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RopricvueziA Barkert. Mr. Barker’s 
RopRiIGuEzia. 
Class and Order. 
GynanpriaA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuwwez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium patens, subequale, sepalis 2 lateralibus 
connatis labello suppositis. Labellum integrum, unguicu- 
latum, basi cornutum, medio callosum; ungue cum co- 
lumna parallelo. Columna teres, apice barbata. Anthera 
unilocularis, carnosa. Clinandrium nudum, retrorsum de- 
clive. Pollinia 2, postice excavata, caudicula elastica.— 
Herbe epiphyte, subpseudobulbose. Folia coriacea, vel mem- 
branacea, plicata. Spice secunde. Flores spicatt. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Roprieveza Barkeri ; bulbis ancipiti-compressis oblongis, 
foliis lineari-lanceolatis enerviis levibus, perianthio 
undulato, sepalo inferiori (e duobus formato) fere ad 
medium bifido, segmentis patentibus, labello apice in- 
tegro. 
A Brazilian plant, imported from Brazil by Grorce 
Barker, Esq. of Birmingham, and communicated to us in 
full flower, January, 1836, by Mr. Cameron of the Bir- 
mingham Botanic Garden. It is in many respects allied to 
the Gomeza (Ropriguezia, Linpt.) recurva, of Bot. Mag. 
t. 1748, and to the plant of the same name in Bot. Cab. 
t. 660 (Ropricvezia planifolia, Linvt.) ; from the former 
it differs in the smooth not striated and plaited leaves; and 
from both, as well as from R. swaveolens, Linpt. (PLeuRo- 
THALLIS foliosa, Hoox. Bot. Mag. t. 2746.), by the = 
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