RODRIGUKZIA 



tufts, while others, like B. di'cuni, have long, strag- 

 gling rhizomes diflicult to keep within the limits of a 

 block or a basket. Pseudobulbs small, compressed, 1-2- 

 Ivd. and bearing sheathing Ivs. at the base: racemes 

 erect or pendulous: dorsal sepal and petals similar, 

 free, erect; lateral sepals united, concave, but scarcely 

 saccate: labellum spurred or saccate, with a long claw 

 parallel to the column, and a spreading blade usually 

 exceeding the sepal: column slender. Robert Brown's 

 genus Gomesa (sometimes written Gomeza), found on 

 G. recurva, is now referred to Rodriguezia. G. recitrva 

 is Ji'. vtanifoUa. 



Grow Rodriguezias in very shallow pots filled with 

 tough peat, and well drained. Rest them in a tempera- 

 ture of 50°, giving little water. The growing tempera- 

 ture should be from 65-75°. Give plenty of moisture 

 anil shade from direct sunshine. The stronger-growing 

 kinds will need thicker potting material in baskets; 

 they do well wired on tree-fern stocks. During season 

 of growth, syringing is necessary. 



A. Fls. large, u-hite, spotted or rose. 



B. Haceme erect 1. fragrrans 



2. decora 



BB. Raceme pendulous 'A. venusta 



4. Candida 

 .=>. pubescens 

 AA. Fts. small, tUep rose or spotted red. .fi. secunda 



AAA. Fls. greenish 7. crispa 



8. planifoUa 



frigrana, Reichb. f. [Burlingtonia frihiraiis. Lindl.). 

 Lvs. tufted: racemes erect: fls. pure w liin, , \, , |,i iIm- 

 middle of the labellum, which is stiiiin 

 very fragrant; lower sepals united, in; i' i. i : 



pal acute; labellum cucuUate behind, «iMi -.< j |,ni.(l. 

 pubescent appendage on the disk. April, JIay. Brazil. 

 G.C. III. 4:757 (the plant is here figured witli a pendu- 

 lous raceme). 



decora, Reichb. f. {BurUngtdniad^cora,'Lem.). Plant 

 with a long, slender rhizome, with oval, 1-lvd. pseudo- 

 bulbs: scape nearly erect, 9 in. high, bearing 5-10 blos- 

 soms in a loose raceme: sepals and petals ovate, acute, 

 eonnivent, white or pale rose spotted with red ; labellum 

 twice as long as the petals, white; middle lobe rounded, 

 bifid, contracted into a broad claw which has several 

 fringed lamellse; column with falcate hairy ears. May, 

 •June. Brazil. B.M. 4834. P.S. 7:716.-Var. picta, 

 Hort. (Burlingtdnia dicora, vax. picta, Hook.). Pseu- 

 dobulbs orbicular, compressed : fls. short, acute; sepals 

 and petals spotted with deep purple-red. B.M. 5419. 



venilsta, Reichb. t. (Burlingtonia renKsto, Lindl.). 

 Lvs. linear-oblong, forming compact masses: fls. in 

 drooping racemes, large, white or tinged with pink and 

 having a yellow stain on the lip; dorsal sepal acute, 

 the lateral pair entire; labellum transversely plicate 

 near the middle. Flowers at various seasons. Brazil. 

 I.H. 5:188. — Very near R. Candida. 



cindida, Batem. (Burlingt&nia cdndida,ljmdi\.). Lvs. 

 oblong, firm : racemes pendulous, 4-6-fld. : fls. white, 

 with a light stain of yellow on the labellum, 2 in. long; 

 dorsal sepal obovate, emarginatc tin- I..\v.r |iair united 

 into a concave, bifid blade, sac. '.It. ■ ;it Im-i-; j,. t.iU ,.li,i- 

 vate, with the apex recurved; l.ilu Hum witli a lir.iadlv 

 ciineate, bifld middle lobe, loiii.-. r tl,,,n liji >r]i;ils and 

 petals; base and lateral lobes parallel ti. the ouluum, 

 throat with many lamella?. April, May. Guiana. B.E. 

 23:1927. P.M. 1871:548. 



pub^Bcens, Reichb. t. (Burlingtdnia puMscens, Lindl.l. 

