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straight. The lip is large, three-lobed, the side lobes folded 
over the column, and forming a tube, the front lobe 
spreading, 2in. across, crisped and wavy at the edge. The 
Fig. 109. Flower and Leaf of Trichopilia tortilis 
(nat. size). 
colour of all the parts of the flower is nearly white, with 
spots and stains of red, the inside of the tube being 
yellow. The odour of the blossoms resembles that of haw- 
