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^LEPAnTHES tridcntata. 



Three-toothed Lepanthes. 



GYNANDRIA J\;OAMA'D7?L4. 



Nat. ord. ORCHIDE.E § Malaxidej., Lindl (Introduction to the Natural 

 System of Botany , p. 262.) 



LEPANTHES Sujz. Sepala patiila, basl, prasertim lateralia, connata. 

 Petala 2, libera, nana. Labellum apice sub-bilobum, cum cohimna connatum. 



Columna teres, nana, aut clongata. Pollinia 2. Herbaj epipln/t<r, caulibus 



Jiliformi'rus, monophylUs, vayinatis, spicis ter77iinalibus, Pleurotliallis omninb 

 habitu. Flores jjarvi, lutescentes veL rubcscentes. 



L. tridentata ; folio ovato acnto apice tridentato, pedunculis subbifloris folio 

 longioribus, sepalis ovatis lateralibus semiconnatis, petalis semisagittatis to- 

 mentosis, labelli ciliati lobis lateralibus rotundatis, intermedio brevissimo 

 acutiusculo incurve, columna nana. 



L. tridentata. Swartz Prodr.p. }25. Ji. Ind, occ. p. 1561. 



Caules C(Sspitosi,vaginis lnvibus laxis cincti, staturd a lineis 2 usque ad 

 uncias totidem variantes. Folia ovato -oblonga, IJ unciam longn, crassa, 

 apice acute tridentata, subtus pallidiora. Pedunculi terndnales, bracteafiy 

 subbijiori, foUis longiores. Flores j^arvi, bilabiati, oculo nudo purpureo-lutei. 

 Sepala ovata, acuta, cequalia ; supremum purpureum luteo-marginatum ; 

 lateralia semiconnata lutescentia, parum purpurata. Petala ati'opurpurea, 

 tomentosa, semisagittata : lobo postico rotundato, sepalis dimidio breviore. 

 Labellum minus, lutescens, basi concavum, purpurascens, cum basi columnar 

 connatum edqne parallelum, imd longius ; trilobum, lobis lateralibus ascen- 

 dentibus ciliatis columnam amplectantibus, intermedio incurvo minimo, miniis 

 manifeste ciliato. Columna teres, minima, bicornis, basi tantum labello 

 adnata ; stigmate dejjresso subcuneiformi. Pollinia 2, parallela, conica, 

 caudiculis apice incrassato aurantiaco cohoerentibus. 



This which is one of the most pigmy of Orchide^, not 

 much exceeding in size the moss amongst which it grows, will 

 nevertheless amply repay the observer for a careful exami- 



* So called from Xcttoc bark, ox\e-lq small, and ai-^oq a flower ; because the 

 plants of this genus have very small flowers and grow upon the bark of trees. 



