326 ORCHIDS. 



Notylia. Lindley. Epiphyte. 



Name from PWTOS, the back, and rv\os, a lump. 



This genus has little to recommend it. 



The following are the best species : 

 Notylia Barkeri. 



N. bicolor. B. M., 5609; Bat. 2d Cen., 199. 

 N. incurva. 

 N. micrantha. 

 N. punctata. B. R., 759. 



SYNS. Pleurothollis punctata. B. R., 



Gomeza tannifolia. 

 N. tennis. 



Cultivate as directed for Burlingtonia. 



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Octomeria. Brown. Epiphyte. 



Name from bicrd, eight, and fie'pos, a part. 

 There is nothing remarkable in this genus. 

 Octomeria graminifolia. B. M., 2764; Lodd. Cab., 1891. 

 O. serratifolia. B. M., 2823. 



Octomeria convallaroides, O. flava, O. rosea, O. stellata^ 

 and O. pubescens, are now all referred to Eria. 



Odontoglossum. Humboldt and Kunth. Epiphyte. 



Name from oSovs, a tooth and y\uxr<ra, a tongue. 



Odontoglossum affine. SYN. of Odontoglossum Reichen- 

 heimii. 



