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* GOVÉNIA supérba. 
Superb Govema. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Oncmpzz, $ VAnDEE, Lindl. (Introduction to the Natural 
System of Botany, p. 262.) 
GOVENIA, Lindl. Perianthium bilabiatum. Sepala lateralia falcata, 
labello supposita, basi paululum connata, supremo pauld majora. Petala sub 
sepalo supremo conniventia, breviora, obliqua. Labellum integerrimum, ecalca- 
ratum, concavum, cum basi parum producta columne articulatum, sessile. Co- 
lumna basi pauló producta, teres, subfusiformis, apice utrinque marginata, 
Anthera calyptriformis, 1-locularis. Pollinia 4, solida, incumbentia, caudiculá 
brevi, glandulá minore triangulari. Terrestres. Folia plicata. Spice radi- 
cales, multiflore. Flores speciosi. - Lindl. gen. et sp. Orch. 153. 
G. superba; labello ovato-cordato, spicá cylindracea, bracteis acuminatis, foliis 
oblongis acuminatis basi angustatis scapo sequalibus. 
G. superba, Lindl. in Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1709. Gen. & Sp. Orch. l.c. 
Maxillaria superba. Lexarsa et Llave Orch. Mex. 2. 13. 
Caulis cum foliis 5-pedalis, Folia 3-pedalia, et ultra, basi vaginis 
purpurascentibus vestita. © Racemus 1 -13-pedalis, cylindraceus, floribus 
onustus. Sepala 7 lineas longa, lateralia semi-oblonga. Petala oblique 
rhomboidea acuníinata. Labellum 3 lineas tantum longum, lividum, ungui- 
culatum, cordatum, ovatum, obtusum, suprà canaliculatum. 
This noble species was originally discovered by Messrs. 
Lexarza and La Llave on the mountains near Valladolid, a 
town of Mexico, flowering in August. The native name is 
Azuzena amarilla. It is one of the handsomest plants of the 
whole order of Orchidex, and is especially remarkable for 
its stately appearance, the rich orange of its flowers, and the 
long time they continue to open. The specimen in Mesers. 
Loddiges' collection grows to the height of a man; that from 
which our drawing was made was furnished by Mr. Bateman, 
in February 1834. 
, 
Esq. under whose care 
* So called in compliment to James Robert Gowen, ander 
fertilization at High- 
were conducted many of the curious experiments upon Cross 
clere, the seat of the Earl of Carnarvon. 
