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* GALEANDRA Baueri. 
Bauer's Casguewort. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDACEE, $ VANDER. 
GALEANDRA. Illustr. of Orch. Pl. gen. t. 8. Gen. $ Sp. Orch. 
p. 186. 
Perianthium patens v. conhivens, sepalis petalisque cegualibus ascendentibus, 
liberis. Labellum infundibuliforme, calcaratum, indivisum, sessile, in- 
tus leve, margine nunc fimbriato. Columna erecta, membranaceo-alata, 
clinandrio declivi. Anthera galeseformis, cristâ recurvá eum dorso cli- 
nandrii cardinatá. Pollinia 2, posticé excavata, caudiculá brevi, cum 
glandulâ elongata basi divergenti-bilobá articulatâ.—— Herbæ terrestres, 
foliis plicatis, scapis radicalibus v. racemis terminalibus. 
G. Baueri. (G. & Sp. Orch. 186.) caule simplici, foliis lanceolatis 3-nerviis, 
corymbo terminali pedunculato nutante foliis breviore, pedunculo squamis 
lineari-lanceolatis membranaceis vaginato, sepalis petalisque lineari- 
oblongis acutiusculis, labello maximo antico emarginato apiculato crenu- 
lato, calcare ovario sequali. 
G. Baueri. Bateman Orch. Mex. $ Guat. t. 19. 
This plant was originally discovered in French Guiana 
by Martin, among whose dried plants it was found when they 
were purchased by Mr. Lambert and others. A drawing 
was subsequently made from it by Mr. Francis Bauer, the 
details of which were published in the Illustrations of Orchi- 
daceous plants; and from those materials exclusively the 
species was adopted in the Genera and Species 0 Orchidacea. 
Subseguently the identical specimen from which Mr. Bauer's 
drawing was made was given by Mr. Lambert to Mr. N. B. 
Ward, who most liberally added it to my herbarium. At 
last a Mexican plant was received by Mr. Barker, from his 
collector Mr. Ross, who met with it at a place called “ Kisa- 
* From galea, a casque, and aynp an anther ; in allusion to the crested 
anther. At first sight this would seem to be a hybrid name, being con- 
structed of two words belonging to different languages; but as galea itself 
is from the Greek yaA;j, I hope critics will consider the name allowable. 
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