Hemipilia
(from hemi, half, and pilion, a cap; alluding to the covering of the pollen mass). ORD. Orchideae. A small genus (only two species) of stove Orchids, with the habit of Habenaria rotundifolia, natives of the East Indies. Flowers few in a raceme; sepals nearly equal in length, the dorsal one concave, the lateral ones spreading, oblique; petals smaller, undivided; lip continuous with the column, spreading, rather broad, the base produced in a spur; column very short. Stems having one leaf at the base. For culture of H. calophylla, see Pogonia, on p. 175, Vol. III.
H. calophylla (beautiful-leaved). fl., sepals white and green, rarely purple; petals similar, but much smaller; lip dark vinous-purple, 1/2in. broad; raceme six to eight-flowered; scape 5in. to 7in. high, green, spotted reddish-brown. July. l. 2in. to 3in. long, 1 1/4in. to 1 1/2in. broad, sessile on the tuber, the acute base sunk in the ground, dark green, mottled brown. Moulmein, 1886. (B. M. 6920.)