GALEAN'DRA DEVONIA'NA 
DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S GALEANDRA 
OB 
MONOCOTYLEDON EA. 
Naturaldivision 
to which 
this Plant belongs. 
NATURAL ORDER, ORCHIDACEiE 
eTN.ANDKOS.S, 
OF 
lINDLEY. 
Artificial divisions 
to which 
this Plant belongs. 
GYNANDRU, 
MONANUEIA, 
OF LINNEGS. 
No. 231. 
GENUS. Galeandra. Lindley. Perianthicm patens, petalis sepal- 
isque subsequalibus adscendentibus. Labellum infundibuliforme, indivisum 
vel obsolete trilobum, calcaratum, intus lamellis quatuor auctum. Colemna 
erecta raembranaceo-alata, clinandrio declini. Pollinia duo, postice excavata, 
caudicula breyi glandulee brevi divergent! bilob» adnata. Herb^ terrestres, 
et epiphytae, caulibus foliatis, racemis terminalibus. Linbley : in Sertum 
Orchidaceum, Tabula XXXVII. 
SPECIES. Galeandra Devoniana (Linbley) Caule erecto simplici tereti 
polypbyllo, foliis lanceolatis trinerviis, racemo sessili erecto multifloro, labelli 
lamina ovata obtusa crenulata lamellis quatuor pone basin, antherae crista 
carnosa rotundata jmbescente. 
Character of the Genus, Galeandra. Perianth spreading, 
sepals and petals nearly equal, ascending. Lip undivided or obscurely 
three-lobed, spurred, internally enlarged by four plates or lamelloe. 
Column erect, membranaceously winged, clinandrium directed down¬ 
wards. Pollen-masses two, hollowed out behind, the caudicula 
short, and adhering to the short diverging two-lobed gland. 
Description of the Species, Galeandra Devoniana. Stem 
erect, simple, round, many-leaved, leaves embracing the stem, lanceo¬ 
late, three-nerved. Inflorescence a racemose peduncle, sessile, 
erect, many-flowered. Perianth of five spreading folioles, nearly 
equal, of a yellowish green, except tlie lip, which is of a whitish or 
cream colour, marked by pinkish, longitudinal, and irregularly trans¬ 
verse lines. Lip prolonged into a spur of a green colour : the lamina 
ovate, obtuse, crenulate, marked, at the hinder part, with four elevated 
plates. Anthers furnished with a fleshy rounded pubescent crest. 
Popular and Geographical Notice. The following is an 
account of this plant, by Mr. Schomburg, its discoverer, exti’acted 
from his letter, in Dr. Lindley’s elegant Sertum Orchidaceum: “ During 
our peregrinations we have seen this plant no where else but at the 
