692 ORCIIIDES. 



RODRIGUEZIA. 



4. RODRIGUKZIA MACLLATA Rchb. fil. in v. ScliL Bot. Ztg. 1852. 771. Huc: Burling' 

 loiiia maculata Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXV. (1839). 44 : 



Racemis pendiilis, sepalo anleriore ernarginalo ; snpi-enio sepalisqiie 



ovalo-oblongis undulatis acutis, lainellis labelli cristalis denlalis, iabello 



bilobo undulato denticulalo versus unguem lacero, foliis iineari-lanceolalis. 



Pseudobulbi ovales compressi monophylli hasi aphylli ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis 



strialis rcctis. Pedunculi pcnduli, racemosi, folioruni longitudine; bracteis ovario di- 



midio brovioribus. Flores odorati , lutei, cinnamonieo colore , maculaii , in genere 



parvi ; labellum caeteris longius, basi album , lamellis 3 inaequaliter denlalis carnosis 



parallelis antice abrupte truncatis. Columna ungue labelli brevior eique appressa, 



clavata, semiteres, apice utrinque bicornis sanguinea. Brazil. Loddiges 38. 



Obs. Noli hanc e.x nomine confundere cum Hodriijuezia maculala Lindl. {Leochil. 

 oncidioide Knw. Westc, Oncidio macranthero Hook.) 



5. RODRIGUEZIA PARDINA Rchb. fil. ia v. Mohl und v. Schi. Bot. Z. 1862. 428. 



6. RODRIGUEZIA DECORA Rclih. I. c. p. 771. Iluc: Burlingtonia decora Lemaire Jard. 

 Fl. II. sub 188: 



Caule eracili eiongato bracleato longissime radicante pseudo-bulbifero- 

 ramoso ; pseudobulbis ovatis subsulcalis plurisquamatis apice unifolialis; 

 folio lii^eari-oblongo coriaceo basisiriato, obluso, bracteis amplectentibus, 

 scariosis uno latere fissis; squamis equitanlibus; laciniis perigonii in- 

 aequalibus connalis ovali-acutis conniventibus , lateralibus majoribus, 

 omnibus albis roseo-piclis, labelli ungue anguslo longissimo disco nudo 

 canaliculato lateraliler denlato, lobo terminali dilatalo alboalte bilobulato, 

 gynostemate appendice capitato quadricornuto. 

 Patria : Brasilia prov. Sl. Paul. Mathieu, Libon, 



Burlingtonia decora Lem. — Planch. in Van Houtt. Fl. S. VII. 716: 

 Glaberrima, caulibus teretibus gracilibus interrupte pseudobulbiferis, 

 pseudobulbis coiupresso ancipitibus ovatis apice monopbyllis (aliis basi 

 praeter squamas folio uno stipatis) sulcatis, foliis linearilanceolatis, ra- 

 cemis basilaribus (lerminalibusve) inferne unibracteatis, apice laxe 3-;- 

 5-floiis, sepalis inferioribus tertia parte connatis, calcare conico circiter 

 2" longo, iabelli ungue basi canaliculalo denteque utrinque aucto a 

 inedio ad apicem fimbiiis pinniformibus puberulis ornato, Jimbo dilalato 

 bilobo cundido (caeleris perianlhii partibus roseis purpureo maculalis), 

 slaminodiis antenniformibus pilosis rubris gynostemio aequalibus, styli 

 cornubus glabris stamiuodiis plus duplo brevioribus. 



B. decora Ch. Lam. Jard. Fl. II. 1852. t. 188. — B. anioena Planch. 1851. 

 Ilort. Houtl. 

 Brasil St. Paul. Libon coll. de M. de Jonghe. — B. Mag. 4834. Paxt. Fl, G. III. 

 Xyl. 278. 



7. RODRIGUEZIA RIGIDA Rchb. fil. in v. Mobl und v. Schl. B. Z. 1852. 771: Burling. 

 tonia rigida Lindl. Bol. Reg. XXIII. (1837.) sub 1927: 



Caulibus teretibus rigidis durissimis, ereclis, per Jonga inlervalla pro- 



liferis , pseudobiilbis obovatis compressis monophyllis , foliis oblongis, 



scapo longo rigido apice racemoso, labello basi inutico disco sparse la- 



rnellato, columna pubescenle appendicibus 2 laicalis ereclis pilosis aurita. 



Found in Brazil, near Villa Nova de Almaida, by Prince Maximilian of Wied Neu- 



wied and preserved in ihe Brazil. Herbariura of Dr. v. Martius. This singular plant has 



.stifr. apparently erect stems, ihe ihickness of a crow's quill, which throw out pseudo- 



bulbs at iniervals of from l'/» lo 2 feet ; each pseudobulb pushes forih its own roots, 



which are extremely long and ns fine as bairs ; and gives birlh to a scape of the 



some thickness and ie.\iure as ihe raain siem, a foot and balf long. ai the tip of 



