and on the carine of the lip. I was not so fortunate as to see 
it so brown as our artist happened to see them. I have no 
doubt that both the description and the sketches of Dr. Lindley 
were taken from the Skinnerian fresh specimen. We have here 
a very rare instance when the typical specimen of the author 
must be neglected, and description and sketch preferred. I 
openly confess that I did not immediately come to this con- 
clusion. Purdie’s specimen belongs to Rodriquezia granatensis. 
Pseudobulbs ancipitous-pyriform, one-leaved, with inferior tri- 
angular scariose sheaths. Leaf of pseudobulb cuneate-oblong- 
acute. Raceme few-flowered, porrect, the lower part with 
several sheaths. Bracts triangular, much shorter than the 
pedicellate ovary. Dorsal sepal cuneate-obovate, bluntly acute ; 
lateral sepals combined into one navicular narrow body, with an 
incurved apex, nearly parallel to the stalked ovary. Tepals 
cuneate-obovate, now blunt, now with a little apiculus. Lip 
unguiculate, expanded into a quadrato-pandurate obtuse-angled 
emarginate blade. On both sides there stand four or five angular 
keels from disk to base, the most interior the longest, just 
reaching the disk; a solid linear acute spur, nearly equalling half 
the body of the sheathing lateral sepals, which involve it. Column 
clavate, glabrous, with two ligulate or falcate arms near the fovea, 
and two similar arms near the androclinium. 
Materials :—A copy of Dr. Lindley’s sketch; my own sketch ; 
my single well-according herbarium specimen. I have scarcely 
any doubt that the plant is now dead everywhere. Who knows 
when it may reappear ? 
Tab. 129.—The plant. 1, flower, side view; 2, the same, sepals 
and tepals cut; 8, lip expanded +; 4, column, front view + ; 
5, 6, pollinaria +. The colours are much brighter than I saw them. 
Another interesting Rodriquezia, obtained from Peru by Mons. 
J. Linden, from whom I received my plant. It requires the same 
treatment as recommended for Tab. 128. The colour of the 
flowers is very peculiar, but few are produced at a time,—— 
Wallis: 
