GALEANDRA. 



ORCHIDES. 649 



1. GALEANDRA EUGLOSSA Rchb. flL in v. SchL Bot. Ztg. 1852. 935: 



Perigonii phyllis 5 lanceolalis apiculato-acutis, labello a rolundata 

 basi prodiiclo, Irilobo, lobis laleralibus medianis, aculangulis, lobo medio 

 producto, ligulalo, matginibus lateralibus repandulo, carinis tribus par- 

 vulis in basi lobi medii, calcari clavato labelli dimidium vix aequante, 

 gynostemio semiterefi, rectiusculo, postice in apicem angulate producto, 

 rostello ttiangulo, producto, apice bidentato. 



Blatier langlicli, spiiz, unten keilformig. Bliilhen fast so gross , als bei Eulophia 

 guineensis. Sierra Leone. Van Hees. Herr Van Houtte. 



2. GALEAiNDIlA JUKCEA LindL Sert. (1840). sub 37: 



Tuberusa, caule stricto , paucifolio, foliis linearibus acuminatis tri- 

 nerviis longe vaginanlibus, racemo erecto multifloro, labelli lamina den- 

 ticulata obsolete trilojDa rotundata, lamellis 4 pone basin contiguis, juxta 

 medium incurvis exinde tribus serrulatis confluentibus. 



Grassy plant ahout 2' high, with iong narrow leaves , small pink flowers , luhers 

 in size and form resembling the cormi of a Crocus. Mr, Sch. found it in abundance 

 in the Sawannahs ndjacent to the.River Berbice and Dr. von Martius in Brazil in 

 fields near Almeirim in the Proviuce of Para. 



Lond. Journ. IL 1843. p. 672. — Phajus rosellns Lem. VValp. Ann. L 781. 



3. 6ALEANDRA DEVONIANA Lindl. Sert. (1840). 37: 



Caule ereclo simplici tereli polvphyllo, foliis lanceolatis, trinerviis, 

 racemo sessili ereclo mullilloro, labelli lamina ovata obtuse crenulata, la- 

 inelJis 4 pone basin, antherae crista carnosa rotundata pubescente. 



„At ihe banks of the Rio Negro. a tribuiary of the Amazon, where nearBarcellon or 

 Marina, we fuund it growing in Jarge clusters on the irees , whicb lined ihe river, 

 some limes on the Alauritia aculeata, or even in the ground , where the soil consists 

 of vegetable mould. Cluslers someiimes 10—12' circumf. Stems 5—6', at ihe lower 

 part purple , green higher. Equally near Harendauar or Podrero, 



Lindl. in Lond. Journ. IL 1843. p. 672. — Lindl. Paxt. FI. G. II. p. 180. N. 450: 

 found again by Mr. Spruce at Sir Schomburgk's localities. — B. Mag. 4610. — Lem. 

 Jard. II. 195. (Ad ic. Uook.) 



4. GALEANDRA B.AUERI LO. 186. Bot. Reg. 1840. XXVL 49: 



Caule simplici, foliis lanceolatis trinerviis, corymbo terminali pedun- 

 culato nutanle loliis breviore , pedunculo squamis lineari-lanceolatis 

 membranaceis vaginato, sepalis petalisque hneari oblongis acutiusculis ; 

 JabeJIo raaximo antice emarginato apiculato crenulato , calcare ovario 

 aequali. 



Perigonium viride, labellum centro flavum et extus flavura, antice purpureum. 

 French Guiana. Martin. Mexico. Kisatipa, ten leagues from Melacatepec at the 

 upper end of a dry ravine, terminating half way up the mountains in a south-west 

 aspect. Ross. — Mexico. Hartweg. 



Galeandra Baueri Paxt. 1847, p. 49. — Batem, Orch. Mex. et Guat. 19, (icon 

 phantastica horribile Horulenta foliis cauleque minus correctis). Guatemala Skinner. 



5. GALE.4NDRA ^DIVES Rchb. til. Warscew. Bonpl. 11. 98: 



Afl. Gal. Baueri Lindl. labelli lobo inedio retuso lateralibus vix lon- 

 giori. — Folia Janceolata acuminala , spathae membranaceae vaginantes 

 acutae , panicula Uexiiosa, bracteae Janceolalae acuminatae scariosae 

 ovariis pediceliatis triplo breviores, sepala ac tepala laoceolata acumi- 

 nata subaequalia , labellum transverse rhombeum apice late relusum, 

 raargine mjnule denticulatum; carinae 2 in fundo; postice in caJcar ab 

 ostio ampJissimo lenui extinctoriiformi ovarium pedicellatum adaequans 

 productum. 

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