201 ORCHIDACEAE: 
CXIII. TRICHOPILIA Lixo. 
TRICHOPILIA Lindl. Introd. Nat. Syst. edit. 2. p. 446 (1836) 
et in Bot. Regist. XXII. tab. 1863 (1836); Endlich. Gen. 
Pl. 202; Meissn. Pl. Vasc. 376 (282); Mutel, Mem. sur plus. 
Orch. II. 15; Beer, Prakt. Stud. Fam. Orch. 315; Duchartre, 
Man. Gen. des Pl. IV. 475; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. 
VI. 678, et Xenia Orch. II. 98; Du Buyss. L'Orchid. 493; 
Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., Bot. XVIII. 326, in Benth. 
et Hook. Gen. Pl. III. 559; Hemsl. Biol. Centr. -Amer., Bot. 
III. 272; Regel in Act. Hort. Petropol. X. 371 ( Trichopylia) ; 
Nichols. Dict. of Gard. IV. 83; Pfitz. in Engl. und Prantl, 
Natürl. Pflanzenfam. II. 6. p. 194; Watson, Orch. 480; Stein, 
Orchideenb. 575; L'Orchidoph. 1892. p. 147; Cogn. in Journ. 
des Orch. III. 31; 
Orch. 145 ; Kerch. Livre des Orch. 271; Williams, Orch. Grow. 
Man. edit. 7. p. 733; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 971; Sander, Orch. 
Guide 238. — PiLumna Lindl. in Bot. Regist. XXX. Misc. 73 
(1844), XXXII. tab. 57; Bot. Zeit. 1846. p. 886; Duchartre, 
Man. Gen. des Pl. IV. 475. — LeuconyLEe Klotzsch in Index 
Sem. Hort. Berol. 1854. Append. 1. — TricnorHILA Pris. Ic. 
Bot. Index I. 1115 (1855). 
SEPALA subaequalia, libera, angusta, erecto-patentia. 
PETALA sepalis subsimilia. LABELLI unguis columnae 
adnatus, vel in parte superiore eum arcte involvens; 
lamina patens, lobis lateralibus parum dilatatis, conni- 
ventibus vel cum medio undulato continuis; discus 
CoLuMNA erecta, elongata, apoda, 
apice ad latera stigmatis 
clinandrium ample mem- 
nudus vel lamellatus. 
cum labelli ungue teres, 
biauriculata vel bidentata ; 
branaceum, integrum vel trilobum, saepius varie fimbria- 
tum vel ciliato-dentatum. ANTHERA intra clinandrium 
opercularis, incumbens, convexa, obtusa vel acuminata, 
uniloeularis; POLLINIA bina, obovoideo-oblonga, ex- 
appendiculata, anthera dehiscente stipiti loriformi affixa, 
glandula. parva vel cuneata. CapsuLa ovoidea vel 
oblonga, erostris vel brevissime .rostrata. 
| HERBAE epiphyticae, Americae calidioris incolae, 
imprimis în Colombia, America centrali et Mexico vigentes, 
PSEUDOBULBIS apice unifoliatis. FOLIUM carnosum, 
erectum, basi complicatum, angustum vel latiusculum. 
SCAPI e rhizomate breves, aphylli, paucivaginati, uni- vel 
biflori vel rarius 3—5-flori. FLORES speciosi, pedicel- 
lati, sepalis saepe tortilibus. BRACTEAE parvae. 
