are extremely attractive, suggesting tiny butterflies with 
orange wings bordered with mauve, spread out on the 
vellow background formed by the sepals. ‘The accom- 
panying plate was prepared from the type. 
Repusiic or Honpnuras, Department of Atlantida, Lancetilla Val- 
ley, near Tela. March 11, 1923. Ames IT. 171, IT. 176: Department 
of Comayagua, Pito Solo, Lake Yojoa. Kpiphyte in dense forest, at 
2,000 ft. altitude. August 1982. J. B. Edwards 90, 93 and 230. 
ILLusrRATION: Plant about four fifths natural size, 1,inflorescence 
much enlarged. 2, labellum. 3, column (posterior view). 4, pollinia. 
Lepanthes turialvae Reichb.f. Beitr. Orch. 
Centr. Amer. (1866) 57. 
Reeusiic oF Honpuras, Department of Comayagua, Siguatepeque. 
Kpiphyte in open mountain forest, at 3,700 feet altitude. Sepals pink, 
petals and labellum red. September 26, 1982. J. B. Edwards 258: Fl 
Achote. Epiphyte in dense forest, at 3,900 feet altitude. Sepals light 
pink, petals and lip rose. September 27, 1932. J. B. Edwards 260. 
Lepanthes Edwardsii mes sp. nov. Caules se- 
cundaril vaginis laxis, hispidis, tubularibus omnino in- 
clusi, ascendentes, monophylli, caespitosi. Folia elliptica 
apice inconspicue tridenticulata, marginata, in petiolum 
contracta. Inflorescentiae folium excedentes, rachis frac- 
tiflexa. Sepala lateralia glabra, usque ad medium cohae- 
rentia, laminam ovatam bifidam formantia. Sepalum dor- 
sale lanceolatum, bene caudatum. Petala carnosa, lan- 
ceolata vel sub-semihastata, glabra, basi rotundata, apice 
subacuta. Labellum trilobatum; lobi laterales triquetri, 
anguste crescentiformes, acuti; lobus medius valde abbre- 
viatus, oblongus, acutus. Columna valde arcuata. 
Roots coarsely fibrous, whitish, smooth. Stems caes- 
pitose, monophyllous, 5-15 mm. long, slender, concealed 
by elongated tubular sheaths, erect or obliquely ascend- 
ing, rigid. Sheaths two to five, 2-6 mm. long, the basal one 
shortest, finely hispidulous on the prominent longitudi- 
nal nerves, dilated at the mouth, with the margins 
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