AXP THEIR MAXAGEMEXr. 



493 



Trichopi/ia. 



twisted, greenish-yellow : the lip is folded at the base, the front 

 lobe spreading, i-iin. across, notched, white, with a yellow throat 

 and a few blotches of crimson. This species varies somewhat in 

 the size and tinting of its llowers. Mexico, 1S59. (V>. ^I., t. 5550.) 



Fii,. 1G7. Flower and Leaf of TKiCH.ii-iLiA tortilis 



('lat. size). 



T. lepida ( /-V//r/o.— Flower-spikes sprmgnig from the base ot 

 the matured growth, drooping, 6m. long, usually three-flowered, 

 flowers on flexuous pedicels, and each fully 6m. across ; sepals and 

 petals sprcadmg, narrow, wavy, not twisted, rosy-purple, white along 



