the junction of the mid-lobe with the lateral lobes. Col- 
umn 2-2.5 mm. long. Ovary pubescent with coarse hairs. 
Ecvapor: epiphyte, Lake Cuicocha, Province of Imbabura, at 3300 
meters altitude, leaves thick, fleshy, pale green, sepals transparent 
light brown, the dorsal with three purple-red stripes, sides of the lip 
arched around the column, capsule prickly, June 2, 1939, Penland & 
Summers 835 (Type in Herb. Ames No. 57873). 
Lepanthes lancipetala is closely allied to L. pensilis 
Schltr. from which it is distinguished by the lobes of the 
lip, when expanded, being at right angles to the AXIS, 
and by the callus on the dise of the lip. Lepanthes echi- 
nocarpa LL. Wms. is also an allied species. 
Lepanthes micropetala L. O. Williams sp. nov. 
Herbae epiphyticae, repentes, pensiles, usque ad 4.5 
dm. longae. Folia plusminusve ovalia, obtusa, glabra vel 
leviter hispido-ciliata. Inflorescentia uni-vel pauciflora, 
quam folia brevior. Sepala in tubum brevem connata. Se- 
palum dorsale orbiculari-ovatum, obtusum, trinervium. 
Sepala lateralia late ovata, acuta, binervia, sparse ciliata. 
Petala suborbicularia, abortiva. Labellum expansum 
reniformi-cordatum, obtusum, trinervium. Columna 
sectionis. 
Pendent or repent epiphytic herbs up to about 4.5 dm. 
long. Primary stems closely sheathed with scarious, his- 
pid bracts, which are expanded at their apex. Secondary 
stems minute, about 0.5-1 mm. long. Leaves 4-8 mm. 
long, 1.5-5 mm. broad, commonly oval in outline (rarely 
broader or narrower), obtuse, essentially glabrous or 
somewhat hispid-ciliate. Inflorescence one- or at most 
few-flowered, shorter than the subtending leaf; bracts 
about 1 mm. long, hispid. Sepals connate into a short 
tube at the base. Dorsal sepal about 2.5 mm. long and 
2.5 mm. broad, orbicular-ovate, obtuse, 3-nerved, pu- 
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