lied to the Central American members of the genus, L. 
ecihata Schltr. and L. Wendlandi Reichb.f. It differs 
from both species, however, in the shape of the lateral 
sepals and petals. 
Hvuanuco: Muiia, trail to Tambo de Vaca, at about 2460 meters 
altitude, at base of tree, flowers ‘‘dull yellow except for small red 
central part,’’ June 5-7, 1923, J. Francis Macbride 4273 (Tyrer in 
Herb. Field Mus. No. 535355). 
Lepanthes pumila C. Schweinfurth sp. nov. 
Herba pusilla, epiphytica, caespitosa. Caules filiformes, 
patentes, vaginis arctis omnino celati. Vaginae plures, 
tubulari-cylindraceae, minute hispidae, in ostia ovata 
marginata hispido-ciliata extensae. Folia ovata vel ellip- 
tica, acuta vel obtusa, perbreviter petiolata. Inflorescen- 
tiae unicae vel plures, folio multo breviores, uni- vel 
pauciflorae. Sepalum dorsale oblongo-ovatum, abrupte 
acutum, trinervium. Sepala lateralia obliquissime ovata, 
parte basali connata, abrupte acuta, binervia. Petala 
sepalis breviora, transverse bilobata, lobulis subaequi- 
longis sed lobulo anteriore angustiore. Labellum triloba- 
tum, columnae adnatum;; lobi laterales peltati cum ungui 
obliquissime triangulari, apice lato anguste oblongo; lo- 
bus medius multo minor, ellipticus, profunde concavus. 
Columna arcuata, apice leviter dilatata. 
Plant epiphytic, caespitose, small and slender, up to 
8 cm. tall, very variable in size. Roots fibrous, flexuous, 
glabrous. Stems filiform, spreading, up to 7.6 cm. long, 
entirely concealed by close evanescent sheaths. Cauline 
sheaths commonly five to seven, tubular-cylindric, mi- 
nutely hispidulose on the longitudinal nerves, terminat- 
ing in ovate spreading mouths which are marginate, 
acuminate and bristly-ciliate (the uppermost sheath is 
more prominently infundibuliform above). Leaf ovate 
to elliptic (rarely broadly oval), acute to obtuse with a 
more or less distinctly tridenticulate apex, cuneate or 
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