ORCHIDACEiE. 



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Class, Gynandria. Order, Monandria. 



Notylia-punctata — Trinidad — 1822 — Angust and 



September — Division. 



Flowers a pale green and white, spotted with 



yellow : very fragrant. 



Barkerii — Mexico — 1827 — Division. 



Small yellow flowers. 



This genus is not very attractive in the flowers, 

 but most of the species are very fragrant. 



These plants require to be fixed to a piece of 

 wood, and suspended from the roof of the house. 

 Give a good supply of water when growing. They 

 require a season of rest, at which time care must 

 be taken not to keep them too dry. 

 Odontoglossum cordatum — Mexico— 1 840 — Div. 

 Sepals and petals yellowish green, ground 



richly blotched with brown ; lip white, with a 



purplish crest. 



Rossii— Mexico — 1840. 



Sepals green spotted with red ; petals with 



their base spotted with red ; lip white : a beauti- 

 ful species. 



maculatum — Mexico — 1837. 



Inside of the flowers dull red, outside green ; 



petals and lips yellow, spotted with red. 

 — — • grande — Guatemala — 1840. 



This class of Orchideae does much better upon 

 wood than in pots ; they must be suspended from 

 the roof of the house. Should it be desirable to 



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