Veitch, Man. Orch. Pl. IX. 177; Bois, 
TRICHOPILIA. 202 
TRICHOPILIA : MUTICA Reıca». r. et WULLSCHL. 
foliis crasse carnosis, lineari-ligulatis, dorso convexis, demum 
subteretibus, longe acuminatis, inferne satis attenuatis; pedun- 
culo communi subfiliformi, nutante, foliis dimidio breviore, 
inferne vaginis 2—3 majusculis subimbricatis acutis vel 
breviter acuminatis vestito, superne usque ultra medium 
laxiuscule 3—4-floro; bracteis membranaceo-scariosis, cucul- 
latis, ovato-oblongis, acutis, sphacelatis, ovario subaequilongis; 
floribus satis parvis, breviter pedicellatis, segmentis mem- 
branaceis, patulis vel erecto-patulis; sepalis lineari-ligulatis, 
breviter acuminatis, lateralibus paulo longioribus et angusti- 
oribus; petalis late oblongis, acutis, subtiliter 9-nervulosis, 
sepalo dorsali satis brevioribus; labello patulo, basi cum 
columna breviter connato, indiviso, late ovato, margine integer- 
rimo, apice abrupte acuto, basi late rotundato, cochleato, 
utrinque glaberrimo, sepalis lateralibus paulo breviore, disco 
inferne tenuiter unicostato ima basi excavato; columna cras- 
siuscula, teretiuscula, utrinque sub clinandrio mutica, labello 
subdimidio breviore; clinandrio profunde cucullato, non lobato, 
margine erecto, minute serrulato. 
Tabula nostra XLIII. Fig. I (habitus cum analysi). 
Trichopilia mutica Reichb. f. et Wullschl.! ex Reichb. f. 
in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 679 (1863), Xenia Orch. II. 99 
(1867); Nichols. Dict. of Gard. IV. 84. 
Macradenia mutica Lindl.! in Bot. Regist. XXV. Misc. 
22 (1839). 
Rapices paucae, fasciculatae, brevissimae, graciles, simplices, eanes- 
centes. PseupoBuLBI solitarii, erecti, oblongi, valde compressi, paulo 
obliqui, laeves, 12—16 mm. longi, 3—5 mm. lati, vaginis pluribus tenuiter 
membranaceis adpressis majusculis, triangulari-oblongis aeuminatis fusces- 
centibus vestiti. FoLra erecta, rigidiuscula, satis arcuata, plus minusve 
conduplicata, intense viridia, 11—12 cm. longa, 4—6 mm. lata. PrpuxcuLus 
communis satis arcuatus, teretiusculus, laevis, viridis, 4—6 cm. longus, 
vix ?/s mm. crassus; VAGINAE tenuiter membranaceae, leviter ventricosae, 
subadpressae, obscure virides, 1—1'/s em. longae. PxnickLLI erecti, sub- 
filiformes, recti vel paulo arcuati, cum ovario 7—8 mm. longi. BRACTEAE 
adpressae, valde concavae, 6—8 mm. longae. FLorks erecto-patuli, sordide 
albi, rubro laevissime tincti, Seara satis concava, subtiliter 5-nervulosa, 
dorsale inferne satis attenuatum, 11 mm. longum, 2'/; mm. latum, late- 
ralia paulo obliqua, basi non attenuata, 12 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata. PETALA 
tenniter membranacea, paulo concava, levíter obliqua, basi breviter atte- 
nuata, 9'/2—10 mm. longa, 3'/ mm. lata. LaBELLUM paulo concavum, 
tenuiter multinervulosum nervulis superne paulo ramosis, 11 mm. longum, 
8 mm. latum, CoLuwna recta, inferne leviter attenuata, 6—6'/» mm. longa, 
superne 1'/» mm. crassa. CaPsurA ignota. 
Habitat in Surinam supra arbores secus flum. Perica: Wullschlaegel 
n. 1596; in ins. Trinitatis: Hort. Knight. In Brasilia septentrionali 
forsan adhuc invenienda. 
Subtribus V. ASPASIEAE Prrrz. 
ASPASIEAE Pfitz. Entw. Natürl. Anord. Orch. 106 (1887), et in Engl. und Prantl, Natürl. Pflanzenfam. II. 6. p. 80 et 195; 
Kerch. Livre des Orch. 254 et 271. 
Flores non calcarati nec saccati. 
Anthera incumbens. Ovarii sectio transversa regularis. 
Sepala petalaque patentia, non torta. Labelli lamina a media fere columna patet. 
