155 ORCHIDACEAE: 
Habitat in Peruviae orientalis regione calidissima in missione 
Yurimaguas provinciae Maynas, supra Crescentiae truncos: Poeppig 
n. 2150; ad Moyabamba: Wallis. In Brasilia contermina forsan adhuc 
invenienda. — Floret per totum annum. 
4. RODRIGUEZIA BAHIENSIS Raeious. F. „affinis 
quoad florem R. secundae, qua paulo major; dentibus labelli 
parvis posticis, lobo medio ab ungue anguste cuneato quadrato 
bilobo, lamellis 2 per unguem, 2 mediis anterioribus; flore 
candidissimo, callis et macula utrinque in angulis gynostemii 
aurantiacis. “ 
Rodriguezia Bahiensis Réichb. f. in Bonpland. II. 90 
(1854), in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 694, in Wawra, Bot. Erg. 
Reise Mazimil. Bras. 154. 
SEPALUM summum oblongum acutum, infimum excavatum oblongum 
acutum, PETALA oblonga, acuta. LABELLUM ima basi infra valde cornicu- 
latum, lineari-ligulatum, antice in laminam quadratam sensim dilatatum, 
apice bilobum, latera minute crenulata, auriculae angulatae utrinque 
pone basin; lamellae 4 erectae xanthinae ab auriculis in discum lobi 
medii, externae quidem abbreviatae, internae antrorsum progredientes. 
GxxosTEMIUM gracile, glabrum, bracbia deflexa, denticuli minutissimi inter 
brachia sub fovea, callus maximus semirotundus in clinandrio. — Species 
mihi haud visa. 
Habitat in prov. Bahia: Hort. Jenisch, Wawra. 
5. RODRIGUEZIA PUBESCENS RxicHB. F. pseudo- 
bulbis mediocribus, oblongis, valde compressis, inferne foliis 
pluribus distichis basi vaginantibus vestitis, apice monophyllis; 
foliis mediocribus, valde coriaceis, oblongo-ligulatis, acutis, 
basi breviuscule attenuatis; pedunculo communi erecto vel 
subnutante, robustiusculo, foliis aequilongo vel satis longiore, 
inferne vaginis paucis tenuiter membranaceis margine late 
scariosis breviusculis acutis remotisque vestito, superne usque 
ultra medium dense multifloro; bracteis tenuiter membranaceo- 
scariosis, triangularibus, acutis, basi vaginantibus, ovario 
subaequilongis; floribus mediocribus, breviter pedicellatis; 
sepalis membranaceis, aequilongis, dorsali erecto, late lanceolato, 
breviter acuminato, lateralibus angustioribus, usque ad apicem 
in valvam navicularem inferne patulam superne incurvam 
apice acutam et saepissime integerrimam connatis; petalis ovato- 
lanceolatis vel late lanceolato-spathulatis, subabrupte acutis 
et minute apiculatis, subtiliter 7-nervulosis, sepalo dorsali 
aequilongis; labello supero, tenuiter membranaceo, sepalis 
lateralibus satis longiore, supra glabro, subtus subtiliter 
puberulo, longiuscule unguiculato, unguiculo basi angusto, 
superne dilatato, ad medium utrinque auriculato, auriculis 
satis parvis, late semirotundatis, limbo obovato-cordato vel 
subdeltoideo, apice profunde emarginato, margine integerrimo 
et leviter undulato, disco inferne inaequaliter leviterque 
4—6-cristato, calcari brevissimo, ad angulum rectum patulo, 
anguste triangulari, obtuse valde compresso, subtiliter velutino; 
columna longiuscula, gracili, tenuissime denseque pubescente, 
apice antice bialata, alis elongatis, lineari-oblongis, apice 
rotundatis, antice porrectis, clinandrio antice utrinque minute 
acuteque unidenticulato. 
Tabula nostra XXXIX. Fig. II (habitus cum analysi). 
RODRIGUEZIA. 156 
Rodriguezia pubescens Reichb. f. ! în Dot. Zeit. X. 771 
(1852), in Walp. Ann. Dot. VI. 694; Veitch, Man. Orch. 
Pl. IX. 174; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 942; Cogn. in Journ. des 
Orch. III. 11; Orpet in Gard. and For. 1896. p. 348; Orch. 
Rev. IV. 295; Le Jardin 1898. p. 118; Nichols. Dict. of 
Gard., Suppl. 641. 
Burlingtonia pubescens Lindl. in Paxt. Flow. Gard. I. 158 
(1850); Nichols. Dict. of Gard. I. 225 ; Sander, Orch. Guide 18. 
