tirely glabrous, apparenthy:.somewhat fleshy in living 
material. Peduncle shorter than the leaf, solitary, 1—to 
2—-flowered, almost completely concealed by the vagini- 
form bracts. Flowers small. Lateral sepals elliptic, broad- 
ly acute, 1.75 mm. long, 1—nerved, connate for about 
two-thirds their length. Dorsal sepal similar but broader, 
38-nerved. Petals minute, 0.25 mm. long, 0.5 mm. wide, 
rhombic, minutely ciliate. Labellum very small and com- 
pletely hidden beneath the column, ovate, 2—nerved, 0. 4 
mm. long. Column short-cylindriec and strongly com- 
pressed with two erect wings at the summit. Anther 
terminal. 
’ ee A . A op eo P < 
Ecuapor, Andium Quitensium, crescit in sylvis opacis ad arbo- 
rum truncos, alt. 7000 pedes, Floret. Septembri, Octobri. 21 Januar 
1856,’’ Jameson 88. (Tyrer in Gray Herb.) 
ILLusTRATION: 1, plant drawn natural size. 2, section of rhizome 
with leaves (<5). 3, flower (10). 4, column and labellum as seen 
from below (>< 10), 
Lepanthes saccosepala Smith & Harris, sp.nov. 
Habitus illum L. pseudocaulescentis simulans. Folia el- 
liptica, 4-11 mm. longa, utrinque dense setosa. Pedun- 
culus uni- vel bi-florus. Sepala lateralia lanceolata, fere ad 
apicem connata. Sepalum dorsale orbiculatum, sacca- 
tum. Labellum subreniforme, apiculatum. 
Rhizome creeping, stem-like, 15-25 em. long, simple 
or sparingly branched, bearing infundibuliform sheaths 
with setose-ciliate mouths. Leaf solitary at the summit 
of the very short stem, elliptic, entire, 4-11 mm. long, 
5—nerved with the outer pair of nerves branching from 
the inner pair at a point about one-third the distance 
from the base of the leaf to the apex and rejoining them 
shortly above the middle, densely setose, apparently 
somewhat fleshy when fresh. Peduncle much shorter than 
the leaf, solitary, 1-to 2—-flowered. Flowers small, gla- 
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