 Lvs. tufted, dark green, keeled: racemes many, pen- 

 dulous, from the tuft of lvs.: fls. pure white; labellum 

 2-lobed, hastate; lateral lobes erect, furnished with 

 lamella?; column pubescent, in which it differs from the 

 other species. 



secunda, HBK. Fig. 2141. Pseudobulbs bearing sev- 

 eral thick, linear-oblong lvs.: raceme erect, secund, 6 

 in. high: fls. deep rose; sepals erect, ovate, convex, the 

 lower pair keeled and gibbous; petals like the dorsal 

 sepal; labellum obovate-oblong, emarginate, undulate, 

 scarcely longer than the sepals. Aug. Trinidad, Gui- 

 ana. B.M. 3524. B.R. 11:930. L.B.C. 7:676 (as J?, ian- 

 ceo;a(a). 



ROLLINIA 1543 



crispa, Lindl. Pseudobulbs elongate-ovate: lvs. ob- 

 long-lanceolate, spreading, undulate: raceme pendulous, 

 rather dense: fls. green, with yellowish borders; sepals 

 all free, undulate-crisp; petals similar; labellum lanceo- 

 late, sigmoid. Brazil. B.R. 20:54. 



planifdlia, Lindl. Pseudobulbs clustered, compressed: 

 lvs. lanceolate: raceme long, drooping: fls. greenish 

 yellow, fragrant; sepals oblong, waved, acute, the 

 lower pair united except at the end; petals like the dor- 

 sal sepal ; labellum broadly oblong, acute, reflexed, 

 shorter than the lower sepals. Feb. Brazil. B.M. 1748, 

 3504. L.B.C. 7:660 (as Gomesa reciirm). 



Heinkich Hasselbring and Wm. Mathews. 



EOGIfiBA. See Bondeletia. 



2141. Rodriguezia secunda (X Yn) 



E6HDEA (Mich. Rohde, physician and botanist of 

 Bremen). Lilideece. A monotvpic genus from Japan, 

 essentially a tender foliage plant with luxuriant radical 

 lvs. 1-2 ft. long. The fls. are borne among the lvs. in 

 short, thick, dense spikes a few inches high; perianth 

 globular-bell-shaped; anthers sessile; stigma peltate; 

 style nearly wanting: fr. a globular, usually 1-seeded 

 berry. Rohdeas are excellent plants for dwelling- 

 house decoration, doing well in the cooler positions. 

 They are perfectly hardy at Washington, the foliage 

 being but slightly browned during the coldest weather. 



Jap6nica, Roth. Root a long, nearly cylindric root- 

 stock with fleshy fibers : lvs. typically green, 9-12 in a 

 rosette, erect, oblanceolate: berry about the size of a 

 small olive, with a red pulp. B.M. 898. Gn. 30, p. 541. 

 — The following varieties, which differ in shape and 

 color of the lvs., are offered by Dutch bulb growers: 

 Vars. aureo-striita, falcita, falcata var., latimaculita 

 macrophylla, margin^ta minor, pygmsea, zebiina. 



G. W. Oliver and F. W. Barclay. 



ROLLfNIA (Charles Rollin. of Paris, 1661-1741, aided 

 Tournefort). AnonAcea. About 20 trees and shrubs of 

 tropical America, differing from Anona in having the 

 petals united into a 3-6-lobed tube, the exterior lobes 

 wing-appendaged. the interior small or none: fr. some- 

 times of separate carpels: fls. 1-5 on peduncles that are 

 terminal or opposite the lvs. The general remarks un- 

 der Anona will apply to these plants. 



SiSberi, A. DC. (Andna mnscdsa. Jacq.). Low tree, 

 the young growth nearly or quite smooth: lvs. oblong, 

 taper-pointed, smooth: ext. ri-i ].. iM- iiilong and blunt 

 (>^-l in. long), greenish, ti . ... iill.-r but promi- 

 nent, reddish: fr. about : , ter, greenish, 

 somewhat globose, the suri, i.. ,im.,. tuliercles. Na- 

 tive in the islands of Guadeloujie and .Martinique, and 

 in Guiana; probably in various West Indies islands.— 

 Introduced into southern Florida as a fruit plant, but it 

 is yet very little known within our limits. L H B 



