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* LEPANTHES tridentata. 
Three-toothed Lepanthes. 
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GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. OrcHiDEx $ MALAxIDEA, Lindl. (Introduction to the Natural 
System of Botany, p. 262.) 
LEPANTHES Swz. Sepala patula, basi, presertim lateralia, connata. 
Petala 2, libera, nana. Labellum apice sub-bilobum, cum columna connatum. 
Columna teres, nana, aut elongata.  Pollinia 2. Herbe epiphyte, caulibus 
Aliformivus, monophyllis, vaginatis, spicis terminalibus, Pleurothallis omnind 
habitu. Flores parvi, lutescentes vel rubescentes. 
L. tridentata ; folio ovato acuto apice tridentato, pedunculis subbifloris folio 
longioribus, sepalis ovatis lateralibus semiconnatis, petalis semisagittatis to- 
mentosis, labelli ciliati lobis lateralibus rotundatis, intermedio brevissimo 
acutiusculo incurvo, columná naná. 
L. tridentata. Swartz Prodr. p. 125. fl. Ind. occ. p. 1561. 
Caules cespitosi, vaginis levibus laxis cincti, staturá a lineis 2 usque ad 
uncias totidem variantes. Folia ovato-oblonga, 14 unciam longa, crassa, 
apice acute tridentata, subtus pallidiora. Pedunculi terminales, bracteati, 
subbiflori, foliis longiores. Flores parvi, bilabiati, oculo nudo purpureo-lutei. 
Sepala ovata, acuta, equalia; supremum purpureum luteo-marginatum ; 
lateralia semiconnata lutescentia, parum purpurata. Petala atropurpurea, 
tomentosa, semisagittata: lobo postico rotundato, sepalis dimidio breviore. 
Labellum minus, lutescens, basi concavum, purpurascens, cum basi columna 
connatum edque parallelum, imó longius ; trilobum, lobis lateralibus ascen- 
dentibus ciliatis columnam amplectantibus, intermedio incurvo minimo, minis 
manifesté ciliato. Columna teres, minima, bicornis, basi tantum labello 
adnata; stigmate depresso subcuneiformi.  Pollinia 2, parallela, conica, 
caudiculis apice incrassato aurantiaco coherentibus. 
This which is one of the most. pigmy of Orchidee, not 
much exceeding in size the moss amongst which it grows, will 
nevertheless amply repay the observer for a careful exami- 
* So called from Aeroc bark, or Xez«c small, and avSoc a flower; because the 
plants of this genus have very small flowers and grow upon the bark of trees. 
