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of the finest Brazilian species have been brought into cultivation ; and to 

 M. Linden of Brussels, whose importations of Mexican orchids have 

 greatly enriched our hot houses. 



GALBANDRA (eULOPHIa) DEVONIANA. 



CLASSIFICATION. 



The family of orchids owes its chief peculiarities to the following cir- 

 cumstances : — 



Firstly, The consolidation of all the sexual organs into one common 

 mass, called the column. 



Secondly, The suppression of all the anthers, except one, in the mass of 

 the order, or two in the tribe Cypripedece. 



