LEPANTHES 75 



learifolia, ferruginous-hirsute, mouth broadly open with acute apex. 

 Leaves 2-5-4 cm. L, "7-1 cm. br., narrowly elliptical, obtuse. Racemes 

 generally several clustered, often a little longer than the leaf. Flowers 

 very small, T x g in. 1., crimson, several. Sepals, median 1-4 mm. 1., 

 broadly ovate, obtuse, concave; lateral 1*2 mm. 1., subacute. Petals 

 3 mm. 1., simple. Lip 1 mm. 1*., a little more than 1 mm. br., concave, 

 strongly 3-nerved. Column short, about -5 mm. 1. Capsule 4 mm. 1., 

 ellipsoidal, with three narrow wings. 



16. L. Harrisii Fawc. & Bendle loc. cit. ; sepals dark crimson- 

 purple, lateral J-connate ; petals short, shortly elliptical, rounded 

 at apex ; lip ovate-roundish, subcordate, rounded at apex. (PI. 

 11, f. 8-11.) 



On trees; in fl. and fr. Feb.; Holly Mount, Mt. Diabolo, 2600 ft., 

 Harris ! 



Plant about 1J in. high. Stem 3-4 cm. 1., longer than the leaf ; 

 sheaths robust, ferruginous-hirtellous on the broad mouth and ridges. 

 Leaf, blade 1*5-2 cm. 1., 7-9 mm. br., elliptical. Racemes few-flowered, 

 longer than the leaf ; bracts acute, glabrous. Flowers ^ in. 1., dark 

 crimson-purple, less caducous than usual. Sepals 2*5 mm. 1., median 

 long-ovate, 3-nerved ; lateral lanceolate, 1-nerved. Petals '7 mm. 1., like 

 those of L. brevipetala, but twice as long. Lip 1'3 mm. 1., strongly 

 3-nerved. Column short, -5 mm. 1. Capsule ellipsoidal, 6-keeled. 



17. L. tridentata Sw. in Nov. Act. TJpsal. vi. 86 (1799); 

 sepals yellowish, lateral ^-connate ; petals subrhomboid but 

 extended transversely, truncate at the base, with the upper 

 margins slightly concave, the posterior lobes embracing the 

 column and meeting behind it ; lip anteriorly rounded and 

 suddenly mucronate, posteriorly with two erect awd-shaped 

 lobes lying close to the column and of equal length to it. Sw. 

 Fl. Ind. Occ. Hi. 1561 k Adnot. Bot. t. 2,/. 2; Griseb op. cit. 

 610, excl. syn. ; Fawc. & Bendle in Trans. Linn. Soc. vii. 6, t. I. 

 f. 8-11. Epidenclrum tridentatum Sw. Prodr. 125 (1788). Type 

 in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



In fl. throughout the year; Blue Mts., Swartz ! near Mabess River, 

 4000 ft. ; Morse's Gap, 5000 ft. ; near John Crow Peak, 5200 ft. ; Harris ! 

 near John Crow Peak ; near Newhaven Gap ; Faivcett ! Moy Hall, 

 Sullivan ! Cuba. 



Plant 1J-3 in. high. Stems 2-7 cm. 1., very much longer than the 

 leaves ; she"ath margins ciliolate, ridges muriculate. Leaves somewhat 

 elliptical, and tapering at base and apex, 1-5-2-4 cm. 1., 5-7 mm. br. 

 Racemes a little shorter than the leaf, 2-4-clustered, rarely solitary. 

 Flowers numerous, in two ranks, closely crowded in the upper half or third 

 of the raceme. Sepals 2-5 mm. 1., ovate-acuminate; median 1 mm. br. ; 

 lateral 1*5 mm. br. at the point of union. Petals yellowish, suberect. 

 Lip crimson. Column 1 mm. 1., pink, scarcely dilated at the apex; anther 

 white, roundly obcordate. Capsule 5 mm. 1., subglobose, with prominent 

 deep-purple keels. 



Swartz describes the flower as purple-yellow. 



18. L. quadrata Fawc. & Bendle op. cit. 7, t. If. 12-14; 

 sepals purplish-crimson, lateral i-connate ; petals with a short 



