Secondary stems about 5 mm. long, very slender and in- 
conspicuous, covered with scarious sheaths. Leaves 10-20 
mm. long, 4-8 mm. broad, oblanceolate, ovate-oblanceo- 
late or elliptic-oval, obtuse, fleshy, glabrous. Inflorescence 
few-flowered, lax, much exceeding the subtending leaf; 
bracts 1-2 mm. long, chartaceous, surrounding the rachis 
and the pedicel, apiculate, about half as long as the 
pedicel. Dorsal sepal about 4.5 mm. long including the 
aristate apicule, orbicular-ovate, aristate-apiculate, serru- 
late (at least above), 3-nerved, cucullate. Lateral sepals 
about 4.5 mm. long and 2 mm. broad, oblong-ovate, 
aristate-apiculate, serrulate toward the apex along the 
outer margins only, 3-nerved, the inner margins connate 
for about 2mm. Petals about 1.2 mm. long and 0.3 mm. 
broad, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, 1-nerved. Lip about 2 
mm. long and 3 mm. broad when expanded, 3-lobed; 
lateral lobes explanate, about 1.5 mm. long and 1.25 
mm. broad; mid-lobe very small and fleshy, about 0.4 
mm. long and 0.25 mm. broad, cucullate; disc somewhat 
fleshy, with a small mammillate callus near the junction 
of the mid-lobe with the lateral lobes. Column 2-2.5 
mm. long, slender. Ovary echinate-pubescent. 
Ecuapor: epiphyte in moss at base of tree, Hacienda Talahua, 
Province of Bolivar, leaves thick and fleshy, dull green above, paler 
below, flowers brownish yellow, column and lip reddish brown, cap- 
sule hairy, at 2600 meters altitude, May 2, 1939, Penland & Summers 
611 (Tyee in Herb. Ames No. 57860). 
Lepanthes echinocarpa is allied to L. pensilis Schitr., 
from which it is distinguished by the aristate-apiculate 
sepals, the much smaller mid-lobe of the lip and the gen- 
erally broader leaves. Lepanthes lancipetala L.Wms. 1s 
allied to the present species, from which it is also distin- 
guished by the small mid-lobe of the lip and by other 
characters. 
