ORCHIDACEiE 



ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE SPECIES FOUND IN MEXICO 

 BY GALEOTTI 



These illustrations were originally prepared by A. Richard. 

 They are here reproduced from photographs, permission to use 

 them having been given by the director of the Museum d'His- 

 toire Naturelle de Paris. The general outline and critical details 

 have been copied with extreme care. To make the copies as ac- 

 curate as possible no attempt was made to reverse some of the 

 drawings on the etched plates, consequently the flowers in the 

 prints face in the opposite direction from the originals. Had they 

 been so constructed that they would face in the same direction, 

 the details, shading, etc., would have been reversed during 

 transference to the copper plates and the likelihood of error in- 

 tensified. No attempt has been made to secure facsimile repro- 

 ductions from the original drawings. 



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