1863 
TRICHOPÎLIA tortilis. 
Twisted-petalled Trichopilia. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord, ORCHIDACER, S VANDEA. 
TRICHOPILIA. Lind. Sepala et petala «qualia, patentia, angusta. 
Labellum magnum, petaloideum, convolutum, c. columna parallelum, trilobum, 
lobo intermedio sub-bilobo planiusculo ; intus nudum. Columna teres, clavata. 
Clinandrium cucullatum, 3-lobum, villoso-fimbriatum. Anthera ]-locularis, 
compressa, antice convexa. Pollinia 2, postice sulcata, caudicule tenui cuneate 
adhzerentia; glandulà minimá.—Pseudobulbi carnosi, vaginis maculatis super- 
tecti, monophylli, coriacei; Flores solitarii axillares. Lindl. Natural System 
of Botany, ed. 2. p. 446. 
Trichopilia tortilis. — ; 
Pseudobulbi oblongi, sulcati, compressi, vaginis fusco-maculatis arcte 
vestiti, aliguandò folii fere longitudine. Folia solitaria, oblonga, coriacea, 
acuta, plana, v. leviter complicata. Flores solitaria, axillares, horizontales, 
sessiles. Sepala et petala equalia, lineari-lanceolata, patentissima, spira- 
liter torta, margine crispatula, fusco-lutea, disco latentia. Labellum 2-poll. 
longum, circa columnam convolutum, album, maculis pluribus magnis in- 
equalibus ad interius; limbo 3-lobo intermedio subbilobo. Columna cum 
ovario continua, teres, clavata, alba; clinandrio cucullato trilobo; lobis 
ascendentibus, falcatis, ciliato-laceris. Anthera compressa, apiculata. Pol- 
linia 2, parva, pyriformia, posticè sulcata, caudiculd cuneatd inserta, glan- 
dul minimá ovali. Gynizus excavatus, paululum oblique retrorsum versus. 
A beautiful and highly curious plant, introduced from 
Mexico in 1835, and communicated in jn, co last by 
George Barker, Esq. of Springfield near Birmingham. In 
many respects the genus approaches Maxillaria, but differs 
in the column not being reclinate upon the ovary and sub- 
tended by the partially united lateral sepals, in the regular 
* From Opi, 7pexăe hair, and wifoy a cap; the anther of this genus is con- 
cealed below a cap surmounted with three tuft I hair. 
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