RODRIGUCZIA. 



ORCIUDES. 691 



connata, labello supposita. Petala unguiculala, labello parnllela, sepalis 

 longitudine aequalia, sed latiora. Labellum iinguiculatum, bilobum, basi 

 cornutum aut muticum, cum columna parallelum, apice dilatalum ; ungue 

 canaliculato , lamellato. Columna teres , longc clavata, nunc apice ap- 

 pendicibus duabus, coloratis aucla; clinandpio dorsali, sligmate utrinque 

 cornuto. Anthera unilocularis. Pollinia 2, postice excavata , caudiculae 

 subulalae elasticae adnata. — Herbae epipbylae, pseudobulbis l — 2phyllis, 

 basi folialis. 



Tliose, who hnve ihe honour to be acquainled wiih the Couniess of Bniiington 

 wiil feel, ihat no compliment was ever more juslly convoyed , ihan in tho dediealioii 

 of ihose most iovely flowers lo the amiable and accomplished Lady, whose namu thcy 

 are hereforih to bear. 



In many respects it agrees wilh the genus Rodriguezia, especially in ils lower se- 

 pals being united in one, in its lip having a short horn at ihe base , in ihe column 

 being taper, and in ihe structure of the polienmasses ; and I was first disposed lo 

 refer it thiiher ; but ils merabranous and convolule (not herbaceous or coloured and 

 spreading) flowers, its unguiculale (not sessile) peials and sepais, its long slender 

 (iiot dwarf) column. and ils membranous 2iobed lip , so rauch longer, ihan the other 

 parts, have satistied me, lliat it is a truiy disiinct genus. 



Rchb. fll. in v. Schl. Bot. Z. 771: 

 Perigonium carnoso-membranaceum, subpeiluciduui. Phylla superiora 

 subaequalia, lateralia interna latiora, intima coalita, vulgo apice bifida, 

 naviculari-excavata, basi saccato-descendentia ab origine. Labellum ima 

 basi cum gynostemio connatum, cum illo parallelum. sessile, inferne in 

 calcar solidum productum, subconnivens , in phylla externa infima in- 

 cumbens; a basi angustiori antice obcordato-dilatatum ; venae centrales 

 cristigerae. Gynostemium teretiusculum, gracile, apice clavatum, utrin- 

 que in brachia ascendens carnosa, alaeformia, vulgo antice producta et 

 sub angulis androclinii, et sub fovea stigmatica. Androclmium ellipticum, 

 Iriangulum , margine postico et utroque angulo angulalum, anguli nunc 

 auriculati producii, nunc abbreviati ; fundo excavaturn. Hostellum ascen- 

 dens, triangulum, apice bidentalum. Stigma in fovea inler rostellum et 

 brachia illa abscondilum. Antliera oblongo-mitrata, dorso medio vulgo 

 elevatulo, tumido, intus linea transversa dimidiata in partem pollinifi^iani 

 eL caudiculigeram , linea crucianle loculorum confinia indigitanle. Pol- 

 linia 2 globosa, seu ohlon.i^o-globosa, basi excisa fissa.' Caudicula li- 

 nearis, basi dilatala. Glandula oblonga, roslelli ventri appres.-a. 



Hcbb. fll, 1. c. 770 : De Gomeza R. Br. faiso Rodrigueziae substiiuta et R. ,,BiirIing- 

 tonia'' inde false nominaia. 



1. RODRIGUEZIA SLCUNDA II. B. Kth. N. G. et Sp. I. Tab. 92. — B. R. 930. — B. M. 

 3524. — IHeurolhalUs ? coccinea llook. Ex. 129. — hodr. lunccolala, B. Cab. 67(i. — 



2. RODRIGUEZIA CARNEA Lindl. B. R. XXIX. (IS43.) Misc. 113. 



Pseudobulbis compressis ovalibus, lcliis lancoolalis canaliculatis acutis, 

 racerno secundo lolio breviore ascendcnte, sepiilo suprcmo fornicalo, 

 inferiore bidentato, petalis ovatis , obtusis, ia!)cllo jiixla basin aurito 

 disco interrupte bilamellato apice cuneato umarginato, columna elon- 

 gala basi lanala. 



Columbia. Linden 1842. very lilie a small pale specinien of R secunda ; but it 

 dillers in baving bul 2 raising plales on the bend of ihe iubellum and iii its column 

 being unusually long and woolly. Spec. Rev. J. Clowes. The foiiage rauch iho same 

 as that of Bodriguezia secunda , liut narrower. 



3. RODRIGUEZIA STANGEANA Rchb. fll. in Otto Hamb. Gtz. Ib57. p. 314. 



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