610 ORCHIDE^t". 



ciliate, ovate-roundish limb , leaf elliptical, or elliptical-oblong, contracted at the petioled 

 base ; peduncles fascicled, much shorter than the leaf, 5-2-fowered ; perigonial divisions 

 lanceolate-linear, exterior lateral cohering below, interior half as long ; lip linear, ciliate. — 

 Leaf 1"-H" long, 8"'-10"' broad : petiole 2'" long ; peduncles about 4"', flowers 2'" long, 

 the latter " purple" (Bradf), pale in drying. — Hab. Trinidad !, Cr., Bradf., on trees, in 

 moist woods, Arima ; [Guiana]. 



25. P. lepanthiformis, G. Rchb. Stem hispidulous, about as long as the leaf: sheaths 

 with a ciliate, ovate limb ; leaf oblong-lanceolate, bluntish, tapering into the petiole ; pe- 

 duncledraeem.es gemiuate-solitary, half as long as the leaf: flowers approximate; perigonial 

 divisions exterior lateral cohering to near the summit, saccate at the base, superior linear, 

 " interior minute, linear ; lip obovate-oblong, blunt." — P. villosa, Knowl., Westc. (sec. 

 Lindl.) : name objectionable, the down being not villous. — Leaf 2" long, 8'" broad ; 

 flowers 1"' long, " purple." — Hab. Trinidad !, Cr. ; [Mexico to Guiana !]. 



26. P. foliata, Gr. (n. sp.). Stem filiform, puberulous at the angles, often somewhat 

 branched, or distantly 2-several-leaved, much longer than the leaves : sheaths with a ciliate, 

 roundish limb ; leaf elliptical, or obovate, somewhat pointed, cuneate at the petioled base ; 

 peduncled racemes geminate-solitary, distantly few-flowered, exceeding the leaf; perigonial 

 divisions exterior oblong-lanceolate, lateral cohering to the summit, interior ovate, pointed, 

 half as long ; lip exceeding the interior perigoue, linear, blunt, puberulous above. — Habit of 

 Lepanthes rotundata ; 2"-3" high ; leaves 6"'-4"' long ; 2%'" broad ; flowers scarcely 1"' 

 long : perigone erect, yellow in drying. — Hab. Jamaica !, Wili. 



27. P. microlepanthes, Gr. (n. sp). Stem reduced, glabrous, usually much shorter 

 than the leaf : sheaths 2-3, with a glabrous, deltoid limb ; leaf elliptical, or elliptical- 

 roundish, somewhat pointed, tapering into the petiole ; peduncled racemes fascicled, half 

 as long as the leaf: flowers about 5, approximate; perigonial divisions exterior ovate, 

 pointed, lateral cohering below the 2-dentate summit ; interior minute, spathulate, half as 

 long as the breadth of the exterior ones ; lip little shorter than the exterior perigone, oblong, 

 blunt. — Habit of Lepanthes tridentata, var. Loddigesiana ; leaf 4"'-3'" long, 2"'-3 

 broad ; flowers £'" long : perigone erect, yellow in drying. — Hab. Jamaica !, Marf., Wi/s., 

 March, on tree-barks, among mosses. 



2. LEPANTHES, Sw. 



Character of Pleurothallis, but lip adnate to the column, usually 2-partite, and pollinaria 

 clavate. — Stems ceespitose, \-phyllous : sheaths obliquely spreading-tubular, rigid-margined, 

 pointed. 



28. I*, rotundata, Gr. (n. sp.) Stem filiform, glabrous, much longer than the leaf : 

 sheaths with a subulate, minutely ciliate limb ; leaf elliptical, rounded-S-mucronate, 

 contracted at the base, exceeded by the fascicled (-single), peduncled racemes ; peri- 

 gonial divisions exterior deltoid, lateral cohering below the 2-dentate summit, interior 

 much smaller, obversely deltoid ; lip-segments diverging, spathulate, adnate to the middle of 

 the column.— About 2" high; leaf 6"'(-8"') long, 4'" broad; flowers 2'" long.— Hab. 

 Jamaica !, Macf. 



29. I<. tridentata, Sw. " Stem filiform, or reduced ; leaf elliptical, pointed-S-mu- 

 cronate, cuneate at the base, exceeded by the single, few(~l)-Jlowered peduncles ; perigo- 

 nial divisions exterior ovate, pointed, lateral cohering to the middle, interior half as long, 

 puberulous, transversely oblong-lanceolate, blunt at one, bluntish at the other angle ; lip- 

 segments lanceolate, ascending from the base of the lip." — Sw. Adnot. t. 2.f. 2. — L. Lod- 

 digesiana, <?. Rchb. (L. tridentata, Lindl. : Bot. Reg. t. 1762) : a form with reduced 

 stems.—" Stem 2"-2'", peduncle 8'" long ; leaf 5"'-8 w long, 2"'-4'" broad ; flowers 1'" long, 

 purple- and yellow-variegated." — Hab. Jamaica (Sw.), on tree9, in the mountains. 



30. la. pulchella, Sw. Stem filiform, glabrous, longer than or as long as the leaf: 

 sheaths with a ciliate, ovate-deltoid limb ; leaf elliptical, pointed, cuneate at the base, about 

 as long as the few(-l) -flowered, single (-fascicled) peduncles ; perigonial divisions exterior 

 ovate, acuminate, all cohering only at the base, spreading, interior semi sagittate, linear- 

 acuminate, halt* as long ; lip-segments incnrved-linear, converging, inserted near or below 

 the summit of the column. —Sw. Adnot. t. 2./. 3. — Stem 6"-2", leaf 8'"-12 f " long, the 



