153 ORCHIDACEAE: RODRIGUEZIA. 
Rodriguezia fragrans Reich). f. in Bot. Zeit. X. 771 | 
(1852), in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 694; Gard, Chron. ser. 3. 
IV. 446 et 756. fig. 106 (1888), XXVIII. 182 (1900); 
L'Orchidoph. 1889. p. 132; Stein, Orchideenb. 538 HE L Dina. 
Orch. Exot. 941. 
? Epidendrum bracteatum Vell. Fl. Flum. Ic. IX. tab. 16 
(1827), Text. edit. Netto in Arch. Museu Rio V. 359 (1881). 
RAIZOMA longiusculum, robustum, flexuosum, satis ramosum, teretius- 
culum, crebre articulatum, squamis coriaceis arcte adpressis basi vaginanti- 
bus apice acutis laxe imbricatis 1—1!/» cm. longis vestitum ; RADICIBUS 
numerosis, elongatis, gracilibus, satis flexuosis, subsimplicibus, cinereis, 
PSEUDOBULBI plus minusve patuli, satis aggregati, paulo obliqui, nitiduli, 
intense virides, primum laeves, demum profundiuscule plurisuleati, 2 ad 
3 em. longi, 1—1'/» em. lati. Forra plus minusve patula, rigida, basi 
conduplicata, superne satis concava, supra nitida et intense viridia, subtus 
paulo pallidiora, 7—15 cm. longa, 1—2!/2 cm. lata; nervo mediano supra 
profundiuscule canalieulato, subtus satis prominente; nervulis lateralibus 
indistinetis. PEDUNCULUS communis plus minusve arcuatus, teretiusculus, 
laevis, laete viridis, 7—17 cm. longus, 1—2 mm. crassus; VAGINAE sub- 
adpressae, pallide virides vel fuscescentes, !/2—1 cm. longae. PEDICELLI 
patentissimi, graciles, teretiusculi, cum ovario lineari-clavato obtuse trigono 
pallido plus minusve arcuato 1—17/» em. longi. BRACTEAE adpressae, valde 
concavae, pallide virides vel albescentes, 7—12 mm. longae. Frorks 
patentes vel penduli, odorati, albi. SEPALA valde concava, 13—15 mm. longa, 
dorsale tenuiter 7-nervulosum, inferne satis constrictum, 7—9 mm. latum, 
lateralia in valvam 6—8 mm. latam connata. PETALA patula vel erecto- 
patula, tenuiter membranacea, leviter concava, satis obliqua, inferne longius- 
cule attenuata, 15—17 mm. longa, 6—7 mm. lata. LABELLUM erectum, 
valde concavum, subtiliter plurinervulosum nervulis satis ramosis, 18 ad 
22 mm. longum, superne 11—14 mm. latum, carinis flavo-aurantiacis; 
calcar circiter 2 mm. longum. CoLumNa erecta, subrecta, claviformis, teres, 
8—9 mm. longa. CaPsuLa ignota. 
Var. B. Knowresu Hort.; Stein, Orchideenb. 539 (1892.) 
Burlingtonia Knowlesii Hort. ex Williams, Orch. Grow. 
Man. edit. 6. p. 159 (1885), edit. 7. p. 136. 
PLANTA robustior, RACEMIS elongatis, FLORIBUS albis et dilnte roseo- . 
lilacinis, 
Var, y. IONOLEUCA Reichb. f. in Bonpland. III. 215 
(1855), în Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 695. 
Valde similis R. venustae sed major. Racrmus pendulus, decem- 
florus. SEPALUM summum lanceolatum, inferius navieulare, postice saccato- 
refractum, apice bidentatum. PETALA cuneato-oblonga. LABELLUM sub 
basi bene cornutum, a basi cuneata panduratum; lobi postici trianguli, 
antici extrorse rhombei, denticulato sinu magno interjecto cum denticulo 
in fundo; lamellae 2 parallelae per discum, lamellulis seriatis parvulis 
decrescentibus utrinque in basi. CoLumna crassa, brevior, bene puberula, 
staminodiis rhombeis antice erosulis. 
Habitat supra arbores in districtu Morro-Quemado et Macahé, et 
prope Jesu de Bananal. prov. Minas Gerais: Descourtilz n. 12; in prov. 
Rio de Janeiro ad Itaguahy : Miers; ad Canta Gallo: Peckolt n. 575; 
in prov. S. Paulo supra arbores ad Iguape: Comm. Geogr. e Geol. S. Paulo 
n. 2864; in Brasilia austro-orientali locis haud indicatis : „Martius n. 563" 
in herb. Kew., Descourtilz n. 83, Glaziou m. 18520. — Floret Januario 
ad Maium. 
