BOTANICAL MUSEUM LEAFLETS 
HARVARD UNIVERSITY 
CAMBRIDGE, 
Massacuusetts, Fesruary 20, 1934 
THREE NEW ANDEAN SPECIES 
OF LEPANTHES 
BY 
L. B.Smiru ann S. K. Harris 
WHUILE COMPARING some orchids in the Gray Her- 
barium the authors noticed three specimens which re- 
sembled small vines. On careful study they proved to be 
three new species of Lepanthes, although one of them 
was originally labelled LL. Nummularia by mistake. The 
work of comparing the three species with material or de- 
scriptions of all previously known species of Lepanthes 
was greatly facilitated by reference to the herbarium of 
Protessor Oakes Ames, to whom the authors are further 
indebted for the invitation to publish in this series. ‘The 
three new species may be characterized as follows: 
Lepanthes pseudocaulescens Smith & Harris, 
sp. nov. Herba minuta. Rhizoma repens, cauliforme. 
Caules perbreves, monophylli, vaginis infundibuliformi- 
bus omnino tecti. Folia suborbicularia, 3.5—5 mm. longa, 
setoso-ciliata. Pedunculus uni-vel bi-florus. Sepala ovata, 
acuta; lateralia circiter per partem tertiam connata. Pe- 
tala in lobos elongatissime triangulares transverse exten- 
sa. Labellum late lunatum, retusum, auriculis lateralibus 
reflexis. 
Plant minute, doubtless epiphytic, its symmetry 
strongly dorsi-ventral. Rhizome creeping,stem-like,5—12 
em. long, filiform, simple or sparingly branched, bearing 
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