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GOvVENIA GARDNERI. Mr. GARDNER’S 
Braziuian Goventa. 
RARER ERK KEKE KKK KKK KEK 
Class and Order. 
GyNANDRIA MonanpRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Orcuipea. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium bilabiatum. Sepala \ateralia falcata labello 
supposita, basi paululum connata, supremo pauld majori. 
_Petala sub sepalo supremo conniventia, breviora, obliqua. 
Labellum integerrimum, ecalcaratum, concavum, cum basi 
parum producté columne articulatum, sessile. Colwmna 
basi pauld producta, teres, subfusiformis, apice utrinque 
marginata. Anthera calyptriformis, 1-locularis. Pollinia 
4, solida, incumbentia, caudicula brevi, glandulaé minore 
triangulari— Terrestris. Folia plicata. Spice radicales, — 
multiflore. Flores speciosi. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Govenia Gardneri; foliis elliptico-lanceolatis membrana- 
ceis plicatis solitariis v. binis petiolatis, petiolis sca- 
aginatis, petalis sepaloque superior concavis 
iventibus galeam formantibus, petalis lateralibus 
porrectis, labello late oblongo recurvato apiculato 
medio bituberculato, apice glandulifero. 
Orcuipea. Gardn. Pl. Exsic. Bras. n. 670. 
The Genus GoventA, so named in compliment to Mr. 
James Rozsert Gowen, of the High Clere Gardens, was 
established on a Mexican plant, and two other species have 
been published also by Professor Linpuey, (Bot. Reg. see 
sub fol. 1795, Goventa capitata, and N. S. t. 13, Govenia 
hihacea,) equally inhabitants of Mexico. It has ae 
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