Tas. 8306. 
NOTYLIA TriseEpata. 
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Mexico. 
OrcHIDACEAR. Tribe VANDEAR. 
Noryita, Lindl. ; Benth. et Hook, f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 586. 
Notylia trisepala, Lindl. in Pawt. Fl. Gard. vol. iii. (1852-3) p. 45; Reichb. f. 
Xen. Orch. vol. i. p. 49; inter species affines sepalis lateralibus liberis vel 
subliberis distincta. 
Herba epiphytica, nana. Pseudobulbi oblongi, subeompressi, vix 1 em. longi, 
vaginis conduplicatis oblongis acutis imbricatis obtecti, monophylli. 
Folia oblonga, subobtusa, coriacea, 4-8 em. longa, 1°5-3 em. lata. Scapi 
penduli, 7-16 cm. longi, vaginis lanceolatis obtecti; racemi cylindrici, 
multiflori. Bracteae oblongo-lanceolatae, acutae, 1-1°5 mm. longae. 
Pedicelli 3-6 mm. longi. Flores pallide virides. Sepalum posticum 
erectum, ovato-oblongum, acutum, 3-4em. longum; sepala lateralia libera 
yel sublibera, incurva, oblonga, subacuta, 4-5 mm. longa. Petala sub- 
erecta, incurva, ovato-oblonga, subacuta, 3-4 mm. longa. Labellum sub- 
erectum, breviter unguiculatum, trulliformi-ovatum, subobtusum, 3-4 mm. 
longum, basi obtuse carinatum. Columna clavata, 2-3 mm. longa; anthera 
ovata; pollinia 2, cerea, ovoidea, ad apicem stipitis longi tenuis affixa, 
glandula parva.—R. A. RoLrFe. 
The genus Notylia includes about twenty species, all of 
which are natives of Tropical America. While none of 
them can be considered showy Orchids, most of them are 
characterised by a certain degree of grace and charm; two 
other species of the genus have already, on this account, 
found a place in this work; J. bicolor, Klotzsch, at t. 5609, 
and N. albida, Klotzsch, at t. 6311. The species now 
figured, N. trisepala, Lindl., was first described over half a 
century ago from a plant of unrecorded habitat which had 
flowered in the collection of Mr. Van Houtte at Ghent. In 
1895 a plant possessing similar characters was sent to Kew 
for determination by Mr. Kienast Zolly of Ziirich; this 
example was stated to have been obtained from Mexico. 
The plant which forms the subject of our plate flowered in 
May, 1909, in the collection of Mr. W. E. Ledger, Wimble- 
don, by whom it was presented to Kew. This plant 
reached Mr. Ledger from his friend Mr. Hermessen, who 
had collected it at Samborne, Vera Cruz, Mexico, 
Magog, 1910. 
