RODRIGUEZIA. 



ORGHIDES. 695 



var. ionolenca Rchb. fll, Bonpl. HI. 215 : 

 Valde similjs R. venustae (Biirligloniae venuslae Lindl.), major, gyno- 

 stemio crasso breviori bene pnbeiulo, slaminodiis rbombeis aulice ero- 

 sulis, labello antice sinu lalo Lilobo, sepalo inferiori bidenlato. 



Racemus pendulus decemflorus, Sepalum .summum lonceolaium aculum ; sepalum 

 inferius naviculare, postice saccato refractum , apice liidentaium. Tepala cuncato ob- 

 longa acuta, Labcllum sub basi bene cornulum, a basi cuneata panduraium, lobi poslici 

 trianguli , antici e.\trorse rliombei denticulalo sinu mogno inlerjecto cuni denticulo In 

 fundo ; lamellae 2 parallelae per discum , lamellulis seriatis parvulis decrescentibus 

 utrinque in basi. — Blijlhen weiss : aussere Iliillblaller und Fruchiknoten hell violett 

 angelaufen, Drei sehr genaherte orangefarbige Sireifcn auf der Lippe vor den zwei 

 Leisten, wclcbc selbst ebenso gefarbt siml. Die iibrigen Leistchen hell violett. Diese 

 Pllanze erscheint liier und da als Burlinglonia fragrans in Garten. Die Rodrij^uezia fra- 

 grans Rchb. fil, (Burlingtonia fragrans Lindl.) ist durch behaarte, vorn dreizahnige er- 

 Iiabene Lippenleisie und aufrechte Bluihentrauben unterschieden. Wir sahen sie nie. 

 Letzter Charakter ist nichl viel vverih, Das iezterhnliene Exemplar slammt aus dem 

 Garten des Herrn Pescatore. Cultur des Ilerrn Luddemann. 



Lindl. Paxt. Fl. G. I, 158: Burlingtonia venusta : smooth column , lip not hastate. 

 wilh many shallow ridges on each side near the base. Flowers larger than in B. pu- 

 bescens, more loosely arranged. 



14. RODRIGUEZL\ CANDIDA Bat, in litt. Bot. Reg. XXIIL (1837). 1927. Burlingtonia 

 caudida Lindl. I. c: 



Raceniis pendulis, sepalo anteriore bilobo, supremo petalisque ob- 

 tusis, labello seriebiis duabus lamellarum carnosarum in disco. 

 Rodriguczia candida Batem, in liit. 



Folia oblonga, apicem versus paulo latiora , subcanaliculata , solilaria. Racemus 

 pendulus, quiDquellorus, Flores candidi membranacei. semidiaphani, venis quibusdara 

 luteis in lobello, duos pollices longi. Sepalum suiiremum obovatum , planum, emar- 

 ginaitim, infeiius canaliculatum, biGdum, basi concavum, ad calcar incurvum labelli 

 recipiendum, a petalis distinctum. Pctala obovata, apice patula , circa columnam vo- 

 luta. Labellum cum columna parallelum, ungue canaliculato , apice utrinque uniden- 

 laio. apice dilatalum subcunealum, bilobum . venis lutescentibus ornalum; lamellis 

 pluribus distichis carnosis in disco, qiiarum anteiiores mulio longiores. Columna gra- 

 cilis , teres, clavata , apice deniibus duobus carnosis stigmati adstanlibus, clinandrio 

 declivi immarginato. 



Liiidl. Paxt. Fl. G. I, p. 158. Burlinglonia candida has a smooth column ; lip very 

 slightly bastate, a stalk two thirds as long as column, and one ridge on eacb side, 

 forming a brokcn row of callosities. Flowers much fewer in each bunch , twice as 

 large as in B. vcnusta, 



15. RODRIGUEZIA LANCEOLATA R. Pav. FI. Peruv, Prodr. 219. Rchb. fiL in Bon- 

 plandia IV. 213. 



16. RODRIGUEZIA ENSIFOLIA R. Pav. FI. Peruv. Pr«dr. 218. Rchb, flL in Bonplandia 

 IV. ), 0, 



17. RODRIGUEZIA GRANADENSIS Rchb. OL I. c. Burlingtonia granadensis LindL Orch. 

 Lind. 18J6. p..24: 



Foliis oblonf;is acutis, racemo ereclo(?) 5-floro, bracteis minimis, 



apiculatis, labello bilobo subrhombeo trilvimellalo basi unidentato, co- 



lumnae alis 2 ereclis laceris, 2 lalis Iruncafis porreclis duplo majoribus. 



„Leaves flesby; flowers v^'hite, or ina variely yellowish. An epiphyte on Psidiums, 



between China coia and Chopo, in ihe prov. of Pamplona, at ihe heigbl of 2500. 



