-Ind. 
Isl. 634; Hemsl. Biol. Centr.- Amer., Bot. III. 271; Nichols. 
Dict. of Gard. III. 311; Williams, Orch. Alb. VIII. tab. 351, 
Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 697; Stein, Orchideenb. 539; 
Cogn. in Journ. des Orch. II. 368; Veitch, Man. Orch. PI. 
IX. 174; Bois, Orch. 144; Kew Bull. 1393. p. 278; Rand 
in Journ. des Orch. V. 12; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 942; Le 
M. Moore in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. ser. 2. Bot. IV. 477; 
Im Thurn in Journ. R. Hort. Soc. 1898. II. 46; Sander, 
Orch. Guide 216. 
Pleurothallis? coccinea Hook. Exot. Fl. tab. 129 (1823 ad 
1827); Kerner, Hort. Semperv. tab. 747. 
Rodriguezia lanceolata Lodd. Bot. Cabin. VII. tab. 676. 
Burlingtonia rosea Hort. ex Rand in Journ. des Orch. 
V. 14 (1894). 
Raizoma longiusculum, 3—6 mm. crassum, flexuosum, satis ramosum, 
teretiusculum, creberrime articulatum, squamis coriaceis arcte adpressis 
basi vaginantibus apice acutis laxiuscule imbricatis 6—10 mm. longis 
vestitum ; RADICIBUS numerosis, elongatis, gracillimis, satis flexuosis, plus 
minusve ramosis, canescenti-cinereis. PSEUDOBULBI erecti vel erecto-patuli, 
subaggregati, paulo obliqui, nitidi, primum laeves et laete-virides, demum 
leviter corrugati vel costati et fuscescentes, 2—4 cm. longi, 1—2'/s cm. 
lati. Forra plus minusve patula, rigida, inferne conduplicata, superne 
plus minusve concava, supra nitidula et intense viridia, subtus paulo 
pallidiora, 8—20 em. longa, 1—2'/s cm. lata; nervo mediano supra pro- 
fundiuscule canaliculato, subtus satis prominente; nervulis lateralibus 
paulo distinctis. P&puNOULUS communis subrectus satis flexuosus vel 
areuatus, teretiusculus, laevis, viridis et plus minusve dilute purpureus, 
12—25 cm. longus, 1—2 mm. crassus; VAGINAE adpressae, pallide virides, 
1—12 mm. longae. PEpicELLI patuli vel erecto-patuli, subfiliformes, recti 
vel leviter arcuati, roseo-purpurei, cum ovario tenuiter 6-sulcato 8—12 mm. 
longi. BRACTEAE subadpressae, valde concavae, viridi-purpureae, 4—6 mm. 
longae. FLoRES patentes vel nutantes, plus minusve intense roseo-purpurei, 
SePALA valde concava, dorsale obscure 7-nervulosum, 11—12 mm. longum, 
5 mm, latum, basi satis constrictum, lateralia in valvam subconduplicatam 
subtiliter 6—8-nervulosam 12—13 mm. longam 6—7 mm, latam connata. 
PETALA erecta, membranacea, leviter concava, satis obliqua, basi valde atte- 
nuata, circiter 1 cm, longa et 5 mm. lata. LABELLUM erectum, valde con- 
cavum, tenuiter trinervulosum nervulis lateralibus satis ramosis, 12—13 mm. 
longum, superne 4—5 mm. latum ; calcar intense purpureo-fuscum, 1'/» mm. 
longum. Corcwwa erecta, stricta, claviformis, teres, inferne alba, superne 
rosea, 5—6 mm. longa. ANTHERA antice purpurea, postice alba. CAPSULA 
patula vel subpendula, sepalis marcescentibus coronata, elliptico-ovoidea, 
basi apiceque subrotundata, obtuse trigona, leviter 6-costata, cinerea, 13 ad 
14 mm. longa, 8—10 mm. crassa. 
Var. 8. SANGUINEA Schomb. Reis. in Brit. Guian. III. 
312 (1848); Veitch, Man. Orch. Pl. IX. 175 (1893). 
PLANTA robustior, floribus paulo majoribus, intense purpureo- 
sanguineis vel vinosis. 
