Tas. 5259. 
LEPANTHES Catopictyon. 
Net-leaved Lepanthes. 
Nat. Ord. ORcHIDEHZ.—GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. Sepala patula v. reflexa, seepius basi connata, rariuslibera. Petala 
2, nana, forma varia, appendiculata v. inappendiculata. Ladellum parvum, liberum 
v. columne adnatum. Columna teretiuscula, nana v. elongata. Pollinia 2.— 
Herbee epiphyte, sepissime parvule. Caulis filiformis, rarius robustus, simplex, 
vaginatus, Folium unicum. Spice v.racemi axillares. Flores minutissimi, flavi 
v. ruori. 
Lepantuss Calodictyon ; vaginis caulis campanulatis ore ciliato, folio late ovato- 
cordato apiculato sinuato-crenato pallide viridibus venis late brunneis 
areolato-reticulatis, sepalis liberis ovatis acuminatis, petalis supra sepala 
reflexis oblique reniformi-cordatis ciliatis utrinque basi appendice filiformi 
instructis. 
Srexis Calodictyon v. CaLopicryon Andium. Spruce, MSS. 
A very singular and beautiful little plant, remarkable for the 
disposition of the colouring matter in the leaf, which is very pale 
watery-green in the areoles of the veins, the latter being covered 
with a broad brown band. In the form and arrangement of the 
sepals and petals, it differs totally from any known species of 
Lepanthes (in most of which the sepals are connate, and the lip 
reduced to a mere scale), but is so closely allied together in 
habit and essential characters, that it seems unadvisable to make 
a new genus of it. The plant was discovered by Mr. Spruce, 
and the specimens figured were imported by Mr. Crosse, and 
flowered by Mr. Osborne of Clapham Nursery. 
Descr. A small slender tufted plant. Stems two inches high, 
clothed with sheathing trumpet-shaped scales, each with an ex- 
panded ovate-acuminate ciliate mouth. Leaf broadly ovate, 
rather membranaceous, apiculate, undulate, with subsinuate mar- 
gins; pale-green, reticulated with brown. Peduncles solitary 
or fascicled, shorter than the leaf, axillary, bearing a short raceme 
of minute flowers. Sepals free, green, ovate, acuminate, reflexed. 
Petals reniform-cordate, acute, ciliate, reflected on the petals, 
JULY Ist, 1861. 
