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spicnous segment, which is reddish crimson profusely dotted with blackish- 

 purple ; the petals are antennae-like, narrow, clubbed at the ends, and similar 

 in colour to the dorsal sepal ; the lip is small and of the same colour as the 

 lateral sepals. It is well deserving a place in every collection for its extreme 

 beauty, free-flowering properties, and curious structure. It blooms throughout 

 the whole of the summer months. — U. 8. of Colomhia. 



Fig.— L'lU. Hnrt., I. 601 ; Humh. JBottpl. at Kunth, Kov. Gen. et Sp. PL, i. t. 94 ; 

 Lindenia, i. t. 36 ; VeitcKs Man. Orch. PL, v. p. 11. 



Syn. — M. viactilata. 



R. DAYANA.— See Masdevallia Dayana. 



R. ELEGANS, Karsten.—A pretty little plant, which very much resembles 

 the preceding in habit, but is dwarfer. The tufted stems bear broadly elliptic 

 leathery leaves, and from their base the pretty flowers, which, though not so 

 large as those of S. antennifera, are very curiously marked ; the dorsal sepal is 

 lanceolate, white streaked with purple, lengthened out into a yellow filiform 

 tail, and the united lateral sepals are oblong emarginate, concave, yellow 

 thickly marked with lines of small purple dots; the petals are small and 

 resemble the dorsal sepal, and the small lip is panduriform emarginate, yellow, 

 spotted and edged with red. It succeeds admirably in the cool house, with the 

 treatment recommended above. — U. 8. of Colomhia; Caracas. 



Fig. — Bot. Mag., t. 5966 ; Flore des Serres, t. 743 ; Xarst., Auswahl neuer nnd Gen. 

 Ven., t. 2. 



Syn. — R.pnnctulata. 



R. MACULATA.— See E. ANiENXirEHA. 



R. PUNCTULATA.-Soe E. elegans. 



R. STRIATA, Molfe. — A distinct and pretty species, of a. densely tufted 

 habit ; the dorsal sepal is \\ inch long, maroon with a narrow line on each side 

 of the midrib ; lateral sepals united more than half their length, yellow, striped 

 with maroon. — New Grenada. 



Fia.—Journ. of Hort., 1892, xxiv. p. 275, f. 45 ; Bot. Mag., t. 7233. 



RODRIGUEZIA, Ruiz et Pavon. 

 QTribe Vandeae, suhtribe Oncidieae.) 



This is a small group of Brazilian and Central American epiphytes, 

 with which some authorities associate the Burlingtonias, another small 

 group of interesting species already noticed at p. 134. The small 

 flowers have the sepals and petals erect and sub-equal, the lip is clawed 

 and entire, with a spur or gibbosity at the base, and the column is 

 terete, bearded at the apex. The species are not generally very attractive, 

 but that here described is well worth growing. 



Culture. — This plant succeeds well on a block suspended from the 

 roof, and should be grown in the Cattleya house. 



