matiferis. Anthera terminalis, opercularis, incumbens. 
Pollinia duo, cerea, subpyriformia. Caules secundarii 
caespitosi, monophylli, infra folium vaginis anguste in- 
fundibuliformibus instructis. Pedunculi terminales, ad 
basin folii solitarii vel fasciculati. Racemi elongati, flori- 
bus distichis saepe transversis, alternantibus. 
Lepanthopsis anthoctenium (Peichb,f.) Ames, 
comb, nov. 
Pleurothallis anthoctenitum Reichenbach filius in Lin- 
naea 41 (1876) 94; in Saunders Refug. Bot. 2 (Aug. 
1878) sub. t. 118 °° —Cogniaux in Urban Symb. An- 
till. 6 (1909) 433. 
This species differs markedly from L. floripecten in 
the strigose hairs on the tubular sheaths that conceal the 
secondary stems and in the labellum being nearly as wide 
as the lateral sepals. 
In Urban’s Symbolae Antillanae, Cogniaux cites 
Wright's 1509 under Pleurothallis melanantha Reichb. f. 
Indeed some of Wright’s collections are mixtures of his 
numbers 3342 (P. melanantha) and 1509, otherwise it 
would be difficult to explain Cogniaux’s procedure in 
confusing two very dissimilar species. In Lindley’s her- 
barium at Kew, Wright no.1509 is mounted on the same 
sheet with Pleurothallis floripecten. In the Gray Herba- 
rium Wright’s nos. 1509 and 3342 are mounted on the 
same sheet and in this case it is apparent that both no. 
1509 and no. 3842 are a mixture of Lepanthopsis mela- 
nantha and L. anthoctenium. 
Haiti, Poteau fide Reichb.f. loci cit. 
Cusa, Prope villam Monte Verde dictum, Cuba Orientale. Jan.- 
July 1859. C. Wright 1509: Valley of the Rio Bayamita, south slope 
of the Sierra Maestra, ten meters up on tree trunk, at 900~-1,050 
meters altitude. April 5-7, 1907. W. R. Maron 3949. (U.S. Nat. 
Herb. 522574). 
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For discussion of date see page 82. 
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