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connatis; petalis transverse extensis, glabris, lobis posticis majoribus 
elliptieis obtusis, post columnam imbricatis, lobis antieis parvis, lan- 
ceolatis, acutis, divergentibus; labello glabro, lobo antico obsoleto, 
lobis lateralibus erectis, supra medium incrassatis et lanceolatis 
columnam amplectentibus; columna brevi, superne dilatata; capsula 
oblique obovata, 4 mm. longa, pedicello 7— 14 mm. longo. 
Lepanthes conceinna Sw.! in Nov. Act. Ups. VI (1799) p. 85, 
Flor. III p. 1557, Adnot. Bot. t. 2 f. 4; Griseb. Flor. p. 611, Cat. 
p. 260; Sauwv. Fl. Cub. p.226; Fawe. et Rendle in Trans. Linn. Soe. 
Lond. ser. 2. Bot. VII 1.10 1.2 f.22—325. 
Epidendrum ovale Sw. Prodr. (1788) p. 125. 
Flores flavescentes, plus minusve dilute purpurei. Fl. 1I, VIII—- 
Au: 5. U; 
Hab. in Cuba orientali: Wright n. 1510 part., 1511; Jamaica 
in arboribus ad Blue Mountains, Vinegar Hill, Mabess River, Morse’s 
Gap, Green Hill Wood, John Crow Peak, Holly Mount, Mt. Diabolo, 
200— 1800 m. alt.: Swartz, Fawcett, W. Harris in Herb. Bot. Dep. 
n. 7463, 7579, 7755, 7767, 7782, 7784, 9782, 9892, 10091, O. Hansen 
n. 13, A. Moore; Haiti in montibus Furey et Morne Tranchant: Picarda 
n. 1017; Sto. Domingo: Commerson. 
Var. . obtusipetala Fawc. et Rendle 2. c. (1904) p. 11: sepalis 
paulo acutioribus; petalorum lobis paulo inaequalibus, antico obtuso. 
Hab. in Jamaica ad Portland Gap, 1850 m. alt.: W. Fawecett. 
199. Lepanthes pristidis Rchb.f. parva, caespitosa; caulibus 
subfiliformibus, multiarticulatis, 5—7 em. longis, vaginis 5—8 mm. 
longis, brevissime hirtellis, ore satis dilatato, longiuscule acuminato, 
tenuiter marginato, brevissime eiliato; folio rigidiusculo, ovato vel ovato- 
oblongo, obtusiuscule breviterque acuminato, non marginato, 21/,—3 em. 
longo, 12—18 mm. lato, basi subabrupte in petiolum 1—3 mm. longum 
producto; pedunculis communibus fasciculatis, capillaribus, superne 
distiche multifloris, 8—16 mm. longis; pedicellis 11/, —2 mm. longis; 
bracteis acutis, densiuscule muriculatis, 1 mm. longis; sepalis anguste 
ovatis, acutis, 3 mm. longis, dorsali 3-nervuloso, lateralibus angustio- 
ribus, 2-nervulosis, usque ad medium connatis; petalis transverse ex- 
tensis, glabris, lobis postieis rotundatis, lobis antieis longioribus, tri- 
angularibus, acuminatis, apice leviter convergentibus; labello glabro, 
lobo antico obsoleto, lobis lateralibus distantibus, erectis, dolabriformi- 
bus, apice superiore acuto, inferiore obtuso. 
Lepanthes Pristidis Rehb.f. in Linnaea XXII (1849) p. 820, 
Xen. Orch. I p.151 et 156 1.50 f.IV et 1—14; Griseb.! Cat. p.260; 
Sauv. Fl. Cub. p. 226. 
Hab. in Cuba: Wright n. 1512. — Mexico austr. 