Habitat in prov. Pará et Alto Amazonas supra arbores frequens: 
E. S. Rand; in prov. Pará: Sieber; 4n sylvis Paraensibus: Martius; 
in vicinis Obidos: Spruce n. 560*; ad S. José de Laranjeira: Burchell 
n. 9891; in prov. Alto Amazonas prope Panurè ad Rio Uaupès: Spruce 
n. 2937; in sylvis primaevis inter Santa Cruz et Campos de Tapirapuan 
prov. Matto Grosso: Le M. Moore n. 349; ?prope Rio de Janeiro: 
Burchell n. 2685 (sine flor.); in Brasilia orientali locis accuratis haud 
indicatis : Gaudichaud, Hoffmannsegg, Sellow. Etiam in Guiana gallica: 
Melinon; prope Cayenne: Sagot n. 759; in Surinam vulgaris: Splitgerber, 
Wullschlaegel n. 328, Kappler n. 545, Hostmann n. 156, 215 et 6651; 
in sylvis supra arbores prope Paramaribo: Kegel n. 718, Wullschlaegel 
n, 528 ; ad truncos arborum in sylvis reg. inter. prope stationem Surinam : 
Kappler n. 1378; in Guiana anglica: Appun n. 711, Jenman n. 1531; 
ad Berbice: Schomburgk n. 430; prope Demerara: Jenman m. 577; in 
Venezuela : Moritz ; in prov. Carabobo et Caracas: Funck et Schlim n. 574; 
ORCHIDACEAE: 
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in Columbiae locis calidis et subtemperatis provinciae Popayanensis prope 
Carthaginem in truncis Crescentiae Cujete altit. 1000 m.: Humboldt et 
Bonpland; ad Hio Magdalena: Weir n. 67; in prov. Cauca ad La Paila: 
Holton n. 195; prope urbem Panama: Seemann n. 641, J. Ball; ad 
Chagres: Fendler n. 439; in ins. Trinitatis; Ryan, Dr. Bradford, 
Fendler n. 780; in ins. St. Vincent: Guilding. — Var. 8. In Guiana 
anglica secus flum. Demerara: Schomburgk. — Floret Decembri—Junio. 
2 RODRIGUEZIA VENUSTA REICHE. F. pseudo- 
bulbis mediocribus, anguste ovoideis vel ovoideo-oblongis, satis 
compressis, basi foliis 2—3 distichis inferne vaginantibus 
vestitis, apice monophyllis; foliis majusculis, coriaceis, lineari- 
lanceolatis, acutis, basi longiuscule attenuatis; pedunculo 
communi erecto vel saepius pendulo, satis gracili, foliis cir- 
citer aequilongo, inferne vaginis paucis coriaceis brevibus 
margine membranaceis acutisque vestito, superne usque ultra 
medium densiuscule multifloro ; bracteis membranaceis, margine 
late scariosis, triangularibus, acutis, basi vaginantibus, ovario 
paulo brevioribus; floribus mediocribus, sparsis, breviter 
pedicellatis; sepalis membranaceis, ad costam inferne incras- 
satis, aequilongis, patulis, dorsali anguste obovato, acuto, late- 
ralibus angustioribus, usque ad apicem in valvam navicularem 
apice acutam et integerrimam basi gibbosam connatis; petalis 
obovato-oblongis, acutis, subtiliter 7-nervulosis, sepalo dorsali 
paulo longioribus ; labello sepalis lateralibus subdimidio longiore, 
tenuiter membranaceo, utrinque glabro, longe unguiculato, 
unguiculo lineari, carnosulo, apice utrinque auriculato, auri- 
culis parvis, late semirotundatis, limbo late obovato-obcordato 
vel triangulari-obcordato, apice profundiuscule emarginato, 
margine integerrimo et leviter undulato, disco inferne bicari- 
nato, carinis remotiusculis, leviter undulatis, caleari brevis- 
simo, ad angulum rectum patulo, anguste triangulari, acuto, 
compresso; columna longiuscula, gracili, subtiliter puberula, 
apice utrinque bidentata, dentibus valde inaequalibus, inferi- 
oribus longiusculis, linearibus, obtusis, leviter arcuatis, antice 
porrectis, superioribus brevissimis, late triangularibus, obtusis ; 
anthera convexa, glabra, apice sulcata. 
Tabula nostra XL. Fig. I (habitus cum analysi). 
Rodriguezia venusta Reichb. f. in Bot. Zeit. X. 771 (1852), 
in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 694; Stein, Orchideenb. 539; Veitch, 
Man. Orch. Pl. IX. 175 cum ic; Kerch. Livre des Orch. 184. 
fig. 170. 
Burlingtonia venusta Lindl.! in Bot. Regist. XXIII. sub 
lab. 1927 (1837), Sert. Orch. tab. 2, in Paxt. Flow. Gard. I. 158; 
Portef. des Hortic. II. 325 cum tab. col. (1848); Otto et Dietr. 
Allgem. Gartenz. XIX. 28 (1851); Beer, Prakt. Stud. Fam. 
Orch. 202; Duchartre, Man. Gen. des Pl. IV. 522; Lemaire în 
Ill. Hort. V. tab. 188; Du Buyss. L'Orchid. 219; L'Orchidoph. 
1884. p. 353; Nichols. Dict. of Gard. I. 225; Watson, Orch. 80; 
Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 136. 
Burlingtonia fragrans Lindl. im Bot. Regist. XXIII. sub 
tab. 1927 (1837); Duchartre, Man. Gen. des Pl. IV. 528; 
Du Buyss. L Orchid. 218; L'Orchidoph. 1884. p. 297 cum tab.; 
Williams, Orch. Alb. VIII. tub. 363, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. 
p. 186; Nichols. Dict. of Gard. I. 225; Watson, Orch. 79; 
Sander, Orch. Gwide 18. 
