128 GOMEZA. 



Introduced from Brazil by Mr. George Barker^ of Birminghara; 

 it flowered for tlie first time ia this country in the Botanic Garden 

 of that town in January, 1836. It is the least interesting of the 

 Gomezas now cultivated. 



G. foliosa. 



Pseudo-bulbs narrowly ovato-obloug, 2 — 3 inches long, much com- 

 pressed, diphyllous. Leaves linear, acute, about 6 inches long. Racemes 

 longer than the leaves, the rachis and pedicels very pale green, the 

 latter slicathed l)y subulate, acuminate bracts as long as themselves. 

 Flowers very fragrant, | inch across vertically ; sepals and petals light 

 buff-yellow, the dorsal sejjal and petals linear spathulate, undulate ; the 

 lateral sepals longer, I'onnate at the base; lip much shorter than the 

 other segments, ovate-oblong, reflexed, light buff yellow with two white 

 keels on the disc. Column wingless, white with an orange spot below 



the stigma. 



Gomeza foliosa, Benth. Gen. Plant. III. p. 566 (1883). Pleurothallis foliosa, 

 Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 2746 (1827). Rodriguezia suaveolens, Lindl. Gen. et. Sp. 

 Orch. p. 195 (1833). Odontoglossuni foliosuni, Eclib. in Walp. Ann. VI. p. 854 



(1864). 



First cultivated in the Botanic Garden of Trinity College, Dublin, 

 in 1825, whither it had been introduced from Brazil by the Curator, 

 Mr. Mackay. It is the prettiest and sweetest of the Gomezas ; its 

 fraorance has been compared to that of the violet and cowslip 

 combined. 



Gr. planifolia. 



Pseudo-bulbs ovoid, compressed, about 2 inches long, diphyllous. 

 Leaves lanceolate, acute, 4 — 5 inches long, more or less recurved. 

 Racemes longer than the leaves, the rachis and pedicels whitish, the 

 bracts acute and shorter than the stalked ovaries. Flowers light 

 greenish yellow, very fragrant ; sepals and petals oblong, acute, undulate, 

 the lateral sepals connate nearly to their tips ; lip much shorter than 

 the other segments, broadly oblong, acute, reflexed with two oblong 

 tubercles on the disk. Column Avhite with an orange line roimd the 

 stigma. 



Gomeza planifolia, Eenth. Gen. Plant. III. p. 566 (1883). Rodriguezia plani- 

 folia, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. p. 195 (1833). Bot. Mug. t. 3504. Odontoglossum 

 planifolium, Rchb. in Walp. Ann. VI. p. 853 (1864). 



Introduced by Messrs. Loddiges about the year 1822. It is 

 sometimes confused with the preceding species, from which it is 

 distinguished by its smaller pseudo-bulbs, its broader and shorter 

 leaves, also by the lateral sepals being connate nearly to their tips, 

 and by its differently shaped labellum. Its pleasant fragrance is its 

 chief recommendation. 



