694 ORCHIDES. 



RODniGDEZrA. 



9. RODRIGUEZIA BATEMANF P6pp. Endl. N. G. Sp. Vol. I. t. 70. Huc : Burlingtonia 

 rubescens Lindl. B. Reg. XXHI. (1837). sub 1927: 



Racemis erectis, sepalo anteriore inlecerrimo lineari-lnnceolato pa- 

 lenle supremoque nciiminntis, labello basi aiiriculato bilamellalo. 



Delicaiely spoiied wiih rose coloiir, Inhabiis ihe irunks of the Calabash trees in 

 ihe mission of Yuriniagnas , in ilie province of Maynns, ihe holtest part of Peru, and 

 is loaded wiih blossoms all ihe year long. i*eru. Popiiig. 



10. RODRIGUEZIA FRAGRANS Rchb. fll. !. c. liiic : Burlingtonia fragrans Bot. Reg. 

 XXIII. (1S37.) sub 1927: 



Racemis ereclis, sepalo anteriore integerrimo, supremo acuto, labello 

 postico ciicullalo supia unguem bilamellato , disco pubescente elevalo 

 apice tridentato. 



Seaied upon the highest branches of Cedrela irec perfumes ihe forestsoflhe same 

 country wilh the odour of Jonquils. Brozil in ihe dislricts of Mono-Quemado and 

 Blacahe, and in the neighbourbood of ihe towii of Boru Jesu de Dananal; Descourlili 

 drawings .Nr. 12. 



Lindl. Sert. 11. (1838): Column taper club-shaped upwards, prolonged on each 

 side of ihe stigma inio a «horl tlat born , white , about half as long as ihe iip, wiih 



2 short purpie conical enrs on a level wiih ihe apex of ihe antber. Aniher slopes 

 backwaids upon ihe end of ihe column, is liemis(iherical and divided into two cells 

 by a perpoiidicular partition: at ihe apex it is dilotate and hollowed oui lo secure an 

 oval yellowish glond , to wliich adheres a curved slrap having 2 deep ycllow pollen- 

 niasses. — (Comparata ibi cum R. venusia). Lcaves more obiuse , raceme of flowers 

 erect. labellum standing at the back, and the lillle ears at the end of ihe column al- 

 most obliterated. Epidd. parduriforme Desc. 



11. RODRIGUEZIA PUBESCI-NS Rchb. 01. I. c. IIuc; Buvlingionia pubexcens Lindl. Cf. 

 Walp. Ann. III 554 Praeterea i. c. Lindlcyano: Snow white. Appears to be very rare 

 at Pernambuco. Flowers ereci, — Durlingiouia pubescens: downy column ; lip wilb 



3 yeliow ridges on each .side near tbe base , a jiair of erect side lobes. rendering it 

 what is technically callcd hastate, Smail flowers, 



12. RODRIGUEZIA BAHIENSIS Rcbb. fll, Bonpl. H. p. 90: 



Aff. quoad florem H. secundae, qua |)auIo major; denlibus labelli par- 

 vis poslicis, lobo medio ab ungue anguste cunealo quadrato bilobo, la- 

 mellis 2 per unguem, 2 mediis anterioiibus; flore candidissiiuo , callis 

 et macula utrinque in angulis gynoslemii aiirantiacis. 



Sepalum summum oblongum acutum, inflmuni excavatum oblongiim acutum ; tepnln 

 obionga acuta; iabelluni ima basi inlra volde cornicuiaiuin. iincarihgulaium, aiuice in 

 laminam quaJraiam sensim dilatalum, apice bilobum, latera minule crenulaia, auricu- 

 lae angiilalae utrinquc pone basin ; lamellae 4 erectao xaiiiliitiae .'ib niirioulis in discuiii 

 lobi medii, externae quidem abbreviatoe, iniernae anlrorsum progrpdienlos ; gynosh- 

 mium gracile, glabrum, brachia ikncxa, deniiculi niinulissiini inter brachia sub fuvca, 

 callus maximus semirotiindus in androclinio. Babiu , eingefiibrt vou lierrn Senator 

 JeDiscb, cultivirt von Herrn Kranier. 



13. RODRIGUEZIA VE.NUSTA Rchb. fll. I. c, lluc : Burlingtonia venusla Lindl. Dot. Reg. 

 XX III. (1837.) sub 19.^7 : 



Hacemis pendiilis, sepalo anteriore integerrimo, supremo acnlo, labello 

 infra medium transverse plicaio. 



One of ibe I5urlingtonias, B. venusia, mny be liiterally said lo sink beneath its long 

 heavy cliisters of snow-white blossoms, jiist liiiged wiili pink. 



Braril.-Descouriirz drawings N. 83. — Lindl. Sert.Tub. 12: Column wilh iwo sliort 

 conicai purplc ears on a level wiib the opex of the anihcr. 



