Tas. 5609. 
NOTYLIA BICOLOR. 
Two-coloured Notylia. 
Nat. Ord. OrcnipE®.—GYNANDRIA MoNANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. Perianthium explanatum, equale; sepalis 2 lateralibus con- 
natis labello suppositis. Zabellwm liberum, ecalcaratum, patentissimum, 
integrum, medio callosum. Colwmna erecta. Stigma rima verticalis. An- 
thera dorsalis, unilocularis, cum stigmate parallela. Clinandriwm planum, 
antics callosum, posticéd marginatum. -Pollinia duo integra, caudicula 
elongato-cuneaté, glandulA minuté.—Herbe epiphyte Americane. Folia 
equitantia vel plana. Spice radicales. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. p. 192. 
Noryuta bicolor ; foliis equitantibus ensatis spicis nutantibus apice race- 
mosis multi-(10-20-)floris duplo brevioribus, sepalis lineari-setaceis 
(inferiora ima basi coalita) albis, petalis paulo latioribus brevioribus la- 
zulinis ; labello libero breviter unguiculato ligulato ante apicem sagit- 
tato, apice setaceo ecarinato ; column medio angulata labello duplo 
breviore, anthera maxima. 
Noryuta bicolor. Lindl. in Benth. Plant. Hartw. 1842. p.93. tchb. Xen. 
Orch. v. 1. p. 46. 
This little Orchid is a perfect gem. It was first discovered 
in Guatemala by Mr. Skinner, and afterwards by Hartweg 
in the mountains of Comalapan, where it grows upon oaks. 
In its colouring it is quite unlike the other dozen or more 
species of Notylia, which are generally of a greenish-white, 
and, except as botanical curiosities, not worth growing. 
Notylia bicolor has been established at Knypersley for 
more than twenty years on a small branch of the Cork-tree 
Oak, on which it never fails to flower profusely in the au- 
tumn. It should be grown near the light at the cooler and 
drier end of the Cattleya-house. The flowers continue a 
long time. 
Descr. Whole plant often not more than an inch and a 
half high. Leaves generally about five, equitant, stiff, acumi- 
nate, slightly scimitar-shaped, scarcely half the length of the 
NOVEMBER Ist, 1866. 
