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RoDRIGUEZIA SECUNDA. SIDE-FLOWERED 
RopRIGUEZIA. 
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Class and Order. 
GynanpriA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—OrcuibEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium patens, subequale, sepalis 2 lateralibus con- 
natis labello suppositis. Labellum integrum, unguiculatum, 
basi cornutum medio callosum ; ungue cum columna paral- 
lelo. Columna teres, apice barbata. Anthera unilocularis, 
carnosa, Clinandrium nudum, retrorsum declive. Pollinia 
2, postice excavata, caudicula elastica—Herbe epiphyte, 
subpseudo-bulbose. Folia coriacea,v. membranacea, plicata. 
Spice secunde. Flores speciost. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Roprievezia * secunda; pseudo-bulbis compressis ovalibus, 
foliis lanceolatis apice emarginatis obliquis, spica cy- 
lindracea foliis longiore recurva, sepalo supremo forni-_ 
cato, petalis ovatis obtusis, labello abrupte deflexo 
disco calloso apice cuneato emarginato. Lindl. 
Ropricuezia secunda. Humb. Nov. Gen. et Sp. Pl. v. 1. 
t. 92. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 930. 
Ropricguezis lanceolata. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 676 (non Ruiz 
et Pav.) 
PLEUROTHALLIs? coccinea. Hook. Ex. Fl. t. 129. 
A very beautiful Orchideous plant, native of Trinidad, 
also of the Province of Popayan near Carthagena, where 
Humsotpr’s original specimen was found, and of Demerara, 
whence 
* So named by Ruiz and Pavon in compliment to EMANUEL Ropri- 
SUEZ, a Spanish Botanist, and Apothecary to His most Christian Majesty. 
