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RODRIGUEZIA crispa. 
Crisped Sweet-scented Rodriguezia. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. Ord. ORcH1iDACEX $ VANDEA. 
RODRIGUEZIA. Botanical Register, vol. 11. fol. 930. 
R. crispa ; pseudobulbis ovatis elongatis compressis diphyllis, foliis oblongo- 
lanceolatis patentibus undulatis, racemo elongato denso pyramidato nu- 
tante, sepalis omnibus liberis petalisque undulato-crispis, labello sigmoi- 
deo lanceolato bicristato appendice ungue multó breviore. 
R. crispa. Bot. Reg. 1839, misc. no. 139. 
One of the sweetest plants I know ; its fragrance resem- 
bling that of Primroses. It is an Orchidaceous plant from 
the Organ mountains of Brazil, and flowered with Messrs. 
Loddiges in October, 1839. Its singularly crisped flowers, 
of a dull sea-green, bordered with yellow, have an uncommon 
appearance. 
It is evidently very near R. suaveolens, the Pleurothallis 
foliosa of the Botanical Magazine, t. 2746, a plant I have 
never seen. But according to the figure and description the 
two lateral sepals of that species are united at the base, and 
the flowers are very little crisped. 
It is one of those plants which succeed either in a well 
drained pot, or suspended in the air of the stove upon a block 
of wood, as it suits the fancy or convenience of the cultivator. 
It should never be kept so dry as Catasetums, or plants with 
thick and fleshy pseudo-bulbs. It is easily propagated by 
division, the front bulbs making the best plants. 
