680 ORCHIDES. 



TRICHOPILIA. 



(Irio cucullato denticulato. Antliera parva , in fundo cucuUi , 2-locularis , cristata. 

 Pollinia 2. caudicula brevi lineari. Rostellum nullo modo elongalum. 



Sraall , wiih dingy while flowers. Flowered wilh Mr. Knight, of the Kings ^oad. 

 Aug. 1835. Trinidad it is said to be nat. of. 



b. Folia plana. 



3. TRICHOPILIA LAXA Rclib. Ql. in Oilo Hamb. Gartenzts. 1858. 229. Huc: Pilumna 

 Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXX. 1844. Jlisc. 74 : 



Ovarium tricostatum. Sepala et petala aequalia patula oblique in- 

 serta. Labellum basi columnae adnalum , subintegruni , unguiculafum. 

 con^^olutum, inappendiculatum. Columna clavata, teres , clinandrio cu- 

 cullo dentato membranaceo circumdalo ; buccis duabus carnosis semi- 

 clausum. Stigma verlicale. Pollinia 2, postice fissa, caudiculae brevi 

 et glandulae ovatae adnata. 



Herbae epiphylae pseudobulbis vaginatis , foliis coriaceis , pedunculis radicalibus. 

 Genus Aspasiae proximum , clinandrio cucullato , columna lereti , nec non stigmate 

 verlicali nec faciali diversura. 



Pilumna laxa Lindl. 1. c. et 1846. tab. 57 : 

 Folio lineari-oblongo, racemo laxo, multifloro breviore, bracteis laxis, 

 cucullatis obtusis, sepalis petalisque lineari lanceolalis , labello oblongo 

 indiviso rotundato medio constricto per axin unilamellato. 



In ihe woods of Timbio near Popayan. Hartweg. — Flowers are produced in 

 loose erect racemes , out of broad obluse short membranous spotted bracts. The 

 stalks and ovaries are an inch and half long; tlie latter with three very stoui and 

 strong ribs. The sepals and petals are a pale watery green , erect linear-lanceolaie, 

 equal, faintly tinged with purple. The lip is cream-colour . rolled round ihe column 

 at the base, lo which it also is united at ihe lower end. Tbe column has a singular 

 Iringed hood, overlying the anlher, and a nenily vertical stigma, closed in by flesliy 

 inflated cheeks. In ihcse circumsiances it difi^ers from Aspasia lo which the genus is 

 nearly akin. It flowered wiih Mr. Barker and is said to liave been purchased at Mr. 

 Skinner's sale , and must if ihere is no mislake in themaiier, have come from Gua- 

 temala. Il is however so exactly like spec. found in Popayan by Mr. Hartweg , ihat 

 •we cannot help suspecting some error. 



Rchb. fil. Bonpl. II. 15. Merida 7000'. Die wilde Pflanze hat viel grossere kap- 

 pige Deckblatler, als die cultivirte. Dazu steht der starke 6—7 bluthige Pedunculus 

 starr ab, wahrend er bei den Culiurpflanzen herabhangt. Wagener. 



4. TRICHOPILIA FRAGRANS Rclib. fil. in Otto Hamb. Gtz. 1858. p. 229. Huc : Pi- 

 lumna fragrans Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXX. 1844. Misc. 74: 



Folio lalo oblongo , racemo Inlloro breviore . bracteis lanceolatis 

 erectis, obtusis. sepalis petalisque oblongo lanceolalis acuminatis, la- 

 bello oblongo apiculato subtrilobo laevi. 



Near ihe cily of Popayan. Flowers large, white, sweetscented , with an orange 

 coloured spot on the lip, according to Mr. Hartweg. — 



Lindl. Orch. Lind. 1846. p. 13: Pseudobulhs com[>ressed, long, oval, obtuse etc. 

 Epiphytc from ihe dark and damp foresis of Merida. 5000'. Flowers while, as snow. 

 Juli 1842. N. 649. Tnc/io])i/ia candida l.inden. 



06s, Nondum rite pcrspicio, num Pihnnna nobilis Rchb. fil. — conf. Walp. Ann. 

 Il(. 541. — huc pertineat. 



5. TRICHOPILIA WAGENERI Rchb. Ql.!. c. Huc : Pilumna ^Vageneri Rchb. fil. Bpl. IL 15: 



Pseudobulbis ancipitibus oblusanguloquadratis, foliis — , pedunculo 

 quinquepollican Irinoro , bracleis oblongis apiculatis terliam ovaiii pe- 