Ruizoma longiusculum, satis gracile, teretiusculum, crebre articu- 
latum, squamis coriaceis arcte adpressis basi vaginantibus apice acutis 
laxe imbricatis 5—8 mm. longis vestitum ; RADICIBUS numerosis, densius- 
cule fasciculatis, elongatis, filiformibus, flexuosis, leviter ramosis, canes- 
centibus. PskUDoBULBI subeongesti, erecti vel erecto-patuli, paulo obliqui, 
nitidi, intense virides, primum laeves, demum leviter paucicostati, 2 ad 
31/2 cm. longi, 7—15 mm. lati. Forra plus minusve patula vel interdum 
subreflexa, rigida, basi subconduplicata, superne satis concava, supra nitida 
et saturate viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, 5—13 cm. longa, 10—22 mm. 
lata; nervo mediano supra profundiuscule canaliculato, subtus valde pro- 
minente; nervulis secundariis numerosis, in sicco utrinque paulo pro- 
minentibus. PEDUNCULUS communis leviter flexuosus vel satis arcuatus, 
teretiusculus paulo compressus vel obscure angulatus, leviter nodosus, 
laete viridis, 7—15 cm. longus, 1—2 mm. crassus; VAGINAE adpressae, 
laeves, pallidae, 6—8 mm. longae. PEDICELL1 patuli, graciles, recti vel 
paulo areuati, teretiusculi, cum ovario lineari-subclavato tenuiter 6-sulcato 
albido 5—8 mm. longi. BRACTEAE patulae, valde concavae, tenuiter multi- 
striatae, albidae, 5—7 mm. longae, 3—5 mm. latae. FLORES patentes, 
odorati, albo-nivei. SEPALA basi satis attenuata, 13—15 mm. longa, 
dorsale satis concavum, subtiliter 7-nervulosum, 4—5 mm. latum, lateralia in 
valvam valde concavam fere convolutam 4!/3—6 mm. longam connata. PETALA 
tenuiter membranacea, plus minusve patula, paulo concava, satis obliqua, 
basi valde attenuata, 14 mm. longa, 4—5 mm. lata. LABELLUM erectum, 
satis concavum, subtiliter 5-nervulosum nervulis satis ramosis, ad medium 
luteum, 15—17 mm. longum, superne 7—10 mm. latum, disco 6-carinato; 
calcar 1!/:—2 mm. longum. CoLumxa erecta, subrecta, claviformis, teretius- 
cula, alba, 8 mm. longa, alis 3 mm. longis. ANTHERA alba, valde convexa. 
CarsuLA erecta, sepalis marcescenfibus coronata, late oblongo-fusiformis, 
basi apiceque obtusiuscula, obscure trigona, tenuiter 6-sulcata, 2 cm. longa, 
6—8 mm. crassa. 
Var. 8. LINDENI Cogn. în Journ. des Orch. III. 54 (1892). 
Rodriguezia pubescens Rolfe! in Lindenia VII. 39 tab. 396 
(1891), în Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XI. 469 (1892), in Journ. 
des Orch. III. 53, in Orch. Rev. I. 337. fig. 17, VIII. 265. 
fig. 39 (non Reichb. f.). 
Rodriguezia Lindeni Cogn. in Journ. des Orch. III. 10. 12. 
fig. 1 et p. 54 (1892); Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XI. 426. 427. 
fig. 60; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 268. 941. fig. 42; IU. Hort. 
1896. p. 26. fig. 3; Kew Bull., Add. Ser. IV. 350. 
PLANTA robustior; foliis reflexis vel pendulis, usque 34 mm. latis; 
floribus majoribus; sepalo dorsali obovato-oblongo, 7 mm. läto; petalis 
anguste obovatis, obtusis, 8 mm. latis; labello 2 cm. longo, 14—15 mm. 
lato, disco 4-cristato, calcari glabro; columna glaberrima vel inferne tantum 
leviter pubescente, 1 cm. longa. 
Habitat supra arbores in prov. Pernambuco: Hort. Loddiges, Hort. 
Knowles; in prov. Bahia: Blanchet n. 1743; in rupibus arboribusque prope 
Mandiocca : Riedel n. 25 ; in Brasilia autro-orientali locis haud indicatis : 
Martius Herb. Fl. Bras. n. 135 et 563. ? Etiam in Columbiae prov. 
Bogota altit. 300—500 m.: Kalbreyer. — Var. B. In prov. Pernambuco : 
Hort. Linden. — Floret Januario — Aprili. 
6. RODRIGUEZIA LEEANA Reich». r. pseudobulbis 
majusculis, ligulatis, ancipitibus; foliis majuscalis, lineari- 
lanceolatis, acuminatis; pedunculo communi pendulo, plurifloro ; 
