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TRICHOPILIA TORTILIS. ‘'TWISTED-PETALED 
TRICHOPILIA. 
SKK KKK KKK KKK KKEKE 
Class and Order. 
GynanpriA Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—OrcuipeEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala et Petala equalia, patentia, angusta. Labellum 
magnum, petaloideum, convolutum, cum columna paralle- 
lum, trilobum, lobo intermedio subbilobo planiusculo, 
intus nudum. Columna teres, clavata. Clinandrium cu- 
cullatum, 3-lobum, villoso-fimbriatum. Anthera 1-locularis, 
compressa, antice convexa. Pollinia 2, postice sulcata, 
caudicule tenui cuneate adherentia ; glandula minima.— 
Pseudo-bulbi carnosi, vaginis maculatis supertecti, mono- 
phylli, coriacet. Flores solitari, axillares. Lindl. 
Specific Name and Synonym. 
Tricuoprinia* tortilis. 
Tricuopia tortilis. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1863. 
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A Mexican Genus, lately established by Professor Linp- 
LEY, On a specimen which flowered in the stove of GrorcE 
Barker, Esq., of Springfield, near Birmingham. The in- 
dividual plants here represented were sent to the Woburn 
Collection, by Mr. Parkinson, where they produced their 
blossoms in January, 1839. These blossoms-differed in no 
respect from those figured in the Botanical Register, except 
in 
* From nz, spyos, a hair, and ww, a cap: the anther of this Genus is 
concealed Ke Bt surmounted with three tufts of hair. Lzndi. 
