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220. Octodesmia, Bentham. 



Three species, from Jamaica, St. Domingo. See Gard. 

 Chron., 1883, xix., 700 ; Bot. Mag., t. 2823. 



221. Octomeria, R. Brown. 



Ten species, described from Tropical America and the 

 West Indies. Near Pleurothallis. See Gard. Chron., 

 1879, xi., 719 ; 1881, xvi., 428 ; Bot. Mag., t. 2701. 



222. Odontochilus, Blume. 



Ten species, from India, Malayan Archipelago, and the 

 Pacific Islands. Ornamental-leaved plants, related to 

 the Anaectochiles. See Gard. Chron., 1883, xix., 608. 



223. Odontoglossum, Humboldt, Bonpland, and Kiinth. 



Eighty species, of numerous varieties, wild on the 

 Andes of Tropical America, Bolivia, and Mexico. 

 Nearly all the species are amenable to cool -house 

 growth, the exceptions being O. yrandc, O. Insleayi, 

 O. citrosmum, and the species of the Miltonia flowered, 

 or O. vexillarium group. The genus Mesospinidium 

 is now included here. See Orchid Album, t. 27, 35, 

 40, 43, 47, 52, 58, 64, 66, 68, 71, 79, 82, 85, 90, 101, 

 111, 118, 127, 131, 151, 163, 167, 171, 175 ; Gard. 

 Chron., 1879, xi., 719; Bot. Mag., t. 3812 (Zygope- 

 talum), 3955, 4372, 4878, 4919, 4923, 5691, 5697, 

 5736, 5778, 5993, 6029, 6144, 6229, 6237, 6265, 

 6317, 6455, 6502. The following species are figured 

 in Gard. Chron. : — 



;: 0. Andersonianum, 1884, xxii., 44. 

 :: 0. Andersonianum var. lobatum, 1884, xxii., 45 

 ;: 0. cirrosum, 1878, ix., 181 ; 1876, v., 54, 503. 

 *0. Coradinei, 1872, 1068. 

 *0. Dawsonianum, 1865, 1226. 

 *0. elegans, 1883, xix., 721." 

 :: 0. gloriosum, 1865, 578. 

 ::: 0. grande, fruit of, 1885, xxiii., 505. 

 *Os Halli, 1865, 962 ; 1873, 77* 

 : ' : 0. hebraicum, 1881, xvi., 173. 

 ::: 0. Krameri, 1868, 98. 

 *0. luteo-purpureum, 1884, xxi., 585* 

 *0. lyroglossum, 1882, xvii., 632. (Supplement, May 13, 

 1882.) 



