

Plate XXXVI I. 



GALEANDRA DEVONIANA, 



A h&tidiomc taU-growing Oirhitl, villi erect Mem*, terminated h; ImlfHwci ur nodding income* >>( five to 



largo elegantly-coloured flower*. The rtcmi arc terete, tliree to >i\ fcol high, and famidicd wilb minj ii m«, 

 which we Uneu^ctuiform, Unxonomd, and membmnaecous. lite flowm haw the ftcpah and petal* lanceo- 

 late, tpraiding, and utcendont, pnrplifth-brown, with a border <>f greetL The l»i> b large, prominent, obwmrely 

 thiec*1obc«l, helmet ihaped (torn tU*> tide* being turned up so na to meet and form an opon tabe, the tli*k bear- 

 ii - inside towards the base (which i* produced into a short blunt, hooked «pnr) foui derated plate*, the margin 

 erenubtc and the colour white, flushed at Uie ai*x with deep rw and elegantly lined and cross-boned with 

 purple. The column isslightly winged; and the anther lias a large downy erect crctf. 

 (,mi umiw Dkvoniana, Schmhtrgb i n Lindky*sStTtvM0n*!da$ • ... L37; Paxton 9 silagadn«c/Jt^mf f ml 1 15; 

 llotattical iTapKiutt t. 1610; Bothnia, \\ L231; ReicHtntach Jtl in tVutprrf Annate Jtotamcw SgriMMti 

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This line plant was H*t discovered by Sir Richard Schomburgk, who found it in the neighbouriiood of 

 Itarecth*. on the banta <>f the Rii> Negro, growing Bomefunca in largo clnrtera on the Irccs which lined the 

 river, sometimes on Ihc ground when the *>il consisted of vegetable mould. U was, lie remarks, bo luxuriant 

 that some of the larger duBtew of stems, which sprouted from u common root, might hate been from ten lo 

 twelve feet iu ctrcumfcnmco, and Oh stem* often from live to six feet high. This n fai wwsda what has 

 us vet been attained in this comity, thai it is reasonable to expect, when this luxuriance u realized, that we 

 shall nbo obtain much finer (lower* than we have vet *cen in our botfcoua*. Schomburgk met with the 

 plan, (m l y ro the hanks of the Rio Negro, a tributary of the Amazon, ami both Spruce and Wallace 



have since found it in tin' same district 



Tlris bcautifo] semi-terrestrial species, which is the finest of its genu, has always been very ran in this 

 country Our iUostntion was taken from a specimen in the collection of J. A- Tomer, Esq.. of Manchester, 

 S. Euckcr, Esq., of Wandsworth, exhibited the plant more than fifteen yean ago at ihc ChiswicV and 

 Regent's Park shows, and it made n pleasing rariety in hU collcciion. 



Galena Dm*** grow taller than the other species, and the sterna arc of a bnghttr green odour 

 » that when once seen it may easily be recognized. 0. Baucri also makes a fine s,,ceimcn when well 

 .tow,,. M, Blake, gnrdener to J. EL SehrBder, Esq., many year, since exhibited a very fine ,.l»nt but we 

 Lve not seen one since Bus is a great lo. to our eollections. as it is a very duUnd plant, there . 

 another, G. cmlato, winch is quite different from the other two, and well worth eulbvaUng. 



Galeae Da****** one of those Orchids which lose their leave, annually. Pbc stems, grown m 

 h — , arc usually about two feet in height, and the foliage is of a h,h,-grcen colour Ihe flower- 



this country are usually 

 spikes proceed from the toj. 



, of the stem when the growth i- completed, and bear numerous Bowers, whose 



£ is of a crea.ny-wbi.c, beautifully pencilled with purple. D bloom, at different season, and continue. 



21 f LmI weeks if tin dowers arc kept cool and free from damp. For .Is growth, it requires 



'" 1^™ ***"* ~ l ; ~ a short, tone since to find it thriving beautiful* with 



a good supply of mo.sU.re. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 



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