C. Schweinf. and to L. pubicaulis C. Schweinf. It differs 
from the former in having prominently hispid stems and 
an elongate pedicellate ovary, and from the latter in its 
loosely flowered inflorescence which more or less sur- 
passes the leaf. 
Puno: Prov. of Carabaya, Ollachea (abajo), at 2500 meters altitude, 
below cliffs, December 30, 1947, C. Vargas 6939 (Tyrer in Herb. 
Ames No, 64895). 
Lepanthes minutipetala C. Schweinfurth sp. nov. 
Herba gracilis, muscicola. Caules caespitosi, pergra- 
ciles vel filiformes, vaginis arctis tubulatis numerosis 
cum ostiis ovatis hispidis patentibus omnino obtecti. 
Folium unicum, terminale, oblongo-ovatum, subabrupte 
acuminatum cum apice tridenticulato. Inflorescentiae 
saepissime duae vel tres, racemosae, folio multo breviores, 
dense bi- vel pluriflorae. Flos perparvus. Sepala late 
patentia, basi valde connata. Sepalum dorsale triangulari- 
ovatum, acutum vel breviter acuminatum. Sepala later- 
alia minora, oblique triangulari-ovata, acuta, per dimid- 
ium basalem connata. Petala perparva, transverse sub- 
orbiculari-ovalia. Labellum trilobatum; lobi laterales 
dolabriformi-peltati, parte exteriore pubescenti; lobus 
medius minutus, bidentatus. Columna gracilis. 
Plant slender, growing in thick moss. Roots fibrous, 
glabrous. Stems caespitose, tall, slender to filiform, about 
28 cm. or less high, entirely concealed by numerous close 
tubular minutely scabrous sheaths which terminate in an 
ovate marginate hispid mouth. Leaf solitary, terminal, 
erect or spreading, oblong-ovate, rather abruptly acumi- 
nate to a tridenticulate apex of which the middle tooth 
is longer, cuneate-narrowed to a short petiole below, up 
to 4.6 cm. long and 1.3 em. wide, chartaceous when dry, 
many-nerved with three more conspicuous ribs. Inflores- 
cences terminal, two to three (rarely four), racemose, 
densely 2- to several-flowered, equaling about half the 
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