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Rodriguezia planifolia. Lindl.

Gen. Char. cf. Lindl. gen & sp. 194
Ro. planif. Bulbis valde compressis
ovato oblong. fol. lanc. enerviis laevib.
perianthio undulato, sepalo infer. (e2 formato)
apice solumodo 2fido, labello apice integro.

Bulbs clustered scarcely more than [crossed out: illegible] 2" [crossed out: long]
high, pale coloured, much compressed & sharp edged
bearing a pair of leaves at the extremity
which are lanceolate even on the surface
& more or less recurved. Scape arching from the
base of the bulb on one side. & from within a
leafy sheath, short, bearing rather a long
drooping raceme of many fragrant greenish yellow
flowers more remarkable for their scent than their
beauty. Sep. oblong, waved, acute, the 2 lateral or lower
ones combined together for nearly their whole
length, the extremities straight not in the least
spreading. Lip broadly oblong, yellow, crested at
the base with 2 crenate white membranes & bearing
2 oblong tubercles near the middle where the lip
is very suddenly & much reflexed, the apex rather
acute, entire. Column nearly white, semicylindrical
with a deep orange margin round the stigma. Anthers
hemispherical. Germen clavate, subtended by a white
membranous, sheathing bractea, nearly as long as itself.