3. RODRIGUEZIA BATEMANI Porrr. et ENDL. 
pseudobulbis majusculis, anguste ovoideis, satis compressis, 
basi foliis pluribus vel paucis distichis inferne vaginantibus 
vestitis, apice monophyllis; foliis majusculis, crasse coriaceis, 
oblongo-ligulatis, acutiusculis, basi breviter attenuatis; pedun- 
culo communi nutante vel pendulo, robustiusculo, foliis circiter 
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aequilongo, inferne vaginis paucis membranaceis brevibus 
acutisque sparse vestito, superne circiter usque ad medium 
densiuscule plurifloro; bracteis membranaceis, basi incrassatis, 
margine scariosis, anguste triangularibus, acutis, basi vagi- 
nantibus, dorso subcarinatis, ovario 2—3-plo brevioribus ; 
floribus majusculis, breviuscule pedicellatis; sepalis membrana- 
ceis, subaequilongis, erecto-patulis, dorsali fornicato, cuneato- 
oblongo, acuto, lateralibus angustioribus, usque ad apicem in 
valvam curvulam acuminatam basi gibbosam apice integerrimam 
connatis; petalis cuneato-oblongis, apice subtruncatis et minute 
apiculatis, tenuiter multinervulosis, sepalo dorsali paulo brevi- 
oribus; labello supero, sepalis lateralibus satis longiore, te- 
nuiter membranaceo, utrinque glabro, longiuscule et latiuscule 
unguiculato, unguiculo ad medium utrinque auriculato, auri- 
culis parvis, late obtuseque triangularibus, limbo indiviso, 
anguste obovato, apice profundiuscule emarginato et in sinu 
minute unidenticulato, margine integerrimo leviter undulato, 
disco inferne bilamellato, calcari brevissimo, patulo, solido, 
conico, acuto vel interdum emarginato; columna breviuscula, 
gracili, subtiliter puberula, apice utrinque bidentata, dentibus 
erectis, inaequalibus, anticis longiusculis, anguste linearibus, 
obtusiusculis, posticis breviusculis, triangularibus, acutis; 
anthera convexa, glabra. 
Rodriguezia Batemani Poepp. et Endl.! Nov. Gen. ac 
Spec. I. 41. tab. 70 (1836); Reichb. f. in Bot. Zeit. X. 771, 
în Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 694, in Gard. Chron. 1866. p. 1042, 
în Saunders, Ref. Bot. II. tab. 128; Nichols. Dict. of Gard. 
III. 311; Veitch, Man. Orch. Pl. IX. 171. 
Burlingtonia rubescens Lindl. im Bot. Regist. XXIII. 
sub tab. 1927 (1837); Duchartre, Man. Gén. des Pl. IV. 523. 
Burlinglonia Batemani Lindl. in Bot. Regist. XXIII. 
sub tab. 1929 (1837); Du Buyss. L'Orchid. 212; Nichols. Dict. 
of Gard. I. 225; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7, p. 135. 
Rodriguezia candida var. Batemani Hort.; Stein, Orchi- 
deenb. 538 (1892). 
Rizoma breve, robustum, teres, simplex, pallide fusco-castaneum, 
squamis brevibus adpressis coriaceis acutis dorso carínatís nitidis densius- 
cule imbricatis vestitum; RADICIBUS satis numerosis, longissimis, subfili- 
formibus, tortuosis, superne satis ramosis, albis, apice viridibus. Pskuno- 
BULBI erecti vel erecto-patuli, satis aggregati, recti vel paulo obliqui, 
nitidissimi, prasini, primum laeves, demum leviter sulcati, 3—5 cm. longi, 
1!/1—98 cm. crassi. FoLıa plus minusve patula interdum subreflexa, rigida, 
basi breviter conduplicata, superne plana vel leviter concava, supra nitida 
et atroviridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, 8—15 cm. longa, 1'/1—3 cm. lata; 
nervo mediano supra profundiuscule canaliculato, subtus acute carinato ; 
nervulis lateralibus numerosis, in sicco utrinque paulo prominentibus. 
PEDUNCULUS communis satis flexuosus vel arcuatus, teretiusculus, viridis, 
10—18 em. longus, 2—3 mm. crassus; vAGINAE adpressae, pallidae, sub- 
tiliter multistriatae, 7—9 mm. longae. PeviceLLi patuli, graciles cum 
ovario satis flexuoso lineari-clavato obscure trigono circiter 2 cm. longi. 
BRACTEAE adpressae, valde concavae, pallidae, 6—10 mm. longae. FLORES 
patentes vel penduli, odorati, segmentis albis vel albo-viridibus, tenuiter 
roseo-punctatis vel superne purpureo-violaceo striatis. SPALA valde con- 
cava, 2'/1—8 cm. longa, dorsale tenuiter 1—9-nervulosum, 8—10 mm. latum, 
lateralia in valvam subconduplicatam fere 1 cm, latam connata, PETALA 
erecta, apice leviter recurva, tenuiter membranacea, leviter concava, paulo 
obliqua, inferne valde attenuata, 229—927 mm. longa, superne 1—8 mm. 
lata. LABELLUM erectum, apice paulo recurvum, valde concavum, sub- 
tiliter plurinervulosum nervulis satís ramosis, 3—3!/s cm. longum, superne 
12—15 mm. latum; calear rigidum, 2—3 mm. longum. CoLumxa erecta, 
stricta, obtuse trigona, inferne satis attenuata, 8—9 mm. longa. CAPSULA 
,oblongo-obovata, obtuse trigona, glabra“, 
