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* GALEANDRA Baiieri". 

 Bauer's Casqueivort. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 

 Nat. ord. ORCHiDACEiE, § Vande^. 



GALEANDRA. Illiistr. of Orch. PL gen. t. 8. Gen. Sf Sp. Orch. 

 p. 186. 



Perianthium patens v. connivens, sepalis petalisque eequalibus ascendentibus, 

 IJberis. Labellum infundibiiliforme, calcaratum, indivisum, sessile, in- 

 tus leeve, margine nunc fimbriato. Colwnna erecta, membranaceo-alata, 

 clinandrio declivi. Anthera galeseformis, crista recurva cum dorso cli- 

 nandrii cardinata. Pollinia 2, postic^ excavata, caudicula brevi, cum 



glandula elongata basi divergenti-biloba articulata. Hevhie terrestres, 



foliis plicatis, scapis radicalibus v. racemis terminalibus. 



G. Baueri. (G. & Sp. Orch. 186.) caule simplici, foliis lanceolatis 3-nerviis, 

 corymbo terminali pedunculate nutante foliis breviore, pedunculo squamis 

 lineari-lanceolatis membranaceis yaginato, 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 of Orchidacece. 

 Subsequently the identical speciilien from which Mr. Bauer's 

 drav/ing 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- 



* Yrom ffalea, a casque, and avijo 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 yaXij, I hope critics will consider the name allowable. 



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