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PAXTON'S FLOWER GARDEN. 



is to the original Corkscrew Trichopil (T. tortilis) that it approaches nearly, differing 1 

 principally in its larger and rich carmine flowers, slightly twisted sepals and petals, and 

 the equal size of the fringed lobes of the anther-hood. In foliage and pseudobulbs the 

 two are so much alike, that one might be taken for a more vigorous specimen of the other. 



Now that we have three well-ascertained species before us, it may be as well to 

 point out the different characters of what are known, thus : — 



T. tortilis, Lindley. Pseudobulbs narrow, compressed, furrowed. Leaves lanceolate, plane, slightly cordate. Petals 

 twice twisted, brown and yellow. Lip even, flat, white with crimson spots. 



T. coccinea, Warczewiez. Pseudobulbs narrow, compressed, furrowed. Leaves lanceolate, plane, slightly cordate. 

 Petals once twisted, brownish and yellowish. Lip even, flat, carmine with a white border. 



T. mavis, Lindley. Pseudobulbs thin, orbicular. Leaves broad, oblong, undulated. Petals not twisted, white dashed 

 with pink. Lip very thin and wavy, crisp, white with rose-coloured blotches. 



T. Galeottianct, Richard and Galeotti, Orch. Mex. t. 31 ined. Pseudobulbs terete, stemdike. Sepals and petals not 

 twisted. Flowers very large, yellow. 



