1863 



TRlCHOPfLIA tortilis. 



Twisted-petalled Trichopilia. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 

 Nat. Ord. OrCHIDACE^, § VANDEiE. ' 



TRICHOPILIA. Lindl. Sepala et petala aequalia, 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 l-locularis, 

 compressa, antice convexa, Pollinia 2, postice sulcata, caudicula; tenui cuneatse 

 adhaerentia ; glandula minimi. — Pseudobulbi carnosi, vaginis maculatis super- 

 tecti, monophylli, coriacei. Floras solitarii axillares. Lindl, Natural System 

 of Botany, ed. 2. p. 446. 



Trichopilia tortilis. 



Pseudobulbi ohlongi, sulcati, compressi, vaginis fusco-maculatis arete 

 vestiti, aliquandb folii fere longitudine. Folia solitaria, oblonga, coriacea, 

 acuta, plana, v. leviter complicata. Flores solitarii, axillares, horizontales, 

 sessiles. Sepala et petala cequalia, lineari-lanceolata, patentissima, spira- 

 liter torta, margine crispatula, fusco-lutea, disco latentia. Labellum 2-poll. 

 longum, circa colutnnam convolutum, album, maculis pluribus magnis in- 

 cequalibus ad interius ; limbo 3-lobo intermedio subbilobo. Columna cum 

 ovario contimia, teres, clavata, alba; clinandrio cucullato triloba; lobis 

 ascendentibus, falcatis, ciliato-laceris. Anthera compressa, apiculata. Pol- 

 linia 2, parva, pyriformia, postic^ sulcata, caudiculd cuneatd inserta, glan- 

 duld minimd ovali. Gynizus excavatus, paululum oblique retrorsum versus. 



A beautiful and highly curious plant, introduced from 

 Mexico in 1835, and communicated in January 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 dpii,, Tpi-)(6c hair, and irtXtov a cap ; the anther of this genus is con- 

 cealed below a cap surmounted with three tufts of hair. 



