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TRICHOPILIA BREVIS Ro.rs. 
THE SHORT TRICHOPILIA. 
TRICHOPILIA. Sepala subaequalia, libera, angusta, erecto-patentia. Petala sepalis subsimilia. Labelli unguis 
columnae adnatus, v. in parte superiore eum arcte involvens, lamina patens, lobis lateralibus parum dilatatis conni- 
ventibus v, cum medio undulato continuis; discus nudus v. lamellatus. Columna cum labelli ungue teres, apice ad latera 
stigmatis biauriculata y. bidentata ; clinandrium ample membranaceum, integrum v. trilobum, saepius varie fimbriatum 
v. ciliato-dentatum. Anthera intra clinandrium opercularis, incumbens, convexa, obtusa v. acuminata, unilocularis ; 
pOlinia 2, obovoideo-oblonga, exappendiculata, anthera dehiscente stipiti loriformi affixa, glandula parva v. cuneata. 
Capsula ovoidea v. oblonga, erostris v. brevissime rostrata. 
Herbae epiphyticae, pseudobulbis unifoliatis. Folium ‘carnosum, erectum, basi complicatum, angustum v. latius- 
culum. Scapi e rhizomate breves aphylli, paucivaginati 1-2- v. rarius 3-5-flori. Flores speciosi, pedicellati, sepalis saepe 
tortilibus. Bracteae parvae. 
Species circa 20, Americae calidioris incolae, imprimis in Colombia, America centrali et Mexico vigentes. 
Trichopilia LinpL., Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2 (1836), p. 446. — BenTH. et Hook. Fr. Gen. Plant., III, p. 559. 
Pilumna Linvv. Bot. Reg., XXX (1844), Misc., p. 74. 
Trichopilia brevis. Pseudobulbi conico-elongati, 8-12 cm. longi. Folia petiolata, elliptico-lanceolata, acuta, 
Io-16 cm. et ultra longa, 4-5 cm. lata. Scapi subpenduli, 2-3-flori. Bracteae oblongae, subobtusae, 2 cm. longae. 
Pedicelli 3 cm. longi. Flores speciosi. Sepala subpatentia, late lanceolata, acuta, subrevoluta, 4 cm. longa, 1.5 cm. 
lata. Petala sepalis subsimilia. Labellum subtrilobum, latissimum, 3.5 cm. longum, 4.8 cm. latum; lobus medius latis- 
sime rotundatus, retusus, crispo-undulatus, 2.5 cm. latus; lobi laterales late rotundati, undulati, columnam involventes ; 
discus medio trilamellatus, lamellae laterales prope basin labelli incrassatae, divergentes. Columna brevis, subclavata, 
ad latera stigmatis bi-auriculata, auriculis integris; clinandrium membranaceum, serrulatum. 
Trichopilia brevis ROLFE, supra. 
his very distinct species of Trichopilia is a native of Peru, whence 
it was introduced by Messrs Linpen, L’Horricutrure INTERNATIONALE, 
s# Brussels, some time ago. It flowered in their establishment for the 
first time in August 1891. It is readily distinguished from every other species 
by the very short and broadly campanulate base of the lip, in allusion to 
which the specific name is given. In this respect it is somewhat anomalous, 
and as the column is also shorter than usual, and the lip less adnate, its 
exact affinity is not very obvious. Indeed for botanical purposes I think it 
must be placed at the end of the genus, for there is no species with which 
it can be confused. Horticulturally it is a very attractive little plant, its 
greenish-yellow sepals and petals, with a few large chocolate blotches, 
contrasting effectively with the broad white lip. The lamellae of the disc are 
yellow, and there is a faint stain of the same colour on the base of the 
front lobe of the lip. R. A. Rowe. 
The graceful little species which we present to-day to our readers is 
another of our Peruvian introductions, which flowered in our establishment 
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