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petiolum 1—2 mm. longum angustato; peduneulis communibus fasci- 
culatis, capillaribus, superne dense plurifloris, 2—31/, em. longis; 
pedicellis 1 mm. longis; bracteis acuminatis, glabris, pedicellis paulo 
longioribus; sepalis ovatis, longiuscule acuminatis, glabris, 4+—6 mm. 
longis, 2— 4 mm. latis, lateralibus usque ad '/, connatis, divaricatis; 
petalis brevissimis, utrinque subaequaliter extensis, 21/,—31/, mm. 
latis, lobis linearibus vel lineari-oblongis, obtusiusculis, subreetis, non 
ciliatis; labelli lobo mediano obsoleto, lobis lateralibus ad latera 
columnae appressis, supra medium expansis et lanceolatis, columnam 
amplectentibus; capsula obovoidea, 5 mm. longa. 
Lepanthes divaricata Fawe. et Rendle! in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 
ser.2. Bot. VII.1 (1904) p. 111.2 f.27—29. 
Flores primum flavescentes demum purpurascentes. Fl. I—-IV, VII— 
Air; fr. IL 
Hab. in Jamaica supra arbores prope Woodcutter’s Gap, Port- 
land Gap, Morse’s Gap, Newhaven Gap, inter Newhaven Gap et 
Vinegar Hill, Blue Mountain Gap, John Crow Peak, Moy Hall, 
Hardware Gap, 1300—2300 m. alt.: Fawcett, W. Harris in Herb. Bot. 
Dep. n. 7758, 7832, 7833, 10082, 10127, C. F. Sullivan. 
Var. 8. minor Fawc. et Rendle loc. est. p. 12: herba minor; 
caulibus 2—3 cm. longis rarius longioribus; foliis late elliptieis, vix 
acuminatis, cireiter 1!/, cm. longis et 1 cm. latis; racemis 2 cm. longis; 
floribus minoribus; sepalis 3 mm. longis. 
Flores purpureo-sanguinei. Fl. VII, IX. 
Hab. in Jamaica ad Moy Hall: Sullivan; Haiti supra arbores 
ad Morne Tranchant: E. Christ n. 1754. 
196. Lepanthes fulva Lindl. parva, caespitosa; caulibus fili- 
formibus, pluriarticulatis, 3—7 em. longis, vaginis 8—12 mm. longis, 
glabratis, ore satis dilatato, longiuscule apiculato, crassiuscule mar- 
ginato, breviter ciliato; folio rigidiusculo, ovato-lanceolato, apice ob- 
tusiusculo et minute 3-dentieulato, tenuiter marginato, 17— 26 mm. 
longo, 5—9 mm. lato, basi abrupte in petiolum 2—3 mm. longum 
producto; pedunculis communibus fasciculatis, capillaribus, superne 
dense multifloris, folio dimidio brevioribus; pedicellis ®/,—1 mm. 
longis; bracteis acutis, glabris, pedicellis aequilongis; sepalis ovato- 
subrotundatis, acutis, glabris, 2 mm. longis, dorsali 3-nervuloso, 
1?/, mm. lato, lateralibus satis angustioribus, binervulosis, usque ad 
medium connatis; petalis transverse valde extensis, !/, mm. longis, 
1'/, mm. latis, lobis lateralibus aequilongis, linearibus, obtusiusceulis, 
rectis, non ciliatis; labelli lobo mediano obsoleto, lobis lateralibus ad 
latera columnae appressis, erectis, 1 mm. longis, basi rotundatis, apice 
acutiuseulis incurvis; columna crassa, ®/, mm. longa. 
