TRICHOPILIA. 735 



T. FRAGRANS— See Pilumna fragkaxs. 



T. FRAGRANS NOBILIS.-Soc Piluhna jtobilis. 



T. GALEOTTIANA, A. Bichard. — A distinct free-blooming and pretty plant, 

 Avith tall ligulatc ancipitous pale green pseudobulbs, solitary cuneate oblong 

 acute dark green leaves, and abundant flowers on one-flowered peduncles ; tlie 

 sepals and petals are cuneato-lanceolate acute, the petals somewhat broader, 

 pale green, with a central bar of olive-brown; and the lip is closely folded 

 round the column, dilated and spreading in front, thrco-lobed, the lateral lobes 

 rounded, the front lobe ob-reniform, the disk pale yellow with bars and lines of 

 crimson-purple, the margin passing to white. It blossoms in August and 

 September, and continues for a fortnight in good condition. It requires cool 

 treatment, and should be potted in peat and sphagnum. — Mexico ; Chiapas. 



Fig. — L'- 111. Hort., t. 22:^ (plcta') ; Hot. Mag., t. 5550 (turialhac') ; Batcvi. Sceoml 

 Cod. Orc/i. PL, t. 162 (tiirialhae). 



Stn. — T. picta ; T. turlalbac, Batem. non Rohb. 



T. HYMEN ANTHA, Rchh.f. — A vei-y distinct and curious plant, producing 

 thick fleshy elongate ensiform acuminate leaves, narrowed also to the base, 

 where they are terete and clothed with close-fitting brown scales, the lower part 

 representing a stem or pseudobulb. The flowers are small, in six- or eight- 

 flowered drooping racemes, on peduncles issuing from the axils of the stem 

 sheaths ; thej' are white, with the sepals and petals lanceolate and slightly 

 twisted, and the lip sessile, broadly elliptic, nearly flat, with arose edges. 

 speckled with deep sanguineous purple towards the base and sides. It flowers 

 during the summer months. — Xew Grenada. 



Fig.— Bot. Mag., t. 5919 ; Xciiia OrcJi., i. t. 7 ; Orchid AJhum, x. t. 479. 



T. LAXA.— See Pilumna laxa. 



T. LEHMANNI See Pilumxa Leiijiaxxi. 



T. LEPIDA.— See T. makgixata lepida. 



T. MARGINATA, Henfrey. — A very pretty and distinct species, with clustered 

 oblong furrowed ancipitous pseudobulbs, bearing above the solitary lanceolate 

 shortly acuminate dark green coriaceous leaves, recurved at the tip, and from 

 their base the drooping one-flowered peduncles. The flowers are large, -1 to -5 

 inches in expanse, with a bold prominent lip ; the sepals and petals are narrow, 

 linear-lanceolate acuminate, once twisted, brownish red with greenish-yellow 

 margins, and the lip is trumpet-shaped, white on the outside, the mouth spread- 

 ing, three-lobed, the lateral lobes roundish and the central one emarginate, 

 wavy, of a reddish purple, sometimes edged with white, becoming deep crimson 

 in the throat, or with the limb white and the throat only deep crimson; the 

 margin of the anther-bed is very finely serrulate. It produces its blossoms in 

 May and June, lasting three weeks in beauty. Of this plant there are many 

 varieties. One called OLIVACEA, Rclib. /., has the sepals and petals of an 

 olivaceous hue. — Central America. 



Yia.—Paxton, Fl. Gard., ii. t. 54 ; Gard. Mag. Bot., iii. p. 185, with tab.; LcmaU-c, 

 Jari. Fl, t. 18i. 



Syn. — T. cocciiica. 



