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TRICHOPILIA TOETILTS. 



In cultivation it requires a moist stove heat when growing, but should be 

 drier when at rest. The best soil is good sandy peat, which should be broken 

 into pieces of about the size of a walnut ; and when potted the soil and the 

 plant should be elevated in the middle above the rim of the pot. 



The generic name is derived from hair, and mAos, a cap, in allusion to 

 the hairy appearance of the clinandrium ; the specific name, tortilis, has refer- 

 ence to the twisted state of the sepals and petals. 



Fig. 1, column ; 2, lateral view of the anther ; 3, internal view of the same ; 

 4, pollinia, caudicula, and minute gland, 



