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GALEANDRA CLAESII coen. 
M. F. CLAES'S GALEANDRA. 
Galeandra LinpL. Sepala aequalia, libera, patentia. Petala sepalis similia vel paullo latiora, Labellum basi 
fondibul; 
columnae affixum, in calcar amplum subi me descend productum ; lobi laterales lati, erecti, columnam 
laxe 
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vel invol 
; medius patens, rotundatus vel bilobus; discus medio varie cristatus vel lamellatus. 
Columna brevis vel parum elongata, apoda, apice breviter bialata; clinandrium valde obliquum, postice acuminatum. 
Anthera terminalis, opercularis, incumbens, obtuse et interdum longiuscule acuminata, imperfecte bilocularis ; pollinia 4, 
aaeT 
cerea, ovoidea, per paria saepius connexa, i anthera dehi: landulae rostelli membraniformi vel 
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disciformi vix in stipitem brevissimum productae affixa. Capsula erostris. 
Herbae terrestres vel epiphytae, caulibus foliatis basi in pseudobulbum tuberiformem vel elongatam incrassatis. 
Folia disticha, basi vaginantia, angusta, plicato-venosa. Racemi terminales, pedunculati, simplices. Flores speciosi 
vel mediocres, breviter pedicellati. Bracteae parvae vel angustae. 
Galeandra LINDL. in BAUER Ill. Orchid. Pl. Gen., tab. 8 (1830) et Gen. and Sp. Orchid., p. 186 (1832), 
part. — ENDLICH Gen., p. 201. — RcuB. F. in WALP. Ann. Bot., VI, p. 648. — BenTH. et Hook. Gen. Plant., 
Ul, p. 536. — VeircH Man. Orch. Pl., part. IX, Pp: 5- 
Corydandra Reus. Nomencl., p. 53 (1841). 
Galeandra Claesii. Pseudobulbis gracilibus, elongato-cylindraceis subfusiformibus, leviter sulcatis, anthesi 5-7 folia- 
tis; foliis parvis, erecto-patulis, oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis, uninerviis, basi longiuscule vaginantibus ; racemo longius- 
culo, nutante, superne laxe 6-floro; pedunculo inferne longiuscule plurivaginato ; bracteis ovato-lanceolatis, acutis, 
ovario multo brevioribus ; floribus mediocribus, patulis ; Sepalis lanceolatis, breviter acuminatis; petalis paullo latioribus, 
acutis; labello subtrapeziformi, margine leviter undulato, lobis late triangularibus, lateralibus obtusis, intermedio 
subretuso et minute apiculato, disco a basi ad medium tricristato, cristis lateralibus glabris, intermedia longiore superne 
longe villosa; calcari lineari-conico, leviter sigmoideo-flexuoso, apice acutiusculo, ovario sublongiore; columna antice 
densiuscule longeque villosa; anthera glabra, in cristam transversam obtusam subtruncatam longe producta. 
Galeandra Claesii Coan. supra. 
Crescit in Brasilia. 
INDLEY, in his Genera and Species (1832), enumerated but three species 
of Galeandra, and yet two of the three belonged really to the genus 
Eulophia. In fact the two genera are closely allied, and many species 
included in the former must be placed in the latter, amongst which all the 
African species that have been described as Galeandras. 
The following are the chief differences between the two genera. In the 
Galeandras the scape terminating the stem is always foliate, the lip is produced 
in a large and infundibuliform spur, the anther is provided above with a broad 
transverse crest, and the pollinia are nearly destitute of pedicel; while in the 
Eulophias the flowers are usually produced on a leafless scape, the lip bears only 
at its base a prominence or a small spur included between the lateral sepals, the 
anther is semi-globular, and the pollinia are fastened to a more or less elongated 
pedicel. 
