C 3504) 
RoprRiGueziA PLANIFOLIA, EVvEN-LEAVED 
He RopriGueEzia. 3 
Class and Order. 
GynanpriA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—OrcHiweEa. ) 
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 cortacea vel 
membranacea, plicata. Spice secunde. Flores speciost. 
Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Ropricuezia planifolia; bulbis valde compressis ovato- 
oblongis, foliis lanceolatis enerviis levibus, perianthio 
undulato, sepalo inferiori (e duobus formato) apice 
solummodo bifido, labello apice integro. 
Roprievuezsa planifolia. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. v. 7. p. 67. 
ejusd, Gen, et Sp. Orchid. p. 195. , 
Gomeza recurva. Lodd. Bot. Cab. (not Bot. Mag.) ¢. 660. 
This deliciously fragrant plant, named Gomeza (Ropri- 
gurziA, Linpt.) recurva by Mr. Loppiees, but distinguished 
from that species by Professor Linptey on account of the 
even (not striated) surface of its leaves, and the entire, 
not emarginate, lip, has been kindly communicated to us 
by Mr. Joun Camppett, of the Botanic Garden, Belfast, — 
where it was imported from Brazil. It flowers in February. 
Descr. Bulbs clustered, scarcely more than two inches 
high, pale coloured, much compressed and sharp-edged, 
bearing 
