682 ORCIIIDES. 



TRICHOPILIA. 



9. TRICIIOPILIA MARGfNATA Ilenfr. Gard. Mag:. Bot. Jul. 1851. c. fig. — Trkhopilia 

 coicinea Wscwz. corrcsp. gard. Lindl. Paxt. Fl. G. IL 80. lab. 54 : 

 Pseiulobtjlbis anpuslis compressis, sulcalis, monopliyllis . foliis lan- 

 ceolatis planis basi snbcordatis apice acuminatis recurvis, peduncnlis 

 unitloris, pelalis linearilanceolatis acnminatis seinel tortis, labello 4-lobo, 

 lobis rotnndatis convexis planis ))asi erecto convoluto, cuculli Irilobi la- 

 ciniis fimbrialis subaequalibns. Central - Amerika. Wrswcz. — Ilook B. 

 M. 4857. — Lem. Jard. Fl. tab. 184. (ex Gard. Mag. mutuata icon). 



10. TRICHOPILIA GALEOTTIANA Ricli. et Gal. tab. 31. Ann. sc. nat. 1845. p. 26: 

 Pseudobulbis teretibns cauliformibus , l-phyllis; scapo 1-floro; flore 



maximo luteo, sepalis planis. 



Mc^ico. 



11. TRICnOPILlA TORTILIS Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXIL (1836.) Tab. 1863: 



Pseiuiobullii oblongi . sulcaii, compressi, vaginis fusco niaculalis arcte vesliti, ali- 

 quando folii fere lonsiludine. Folia soliiaria, oblonga, coriacea , acuta . plana vel lo- 

 viter complicala. Flores solitarii , asillares; horizontales , sessiles. Sepala et petala 

 aequalia, linearilanceolata, patentissima. spiraliier torta, margine crispatula . fusco 

 luiea, disco brunnea. Labellum 2 pollices longum, circa columnam convolutum, 

 albu.Ti. maculis pluribus magnis inaequalibus ad inierius , limbo trilobo . intermedio 

 subbilobo. Columna cum ovario coniinua, teres, clavata , alba; clinandrio cucullato, 

 irilobo, lobis descendentibus, falcatis, ciliato laceris. Anthera compressa , apiculata. 

 Pollinia 2, parva, pyriformia, postice sulcata , caudicula cuneata inserta , glandula 

 minima ovali. Gynizus excavalus, paululum oblique retrorsum versus. — Mexico imp. 

 Barker. — Floral" Cab. IIL 101. — liot. Mag. 3739. 



Obs. Icon R. Reg. mihi haud grata. Flores terminales depictl ! ! Rchb, ,fil. 



1451A. moivathe: lm. 



Hort. Soc. Journ. II. 26«. 



1. DIGNATIIE PYGMAEA Lindl. in Hort. Soc. It. 268: 



Pseudobiilbus squamatus monophyllus. FIos solilarius resupinatus 

 carnosus. Sepala et petala palentia aequalia. Lnbellum planum recur- 

 vum basi subsaccatnm et per lamellas 2 carnosas columnae adnatum. 

 Columna nana, acnla, semiconica, clinandrio dorsali imir.arginato. An- 

 tliera — ? Poilinia 2, caudicula lineari, glandula parva ovali. 



Genus Pilumnae et Aspasiae afflne. Columna nana, clinandrio dorsali immarginaio 

 et habiiu quodam vulde diversum. 



Woxico. Me«srs. Loddiges. Inconspicuous. VVhole plant is barely 2 inches high, 

 and forms littlc tufts like an Aiemania or Dinema. Pseudobulbs oblong, buried ia 

 leaihery acute scales. The leaves are solitary, oval , stalked, 3-toothed at ibe poinl. 

 Peduncle is soliiary from ihe base of ihe pseudobulb, onellowered , as long as the 

 si)0rl keeled petiole. A keeled acuminated membranous bract is larger, ihan theovary; 

 ihe tiriy llower is green, nes.hy with a few yellowish spots upon its disk aml the 

 2 succulent plates tliat unite it to tlie column. Doih plates and colunin are downy. 



1451/i. 1IKL.CIA Lindl. 

 Eot. Reg. XXXI. (1845.). Misc. 26. 



Sepala et pelala coriacea conformia. patula. Labellum patuUim mem- 

 bronaceum, planum, medio constrictum, basi utrinque appendice car- 

 Bosa truncala medio foveata in lineas 2 breves elevatas procurrente 

 auclum, ipsa basi excavalum pilosum. Columna libera, teres, clinandrio 



