infundibuliform sheaths with setose-ciliate mouths. Leaf 
solitary at the summit of the very short stem, suborbic- 
ular, entire, 3.5-5 mm. long, abruptly narrowed at base 
into the short petiole, 8-nerved, setose-ciliate, apparently 
fleshy in living material. Peduncle shorter than the leaf, 
solitary, 1- to 2-flowered, almost completely concealed 
by the vaginiform setose bracts. Flowers small, glabrous, 
dark red in the dried specimens. Lateral sepals ovate, 
acute, 8mm. long, 3—nerved, connate for about one-third 
their length. Dorsal sepal similar but broader. Petals 
0.5 mm. long, 4 mm. wide, transversely extended into 
two equal narrowly triangular acuminate lobes. Label- 
lum broadly lunate, 3-nerved, retuse, its lateral auricles 
reflexed. Column slenderly eylindric. Anther terminal. 
Cotomsta, forests of the highlands of Popayan, altitude 1700- 
1800 m., July 1901, Lehmann no. B. T. 352. (Tyen in Gray Herb. 
Durucatre type in Herb. Ames). 
ILLUSTRATION: 1, plant drawn natural size. 2, section of rhizome 
with leaves (<5). 3, flower (10). 4, labellum, as seen from above 
(10). 5, column, as seen from the side (-< 10). 
Lepanthes polygonoides Syith & Harris,sp. nov. 
Habitus illum L. pseudocaulescentis simulans. Folia el- 
liptica vel ovato-elliptica, 6-11 mm. longa, utrinque gla- 
berrima. Pedunculus uni-vel bi-florus. Sepala elliptica, 
late acuta; lateralia circiter per duas tertias connata. Pe- 
tala minuta, rhomboidea, margine minutissime ciliata. 
Labellum minutissimum,columna omnino obtectum, late 
ovatum. 
Rhizome creeping, stem-like, 25-40 em. long, simple 
or sparingly branched, bearing infundibuliform sheaths 
with setose-ciliate mouths. Leaf solitary at the summit 
of the very short stem, elliptic or ovate-elliptic, entire, 
6-11 mm. long, 5-nerved with all five nerves starting 
within the sheath and continuing nearly to the apex, en- 
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